| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: SA2 18:7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of
David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand
men.
SA2 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the
country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword
devoured.
SA2 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a
mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his
head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and
the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.
SA2 18:10 And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: down their pride together with the spoils of their hands.
ISA 25:12 And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring
down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust.
ISA 26:1 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We
have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
ISA 26:2 Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the
truth may enter in.
ISA 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on
thee: because he trusteth in thee.
ISA 26:4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is
everlasting strength:
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| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from King James Bible: high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off.
LUK 22:55 And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall,
and were set down together, Peter sat down among them.
LUK 22:56 But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and
earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him.
LUK 22:57 And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not.
LUK 22:58 And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art
also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not.
LUK 22:59 And about the space of one hour after another confidently
affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a
Galilaean.
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from King James Bible: JDG 3:4 And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they
would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded
their fathers by the hand of Moses.
JDG 3:5 And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites,
Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites:
JDG 3:6 And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their
daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
JDG 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD,
and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
JDG 3:8 Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he
sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and
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