| 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: Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant
with the sword.
KI1 1:52 And Solomon said, If he will shew himself a worthy man, there
shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be
found in him, he shall die.
KI1 1:53 So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the
altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said
unto him, Go to thine house.
KI1 2:1 Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he
charged Solomon his son, saying,
KI1 2:2 I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and
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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: nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out
of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the
children of Sheth.
NUM 24:18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a
possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
NUM 24:19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and
shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
NUM 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and
said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be
that he perish for ever.
NUM 24:21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and
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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: is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and
after that they go to the dead.
ECC 9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for
a living dog is better than a dead lion.
ECC 9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not
any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them
is forgotten.
ECC 9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
ECC 9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
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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: PSA 79:9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name:
and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake.
PSA 79:10 Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him
be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of
thy servants which is shed.
PSA 79:11 Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according
to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to
die;
PSA 79:12 And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom
their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
PSA 79:13 So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee
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