| 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: sworn to David, even so I do to him;
SA2 3:10 To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up
the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to
Beersheba.
SA2 3:11 And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared
him.
SA2 3:12 And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying,
Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my
hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee.
SA2 3:13 And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one
thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except
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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: Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that
night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
SA1 20:1 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before
Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin
before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
SA1 20:2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold,
my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew
it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
SA1 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly
knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not
Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth,
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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: that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
MAT 8:25 And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord,
save us: we perish.
MAT 8:26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little
faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a
great calm.
MAT 8:27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this,
that even the winds and the sea obey him!
MAT 8:28 And when he was come to the other side into the country of the
Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the
tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way.
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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: the people that bare the present.
JDG 3:19 But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by
Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said,
Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.
JDG 3:20 And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer
parlour, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message
from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat.
JDG 3:21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his
right thigh, and thrust it into his belly:
JDG 3:22 And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed
upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly;
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