| 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: three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom,
while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak.
SA2 18:15 And ten young men that bare Joab's armour compassed about and
smote Absalom, and slew him.
SA2 18:16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from
pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people.
SA2 18:17 And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the
wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled
every one to his tent.
SA2 18:18 Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for
himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no
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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: be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt.
AMO 8:9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that
I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in
the clear day:
AMO 8:10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs
into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and
baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only
son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
AMO 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a
famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but
of hearing the words of the LORD:
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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: MAT 20:9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour,
they received every man a penny.
MAT 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have
received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.
MAT 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the
goodman of the house,
MAT 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast
made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the
day.
MAT 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no
wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
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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: JOB 3:6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be
joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the
months.
JOB 3:7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come
therein.
JOB 3:8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up
their mourning.
JOB 3:9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for
light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
JOB 3:10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid
sorrow from mine eyes.
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