| 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: straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them,
and bring them unto me.
MAT 21:3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath
need of them; and straightway he will send them.
MAT 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
by the prophet, saying,
MAT 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto
thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
MAT 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
MAT 21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their
clothes, and they set him thereon.
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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: took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all
the host.
JDG 8:13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the
sun was up,
JDG 8:14 And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and enquired of
him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders
thereof, even threescore and seventeen men.
JDG 8:15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah
and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of
Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy
men that are weary?
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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: they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was
intreated for the land.
SA2 21:15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and
David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the
Philistines: and David waxed faint.
SA2 21:16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the
weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight,
he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
SA2 21:17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the
Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him,
saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench
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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: I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
NUM 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and
went with the princes of Moab.
NUM 22:22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of
the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was
riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
NUM 22:23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way,
and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the
way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into
the way.
NUM 22:24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a
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