| 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: sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of
Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
KI1 15:19 There is a league between me and thee, and between my father
and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and
gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may
depart from me.
KI1 15:20 So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and
Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of
Naphtali.
KI1 15:21 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left
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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: MAT 14:36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his
garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.
MAT 15:1 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of
Jerusalem, saying,
MAT 15:2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders?
for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
MAT 15:3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress
the commandment of God by your tradition?
MAT 15:4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and,
He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
MAT 15:5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother,
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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: he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians,
until thou have consumed them.
KI1 22:12 And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to
Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's
hand.
KI1 22:13 And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto
him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the
king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one
of them, and speak that which is good.
KI1 22:14 And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith
unto me, that will I speak.
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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: evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
ZEP 3:4 Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests
have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
ZEP 3:5 The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity:
every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but
the unjust knoweth no shame.
ZEP 3:6 I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made
their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed,
so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.
ZEP 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive
instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I
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