| 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: JDG 7:1 Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were
with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that
the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill
of Moreh, in the valley.
JDG 7:2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee
are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel
vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
JDG 7:3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people,
saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early
from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two
thousand; and there remained ten thousand.
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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: JER 16:6 Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they
shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut
themselves, nor make themselves bald for them:
JER 16:7 Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to
comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of
consolation to drink for their father or for their mother.
JER 16:8 Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with
them to eat and to drink.
JER 16:9 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I
will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days,
the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the
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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 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth
what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
MAT 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
MAT 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven.
MAT 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
MAT 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
MAT 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For
thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
MAT 6:14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father
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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: NEH 4:13 Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on
the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their
swords, their spears, and their bows.
NEH 4:14 And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to
the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them:
remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your
brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
NEH 4:15 And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known
unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned
all of us to the wall, every one unto his work.
NEH 4:16 And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my
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