| 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: was Joash:
CH1 27:29 And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the
Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the
son of Adlai:
CH1 27:30 Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the
asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
CH1 27:31 And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were
the rulers of the substance which was king David's.
CH1 27:32 Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counsellor, a wise man, and
a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons:
CH1 27:33 And Ahithophel was the king's counsellor: and Hushai the
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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: SA2 20:10 But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand:
so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to
the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai
his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.
SA2 20:11 And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that
favoureth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab.
SA2 20:12 And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And
when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out
of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw
that every one that came by him stood still.
SA2 20:13 When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went
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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: Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
LUK 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and
send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool
my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
LUK 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he
is comforted, and thou art tormented.
LUK 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf
fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither
can they pass to us, that would come from thence.
LUK 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou
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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: children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean
these stones?
JOS 4:22 Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over
this Jordan on dry land.
JOS 4:23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from
before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the
Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over:
JOS 4:24 That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the
LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever.
JOS 5:1 And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which
were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the
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