| 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: sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays:
CH2 9:19 And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other
upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom.
CH2 9:20 And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon were of gold, and
all the vessels of the house of the forest of Lebanon were of pure gold:
none were of silver; it was not any thing accounted of in the days of
Solomon.
CH2 9:21 For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of
Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold,
and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
CH2 9:22 And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches
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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: land of Gilead.
CH1 2:23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from
them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All
these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
CH1 2:24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah
Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
CH1 2:25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram
the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
CH1 2:26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she
was the mother of Onam.
CH1 2:27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and
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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: good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is
better than he.
ECC 6:4 For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and
his name shall be covered with darkness.
ECC 6:5 Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this
hath more rest than the other.
ECC 6:6 Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he
seen no good: do not all go to one place?
ECC 6:7 All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is
not filled.
ECC 6:8 For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor,
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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 cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he
searched but found not the images.
GEN 31:36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered
and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast
so hotly pursued after me?
GEN 31:37 Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found
of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy
brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
GEN 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not
eaten.
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