| 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: SA1 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first
altar that he built unto the LORD.
SA1 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night,
and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of
them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the
priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
SA1 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the
Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he
answered him not that day.
SA1 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the
people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
King James Bible |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from King James Bible: after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs.
NUM 18:17 But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or
the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou
shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for
an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
NUM 18:18 And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and
as the right shoulder are thine.
NUM 18:19 All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the
children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons
and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of
salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
King James Bible |
| 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: stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city.
JOS 8:19 And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran
as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the
city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire.
JOS 8:20 And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and,
behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no
power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the
wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
JOS 8:21 And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken
the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned
again, and slew the men of Ai.
King James Bible |
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: GEN 29:4 And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they
said, Of Haran are we.
GEN 29:5 And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And
they said, We know him.
GEN 29:6 And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well:
and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep.
GEN 29:7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that
the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and
feed them.
GEN 29:8 And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered
together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we
King James Bible |
