| 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: Zadok the priest,
KI1 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat
the son of Ahilud, the recorder.
KI1 4:4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok
and Abiathar were the priests:
KI1 4:5 And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud
the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend:
KI1 4:6 And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of
Abda was over the tribute.
KI1 4:7 And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided
victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year
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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: thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that
thou hast shewed kindness unto my master.
GEN 24:15 And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that,
behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the
wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.
GEN 24:16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither
had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her
pitcher, and came up.
GEN 24:17 And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray
thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
GEN 24:18 And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down
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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: ACT 22:27 Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art
thou a Roman? He said, Yea.
ACT 22:28 And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I
this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born.
ACT 22:29 Then straightway they departed from him which should have
examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that
he was a Roman, and because he had bound him.
ACT 22:30 On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty
wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and
commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought
Paul down, and set him before them.
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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: shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean:
and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out
of his tent seven days.
LEV 14:9 But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all
his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair
he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash
his flesh in water, and he shall be clean.
LEV 14:10 And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without
blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three
tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one
log of oil.
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