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: PSA 40:17 But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou
art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
PSA 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver
him in time of trouble.
PSA 41:2 The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall
be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will
of his enemies.
PSA 41:3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou
wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
PSA 41:4 I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have
sinned against thee.
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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: of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in
law.
RTH 3:1 Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall
I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?
RTH 3:2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou
wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor.
RTH 3:3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment
upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known
unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking.
RTH 3:4 And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the
place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet,
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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: will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon
David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the
inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
JER 13:14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers
and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor
have mercy, but destroy them.
JER 13:15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath
spoken.
JER 13:16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness,
and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look
for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross
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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: building it.
KI1 7:1 But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he
finished all his house.
KI1 7:2 He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length
thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and
the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with
cedar beams upon the pillars.
KI1 7:3 And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row.
KI1 7:4 And there were windows in three rows, and light was against
light in three ranks.
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