| 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: loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
SA1 10:4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread;
which thou shalt receive of their hands.
SA1 10:5 After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the
garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art
come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets
coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a
pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:
SA1 10:6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt
prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
SA1 10:7 And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou
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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: again upon the well's mouth in his place.
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
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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: JOB 40:12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread
down the wicked in their place.
JOB 40:13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in
secret.
JOB 40:14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand
can save thee.
JOB 40:15 Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass
as an ox.
JOB 40:16 Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the
navel of his belly.
JOB 40:17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are
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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: SA2 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a
fool dieth?
SA2 3:34 Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a
man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept
again over him.
SA2 3:35 And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while
it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if
I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down.
SA2 3:36 And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as
whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
SA2 3:37 For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it
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