| 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: CH2 16:2 Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of
the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king
of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying,
CH2 16:3 There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my
father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go,
break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
CH2 16:4 And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of
his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan,
and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.
CH2 16:5 And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off
building of Ramah, and let his work cease.
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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: Amminadib.
SON 6:13 Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look
upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of
two armies.
SON 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the
joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning
workman.
SON 7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy
belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
SON 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.
SON 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools
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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: EXO 37:25 And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of
it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and
two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
EXO 37:26 And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and
the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it
a crown of gold round about.
EXO 37:27 And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof,
by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for
the staves to bear it withal.
EXO 37:28 And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them
with gold.
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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: flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted
up as an ensign upon his land.
ZEC 9:17 For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty!
corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
ZEC 10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the
LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every
one grass in the field.
ZEC 10:2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a
lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they
went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no
shepherd.
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