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: the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
SA1 17:14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed
Saul.
SA1 17:15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's
sheep at Bethlehem.
SA1 17:16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and
presented himself forty days.
SA1 17:17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren
an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp
of thy brethren;
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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: NUM 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a
ram on every altar.
NUM 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel,
he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his
face toward the wilderness.
NUM 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in
his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon
him.
NUM 24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the
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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: JOS 15:13 And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the
children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua,
even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron.
JOS 15:14 And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and
Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak.
JOS 15:15 And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the
name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher.
JOS 15:16 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it,
to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.
JOS 15:17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it:
and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.
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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: the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters
cover the sea.
ISA 11:10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall
stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and
his rest shall be glorious.
ISA 11:11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall
set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people,
which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and
from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the
islands of the sea.
ISA 11:12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall
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