| 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: KI1 19:6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the
coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and
laid him down again.
KI1 19:7 And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and
touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great
for thee.
KI1 19:8 And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength
of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God.
KI1 19:9 And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and,
behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What
doest thou here, Elijah?
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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: redemption for the land.
LEV 25:25 If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his
possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he
redeem that which his brother sold.
LEV 25:26 And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to
redeem it;
LEV 25:27 Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore
the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto
his possession.
LEV 25:28 But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which
is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until 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: the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be
neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
KI1 3:27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child,
and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
KI1 3:28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had
judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God
was in him, to do judgment.
KI1 4:1 So king Solomon was king over all Israel.
KI1 4:2 And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of
Zadok the priest,
KI1 4:3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat
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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: polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their
garments.
LAM 4:15 They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart,
depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the
heathen, They shall no more sojourn there.
LAM 4:16 The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more
regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they
favoured not the elders.
LAM 4:17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our
watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.
LAM 4:18 They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end
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