| 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: JOS 6:18 And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing,
lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing,
and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it.
JOS 6:19 But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron,
are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the
LORD.
JOS 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:
and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and
the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so
that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
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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: JDG 10:5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon.
JDG 10:6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the
gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of
Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served
not him.
JDG 10:7 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold
them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the
children of Ammon.
JDG 10:8 And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel:
eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side
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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: hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
PRO 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth
shame.
PRO 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a
false witness deceit.
PRO 12:18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the
tongue of the wise is health.
PRO 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying
tongue is but for a moment.
PRO 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the
counsellors of peace is joy.
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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: Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the
contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)
EST 9:2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities
throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such
as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of
them fell upon all people.
EST 9:3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and
the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the
fear of Mordecai fell upon them.
EST 9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went
out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater
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