| 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: great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even
me also, O my father.
GEN 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken
away thy blessing.
GEN 27:36 And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath
supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold,
now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved
a blessing for me?
GEN 27:37 And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made
him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and
with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto
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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: SA2 3:23 When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they
told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath
sent him away, and he is gone in peace.
SA2 3:24 Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done?
behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away,
and he is quite gone?
SA2 3:25 Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive
thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that
thou doest.
SA2 3:26 And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers
after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David
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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: I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee,
that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is
great like the sea: who can heal thee?
LAM 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and
they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but
have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
LAM 2:15 All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag
their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that
men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
LAM 2:16 All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they
hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly
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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: damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers
of David, and became his wife.
SA1 25:43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both
of them his wives.
SA1 25:44 But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to
Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim.
SA1 26:1 And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not
David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?
SA1 26:2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph,
having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in
the wilderness of Ziph.
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