| 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: Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon
hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among
the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So
the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go.
JER 40:6 Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah;
and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
JER 40:7 Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the
fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto
him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them
that were not carried away captive to Babylon;
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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: ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
NUM 30:7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day
that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she
bound her soul shall stand.
NUM 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it;
then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered
with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the
LORD shall forgive her.
NUM 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced,
wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
NUM 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by
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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: love thy name be joyful in thee.
PSA 5:12 For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt
thou compass him as with a shield.
PSA 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy
hot displeasure.
PSA 6:2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for
my bones are vexed.
PSA 6:3 My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
PSA 6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies'
sake.
PSA 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who
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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: them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the
cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for
all their cattle for that year.
GEN 47:18 When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year,
and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money
is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left
in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands:
GEN 47:19 Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our
land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be
servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die,
that the land be not desolate.
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