| 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 9:10 And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon
had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house,
KI1 9:11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar
trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that
then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee.
KI1 9:12 And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon
had given him; and they pleased him not.
KI1 9:13 And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me,
my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day.
KI1 9:14 And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold.
KI1 9:15 And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised;
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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: ISA 37:23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom
hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even
against the Holy One of Israel.
ISA 37:24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said,
By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars
thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the
height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
ISA 37:25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet
have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
ISA 37:26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of
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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: for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto
her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the
king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
KI1 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for
I will not say thee nay.
KI1 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
thy brother to wife.
KI1 2:22 And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why
dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the
kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for
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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: Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and
Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
SA1 30:2 And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew
not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their
way.
SA1 30:3 So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was
burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters,
were taken captives.
SA1 30:4 Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their
voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.
SA1 30:5 And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the
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