| 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: he turned aside, and stood still.
SA2 18:31 And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the
king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up
against thee.
SA2 18:32 And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe?
And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise
against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
SA2 18:33 And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over
the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my
son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son,
my son!
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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: For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the
LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
JDG 21:6 And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their
brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
JDG 21:7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have
sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives?
JDG 21:8 And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that
came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the
camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly.
JDG 21:9 For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of
the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there.
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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: them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
MAT 13:18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.
MAT 13:19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and
understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that
which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way
side.
MAT 13:20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is
he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;
MAT 13:21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for
when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by
he is offended.
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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: of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God.
JOS 14:9 And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon
thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for
ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God.
JOS 14:10 And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said,
these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto
Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now,
lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old.
JOS 14:11 As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses
sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war,
both to go out, and to come in.
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