| 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: thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field.
SA1 17:45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a
sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the
name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
hast defied.
SA1 17:46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I
will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the
carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the
air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know
that there is a God in Israel.
SA1 17:47 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not
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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: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
JOH 19:10 Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me?
knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to
release thee?
JOH 19:11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against
me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me
unto thee hath the greater sin.
JOH 19:12 And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the
Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's
friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
JOH 19:13 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus
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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: NEH 6:10 Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah
the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet
together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the
doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night
will they come to slay thee.
NEH 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there,
that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will
not go in.
NEH 6:12 And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he
pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired
him.
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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: execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.
JER 44:13 For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I
have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the
pestilence:
JER 44:14 So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the
land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should
return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return
to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape.
JER 44:15 Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned
incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great
multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in
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