| 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 8:44 If thy people go out to battle against their enemy,
whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward
the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built
for thy name:
KI1 8:45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication,
and maintain their cause.
KI1 8:46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth
not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so
that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or
near;
KI1 8:47 Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they
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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 10:11 Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do
to Jerusalem and her idols?
ISA 10:12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath
performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish
the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of
his high looks.
ISA 10:13 For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and
by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the
people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the
inhabitants like a valiant man:
ISA 10:14 And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people:
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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: beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
MAR 6:17 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and
bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for
he had married her.
MAR 6:18 For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to
have thy brother's wife.
MAR 6:19 Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have
killed him; but she could not:
MAR 6:20 For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an
holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and
heard him gladly.
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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: mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
ISA 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One,
to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a
servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall
worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of
Israel, and he shall choose thee.
ISA 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee,
and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee,
and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to
cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
ISA 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that
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