| 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: 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
Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
KI1 2:23 Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me,
and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own
life.
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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: MAR 12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people:
for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left
him, and went their way.
MAR 12:13 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch him in his words.
MAR 12:14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know
that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the
person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to
give tribute to Caesar, or not?
MAR 12:15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their
hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may
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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: to angels, and to men.
CO1 4:10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we
are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
CO1 4:11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and
are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
CO1 4:12 And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we
bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
CO1 4:13 Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the
world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
CO1 4:14 I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons
I warn you.
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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: the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
GEN 17:24 And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
GEN 17:25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was
circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.
GEN 17:26 In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his
son.
GEN 17:27 And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought
with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
GEN 18:1 And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he
sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
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