| 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: name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu,
the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
SA1 1:2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the
name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
SA1 1:3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to
sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
SA1 1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah
his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions:
SA1 1:5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah:
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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: SA1 18:27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of
the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and
they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son
in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
SA1 18:28 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that
Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
SA1 18:29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became
David's enemy continually.
SA1 18:30 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came
to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely
than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
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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: JER 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not.
JER 33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the
houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah,
which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;
JER 33:5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them
with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my
fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.
JER 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them,
and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.
JER 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of
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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: KI1 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:
but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
foursquare, not round.
KI1 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of
the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit.
KI1 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their
spokes, were all molten.
KI1 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one
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