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: brethren.
NEH 12:9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against
them in the watches.
NEH 12:10 And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and
Eliashib begat Joiada,
NEH 12:11 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua.
NEH 12:12 And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the
fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;
NEH 12:13 Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan;
NEH 12:14 Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph;
NEH 12:15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai;
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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: NUM 14:16 Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the
land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the
wilderness.
NUM 14:17 And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my lord be great,
according as thou hast spoken, saying,
NUM 14:18 The LORD is longsuffering, and of great mercy, forgiving
iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty,
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation.
NUM 14:19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according
unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this 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: spears:
SA1 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to
sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his
mattock.
SA1 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters,
and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
SA1 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was
neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were
with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was
there found.
SA1 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage
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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: name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of
thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and
thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after.
DEU 12:22 Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat
them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike.
DEU 12:23 Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is
the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh.
DEU 12:24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as
water.
DEU 12:25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and
with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in
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