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: man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
NEH 2:11 So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
NEH 2:12 And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither
told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem:
neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
NEH 2:13 And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before
the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of
Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed
with fire.
NEH 2:14 Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's
pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
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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: vision, so did Nathan speak unto David.
SA2 7:18 Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said,
Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me
hitherto?
SA2 7:19 And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but
thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come.
And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD?
SA2 7:20 And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD,
knowest thy servant.
SA2 7:21 For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast
thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them.
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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: have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.
EZE 27:6 Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company
of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the
isles of Chittim.
EZE 27:7 Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou
spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of
Elishah was that which covered thee.
EZE 27:8 The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise
men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots.
EZE 27:9 The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee
thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee
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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: all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own
heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house:
KI1 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and
do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou
knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the
children of men;)
KI1 8:40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the
land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
KI1 8:41 Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people
Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;
KI1 8:42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong
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