| 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: NUM 24:14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I
will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the
latter days.
NUM 24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor
hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
NUM 24:16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the
knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
NUM 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not
nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out
of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the
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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: KI1 10:15 Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffick of
the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the
governors of the country.
KI1 10:16 And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six
hundred shekels of gold went to one target.
KI1 10:17 And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound
of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the
forest of Lebanon.
KI1 10:18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid
it with the best gold.
KI1 10:19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round
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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: it,
EZE 28:22 And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee,
O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall
know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her,
and shall be sanctified in her.
EZE 28:23 For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her
streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the
sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
EZE 28:24 And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of
Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that
despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD.
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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: stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings
of Judah had destroyed.
CH2 34:12 And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of
them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and
Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it
forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments
of musick.
CH2 34:13 Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were
overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of
the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters.
CH2 34:14 And when they brought out the money that was brought into the
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