| 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: border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and
prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under
thee: there is none understanding in him.
OBA 1:8 Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise
men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau?
OBA 1:9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that
every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter.
OBA 1:10 For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover
thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever.
OBA 1:11 In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day
that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners
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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 1:44 And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and
the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule:
KI1 1:45 And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him
king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the
city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard.
KI1 1:46 And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom.
KI1 1:47 And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king
David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and
make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon
the bed.
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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: that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been
with my father.
SA1 20:14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness
of the LORD, that I die not:
SA1 20:15 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house
for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every
one from the face of the earth.
SA1 20:16 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying,
Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
SA1 20:17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved
him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
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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: CH1 2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
CH1 2:52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and
half of the Manahethites.
CH1 2:53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the
Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the
Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
CH1 2:54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth,
the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
CH1 2:55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the
Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites
that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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