| 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: what ye shall answer:
LUK 21:15 For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your
adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
LUK 21:16 And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and
kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to
death.
LUK 21:17 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake.
LUK 21:18 But there shall not an hair of your head perish.
LUK 21:19 In your patience possess ye your souls.
LUK 21:20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then
know that the desolation thereof is nigh.
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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: their names:
NUM 1:18 And they assembled all the congregation together on the first
day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their
families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the
names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
NUM 1:19 As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the
wilderness of Sinai.
NUM 1:20 And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their
generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from
twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
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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: the fat of the peace offerings, because the brasen altar which Solomon
had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat
offerings, and the fat.
CH2 7:8 Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and
all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of
Hamath unto the river of Egypt.
CH2 7:9 And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they
kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days.
CH2 7:10 And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he
sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the
goodness that the LORD had shewed unto David, and to Solomon, and to
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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: SA1 4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they
fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for
there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
SA1 4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni
and Phinehas, were slain.
SA1 4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
SA1 4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man
came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
SA1 4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What
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