| 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: he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to
wife.
KI1 2:18 And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king.
KI1 2:19 Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him
for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto
her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the
king's mother; and she sat on his right hand.
KI1 2:20 Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray
thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for
I will not say thee nay.
KI1 2:21 And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah
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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: EZE 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with
famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part
shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third
part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
EZE 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my
fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know
that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my
fury in them.
EZE 5:14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
EZE 5:15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
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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: no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
ACT 27:23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I
am, and whom I serve,
ACT 27:24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:
and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee.
ACT 27:25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it
shall be even as it was told me.
ACT 27:26 Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island.
ACT 27:27 But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up
and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near
to some country;
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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: ISA 5:17 Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste
places of the fat ones shall strangers eat.
ISA 5:18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin
as it were with a cart rope:
ISA 5:19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may
see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and
come, that we may know it!
ISA 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter!
ISA 5:21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in
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