| 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: 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.
KI1 1:48 And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of
Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes
even seeing it.
KI1 1:49 And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and
rose up, and went every man his way.
KI1 1:50 And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went,
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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: summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his
hand he eateth it up.
ISA 28:5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory,
and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people,
ISA 28:6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment,
and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate.
ISA 28:7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong
drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through
strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way
through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.
ISA 28:8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there
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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: EXO 1:15 And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which
the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
EXO 1:16 And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew
women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill
him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
EXO 1:17 But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt
commanded them, but saved the men children alive.
EXO 1:18 And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto
them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children
alive?
EXO 1:19 And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women
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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: see the land.
NUM 32:9 For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the
land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they
should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
NUM 32:10 And the LORD'S anger was kindled the same time, and he sware,
saying,
NUM 32:11 Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty
years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham,
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me:
NUM 32:12 Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the
son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
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