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: the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning
Absalom.
SA2 18:6 So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the
battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
SA2 18:7 Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of
David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand
men.
SA2 18:8 For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the
country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword
devoured.
SA2 18:9 And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a
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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: JDG 10:12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did
oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand.
JDG 10:13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I
will deliver you no more.
JDG 10:14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them
deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
JDG 10:15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have
sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us
only, we pray thee, this day.
JDG 10:16 And they put away the strange gods from among them, and
served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
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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: Kibrothhattaavah.
NUM 33:17 And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at
Hazeroth.
NUM 33:18 And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
NUM 33:19 And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez.
NUM 33:20 And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah.
NUM 33:21 And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah.
NUM 33:22 And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah.
NUM 33:23 And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
NUM 33:24 And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.
NUM 33:25 And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
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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: JOH 20:24 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with
them when Jesus came.
JOH 20:25 The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the
LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print
of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust
my hand into his side, I will not believe.
JOH 20:26 And after eight days again his disciples were within, and
Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
JOH 20:27 Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold
my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be
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