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: kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from
the LORD.
KI1 2:16 And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said
unto him, Say on.
KI1 2:17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for
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
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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: JOS 13:18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath,
JOS 13:19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of
the valley,
JOS 13:20 And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth,
JOS 13:21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon
king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with
the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.
JOS 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children
of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
JOS 13:23 And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the
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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: give it unto thee, even ten tribes.
KI1 11:36 And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant
may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have
chosen me to put my name there.
KI1 11:37 And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all
that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel.
KI1 11:38 And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to
keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I
will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David,
and will give Israel unto thee.
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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: raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
HOS 6:3 Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going
forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain,
as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
HOS 6:4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do
unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew
it goeth away.
HOS 6:5 Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them
by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth
forth.
HOS 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of
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