| 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: taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes.
GEN 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have
hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
GEN 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
GEN 30:18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have
given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
GEN 30:19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
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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: darkness and the shadow of death;
JOB 10:22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of
death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
JOB 11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,
JOB 11:2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified?
JOB 11:3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou
mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
JOB 11:4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in
thine eyes.
JOB 11:5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
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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: after seven days from time to time with them.
CH1 9:26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set
office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God.
CH1 9:27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the
charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to
them.
CH1 9:28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels,
that they should bring them in and out by tale.
CH1 9:29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and
all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine,
and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices.
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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: thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.
SA1 23:12 Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men
into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up.
SA1 23:13 Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose
and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it
was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go
forth.
SA1 23:14 And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and
remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him
every day, but God delivered him not into his hand.
SA1 23:15 And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and
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