| 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: my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power:
GEN 49:4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest
up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
GEN 49:5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in
their habitations.
GEN 49:6 O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their
assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew
a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall.
GEN 49:7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for
it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
GEN 49:8 Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand
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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: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon,
and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
DEU 2:25 This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of
thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear
report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee.
DEU 2:26 And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto
Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying,
DEU 2:27 Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way,
I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left.
DEU 2:28 Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me
water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
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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 5:9 Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour
therein; and let them not regard vain words.
EXO 5:10 And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their
officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I
will not give you straw.
EXO 5:11 Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of
your work shall be diminished.
EXO 5:12 So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of
Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw.
EXO 5:13 And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works,
your daily tasks, as when there was straw.
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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: CH2 11:11 And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them,
and store of victual, and of oil and wine.
CH2 11:12 And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made
them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side.
CH2 11:13 And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel
resorted to him out of all their coasts.
CH2 11:14 For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and
came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off
from executing the priest's office unto the LORD:
CH2 11:15 And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the
devils, and for the calves which he had made.
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