| 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: brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
GEN 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
GEN 42:6 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that
sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and
bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
GEN 42:7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made
himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto
them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy
food.
GEN 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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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: EXO 9:4 And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the
cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the
children's of Israel.
EXO 9:5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD
shall do this thing in the land.
EXO 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle
of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one.
EXO 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle
of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he
did not let the people go.
EXO 9:8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you
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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: looketh for the reward of his work:
JOB 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights
are appointed to me.
JOB 7:4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be
gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
JOB 7:5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
JOB 7:6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
JOB 7:7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see
good.
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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: SA2 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted,
and went in, and lay all night upon the earth.
SA2 12:17 And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise
him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with
them.
SA2 12:18 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died.
And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead:
for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him,
and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself,
if we tell him that the child is dead?
SA2 12:19 But when David saw that his servants whispered, David
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