| 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: Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
SA2 23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my
tongue.
SA2 23:3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He
that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
SA2 23:4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun
riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out
of the earth by clear shining after rain.
SA2 23:5 Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me
an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is
all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow.
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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: four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant.
SA2 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the
brother of David slew him.
SA2 21:22 These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the
hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.
SA2 22:1 And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the
day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies,
and out of the hand of Saul:
SA2 22:2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my
deliverer;
SA2 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and
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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: 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
shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow
down before thee.
GEN 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone
up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall
rouse him up?
GEN 49:10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from
between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of
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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: GEN 34:14 And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our
sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
GEN 34:15 But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be,
that every male of you be circumcised;
GEN 34:16 Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take
your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one
people.
GEN 34:17 But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then
will we take our daughter, and we will be gone.
GEN 34:18 And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son.
GEN 34:19 And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he
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