| 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: he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in
Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan.
GEN 31:19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the
images that were her father's.
GEN 31:20 And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he
told him not that he fled.
GEN 31:21 So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed
over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead.
GEN 31:22 And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.
GEN 31:23 And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him
seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
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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: called Euroclydon.
ACT 27:15 And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the
wind, we let her drive.
ACT 27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we
had much work to come by the boat:
ACT 27:17 Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding
the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake
sail, and so were driven.
ACT 27:18 And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day
they lightened the ship;
ACT 27:19 And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling
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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: NUM 7:14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
NUM 7:15 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a
burnt offering:
NUM 7:16 One kid of the goats for a sin offering:
NUM 7:17 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams,
five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
NUM 7:18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of
Issachar, did offer:
NUM 7:19 He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight
whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy
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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: Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:
GEN 26:3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless
thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries,
and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;
GEN 26:4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven,
and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall
all the nations of the earth be blessed;
GEN 26:5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my
commandments, my statutes, and my laws.
GEN 26:6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:
GEN 26:7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said,
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