| 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: GEN 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well;
whose branches run over the wall:
GEN 49:23 The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and
hated him:
GEN 49:24 But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were
made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the
shepherd, the stone of Israel:)
GEN 49:25 Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by
the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of
the womb:
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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: LAM 3:53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone
upon me.
LAM 3:54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
LAM 3:55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.
LAM 3:56 Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing,
at my cry.
LAM 3:57 Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou
saidst, Fear not.
LAM 3:58 O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast
redeemed my life.
LAM 3:59 O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause.
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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: land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby.
JER 51:44 And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out
of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not
flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.
JER 51:45 My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye
every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD.
JER 51:46 And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that
shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after
that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land,
ruler against ruler.
JER 51:47 Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment
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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: unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the
sword.
EXO 5:4 And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses
and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens.
EXO 5:5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many,
and ye make them rest from their burdens.
EXO 5:6 And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the
people, and their officers, saying,
EXO 5:7 Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as
heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves.
EXO 5:8 And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye
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