| 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: told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot;
and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring
her forth, and let her be burnt.
GEN 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law,
saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said,
Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and
staff.
GEN 38:26 And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more
righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he
knew her again no more.
GEN 38:27 And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold,
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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: shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD.
LEV 22:4 What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a
running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean.
And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose
seed goeth from him;
LEV 22:5 Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be
made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever
uncleanness he hath;
LEV 22:6 The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until
even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh
with water.
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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: over running water:
LEV 14:51 And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the
scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain
bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times:
LEV 14:52 And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird,
and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar
wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet:
LEV 14:53 But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the
open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean.
LEV 14:54 This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and
scall,
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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: before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high;
but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
DAN 8:4 I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward;
so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that
could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and
became great.
DAN 8:5 And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west
on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat
had a notable horn between his eyes.
DAN 8:6 And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen
standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
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