| 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: sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty,
and populous:
DEU 26:6 And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and
laid upon us hard bondage:
DEU 26:7 And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD
heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labour, and our
oppression:
DEU 26:8 And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand,
and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with
signs, and with wonders:
DEU 26:9 And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this
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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: EST 7:2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the
banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be
granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even
to the half of the kingdom.
EST 7:3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour
in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me
at my petition, and my people at my request:
EST 7:4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain,
and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had
held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's
damage.
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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: he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
ECC 10:11 Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a
babbler is no better.
ECC 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of
a fool will swallow up himself.
ECC 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and
the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
ECC 10:14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall
be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
ECC 10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because
he knoweth not how to go to the city.
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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: shall dwell between his shoulders.
DEU 33:13 And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for
the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that
coucheth beneath,
DEU 33:14 And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for
the precious things put forth by the moon,
DEU 33:15 And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for
the precious things of the lasting hills,
DEU 33:16 And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof,
and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing
come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that
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