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: brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both.
GEN 31:38 This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she
goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not
eaten.
GEN 31:39 That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare
the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day,
or stolen by night.
GEN 31:40 Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost
by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
GEN 31:41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee
fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and
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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: sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were
weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
NUM 25:7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the
priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a
javelin in his hand;
NUM 25:8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust
both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her
belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel.
NUM 25:9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four
thousand.
NUM 25:10 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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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: was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came
Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon,
into Jerusalem,
JER 52:13 And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and
all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned
he with fire:
JER 52:14 And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain
of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about.
JER 52:15 Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away
captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people
that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the
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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: KI1 16:15 In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against
Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines.
KI1 16:16 And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath
conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri,
the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp.
KI1 16:17 And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and
they besieged Tirzah.
KI1 16:18 And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken,
that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's
house over him with fire, and died.
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