| 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: biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.
GEN 49:18 I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
GEN 49:19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the
last.
GEN 49:20 Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal
dainties.
GEN 49:21 Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
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:
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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: of their fingers.
MAT 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make
broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,
MAT 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in
the synagogues,
MAT 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.
MAT 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.
MAT 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
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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: LEV 4:23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge;
he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish:
LEV 4:24 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill
it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it
is a sin offering.
LEV 4:25 And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering
with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt
offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of
burnt offering.
LEV 4:26 And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of
the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement
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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: ISA 5:10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed
of an homer shall yield an ephah.
ISA 5:11 Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may
follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
ISA 5:12 And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine,
are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither
consider the operation of his hands.
ISA 5:13 Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have
no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude
dried up with thirst.
ISA 5:14 Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth
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