| 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: your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
GEN 42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that,
behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they
and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
GEN 42:36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin
away: all these things are against me.
GEN 42:37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons,
if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring
him to thee again.
GEN 42:38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his
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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: tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with
pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
ISA 38:13 I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break
all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
ISA 38:14 Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a
dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed;
undertake for me.
ISA 38:15 What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself
hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my
soul.
ISA 38:16 O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is
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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: NEH 9:1 Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of
Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon
them.
NEH 9:2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers,
and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers.
NEH 9:3 And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the
law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth
part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God.
NEH 9:4 Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and
Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried
with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
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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: turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
KI1 11:10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should
not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
KI1 11:11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is
done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which
I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and
will give it to thy servant.
KI1 11:12 Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy
father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son.
KI1 11:13 Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give
one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's
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