| 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: to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant
before the people;
JOS 3:15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the
feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the
water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,)
JOS 3:16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up
upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and
those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea,
failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against
Jericho.
JOS 3:17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD
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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: Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people,
to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt:
behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against
me:
NUM 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for
they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may
smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he
whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
NUM 22:7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with
the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and
spake unto him the words of Balak.
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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: JOB 22:4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee
into judgment?
JOB 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
JOB 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and
stripped the naked of their clothing.
JOB 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast
withholden bread from the hungry.
JOB 22:8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the
honourable man dwelt in it.
JOB 22:9 Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
fatherless have been broken.
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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: JOB 30:3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the
wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
JOB 30:4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their
meat.
JOB 30:5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them
as after a thief;)
JOB 30:6 To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth,
and in the rocks.
JOB 30:7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
JOB 30:8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they
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