| 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: DEU 28:42 All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.
DEU 28:43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very
high; and thou shalt come down very low.
DEU 28:44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he
shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
DEU 28:45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall
pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou
hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his
commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
DEU 28:46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and
upon thy seed for ever.
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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: GEN 18:8 And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had
dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree,
and they did eat.
GEN 18:9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said,
Behold, in the tent.
GEN 18:10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to
the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah
heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
GEN 18:11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and
it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
GEN 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am
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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: upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of
Egypt.
EXO 9:23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD
sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the
LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt.
EXO 9:24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very
grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since
it became a nation.
EXO 9:25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that
was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of
the field, and brake every tree of the field.
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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: EXO 2:9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and
nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the
child, and nursed it.
EXO 2:10 And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's
daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she
said, Because I drew him out of the water.
EXO 2:11 And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that
he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied
an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren.
EXO 2:12 And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that
there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
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