| 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: peradventure it was an oversight:
GEN 43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
GEN 43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may
send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my
children, I am bereaved.
GEN 43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double money in
their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood
before Joseph.
GEN 43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler
of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these
men shall dine with me at noon.
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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: ISA 27:12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall
beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye
shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
ISA 27:13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet
shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the
land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall
worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
ISA 28:1 Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose
glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat
valleys of them that are overcome with wine!
ISA 28:2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a
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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 16:12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also
taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his
mark.
JOB 16:13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins
asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.
JOB 16:14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me
like a giant.
JOB 16:15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in
the dust.
JOB 16:16 My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow
of death;
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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: robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the
stranger wrongfully.
EZE 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the
hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not
destroy it: but I found none.
EZE 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I
have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I
recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
EZE 23:1 The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying,
EZE 23:2 Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother:
EZE 23:3 And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed
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