| 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: of Egypt for badness:
GEN 41:20 And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first
seven fat kine:
GEN 41:21 And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that
they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the
beginning. So I awoke.
GEN 41:22 And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one
stalk, full and good:
GEN 41:23 And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the
east wind, sprung up after them:
GEN 41:24 And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told
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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: NUM 19:15 And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it,
is unclean.
NUM 19:16 And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the
open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be
unclean seven days.
NUM 19:17 And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the
burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put
thereto in a vessel:
NUM 19:18 And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the
water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon
the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one
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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 12:9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this?
JOB 12:10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the
breath of all mankind.
JOB 12:11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
JOB 12:12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days
understanding.
JOB 12:13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
understanding.
JOB 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he
shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
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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: lamentations.
CH2 35:26 Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness,
according to that which was written in the law of the LORD,
CH2 35:27 And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in
the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
CH2 36:1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,
and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
CH2 36:3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned
the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
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