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: GEN 48:17 And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon
the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's
hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head.
GEN 48:18 And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this
is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head.
GEN 48:19 And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know
it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly
his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become
a multitude of nations.
GEN 48:20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel
bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set
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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: king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal
with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
JER 21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
JER 21:4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back
the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against
the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you
without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
JER 21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand
and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.
JER 21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and
beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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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: us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs
of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
GEN 44:32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father,
saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my
father for ever.
GEN 44:33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of
the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
GEN 44:34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with
me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
GEN 45:1 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that
stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there
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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: and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor
their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this
place with the blood of innocents;
JER 19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their
sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor
spake it, neither came it into my mind:
JER 19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this
place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of
Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
JER 19:7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in
this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their
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