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: put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let
the people go.
EXO 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel
is my son, even my firstborn:
EXO 4:23 And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and
if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy
firstborn.
EXO 4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met
him, and sought to kill him.
EXO 4:25 Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of
her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art
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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: arrows, and destroy them.
PSA 144:7 Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of
great waters, from the hand of strange children;
PSA 144:8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right
hand of falsehood.
PSA 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and
an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
PSA 144:10 It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth
David his servant from the hurtful sword.
PSA 144:11 Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children,
whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of
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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: JER 29:6 Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives
for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear
sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished.
JER 29:7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be
carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace
thereof shall ye have peace.
JER 29:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not
your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive
you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
JER 29:9 For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent
them, saith the LORD.
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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: GEN 32:13 And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which
came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;
GEN 32:14 Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes,
and twenty rams,
GEN 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten
bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
GEN 32:16 And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every
drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me,
and put a space betwixt drove and drove.
GEN 32:17 And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother
meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest
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