| 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: She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he,
the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to
look upon.
GEN 26:8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that
Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and,
behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.
GEN 26:9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she
is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto
him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.
GEN 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one
of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest
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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: skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the
people will be wholly at thy commandment.
CH1 29:1 Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation,
Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and
the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.
CH1 29:2 Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God
the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of
silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron,
and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set,
glistering stones, and of divers colours, and all manner of precious
stones, and marble stones in abundance.
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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: Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
LUK 3:2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came
unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
LUK 3:3 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the
baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
LUK 3:4 As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the
prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
LUK 3:5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall
be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough
ways shall be made smooth;
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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: Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto
this day,
GEN 48:16 The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads;
and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and
Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
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
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