| 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 5:25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and
begat Lamech.
GEN 5:26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred
eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:
GEN 5:27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and
nine years: and he died.
GEN 5:28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a
son:
GEN 5:29 And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort
us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground
which the LORD hath cursed.
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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: CH2 33:16 And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon
peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the
LORD God of Israel.
CH2 33:17 Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high
places, yet unto the LORD their God only.
CH2 33:18 Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his
God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the
LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of
Israel.
CH2 33:19 His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all
his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places,
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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: among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his
fruit was sweet to my taste.
SON 2:4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love.
SON 2:5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of
love.
SON 2:6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace
me.
SON 2:7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he
please.
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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: reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless
thee.
RTH 2:5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers,
Whose damsel is this?
RTH 2:6 And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and
said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the
country of Moab:
RTH 2:7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the
reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the
morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house.
RTH 2:8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not
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