| 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: mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then
Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes.
GEN 30:15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast
taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also?
And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's
mandrakes.
GEN 30:16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went
out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have
hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
GEN 30:17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare
Jacob the fifth son.
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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: reproof.
JOB 26:12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding
he smiteth through the proud.
JOB 26:13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath
formed the crooked serpent.
JOB 26:14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is
heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
JOB 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
JOB 27:2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
JOB 27:3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in
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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: pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy
hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for
hunger in the top of every street.
LAM 2:20 Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this.
Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the
priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord?
LAM 2:21 The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my
virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them
in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied.
LAM 2:22 Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so
that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those
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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: he increaseth strength.
ISA 40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men
shall utterly fall:
ISA 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be
weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
ISA 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew
their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come
near together to judgment.
ISA 41:2 Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to
his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he
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