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: and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it,
that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders
of Israel.
EXO 17:7 And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah,
because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they
tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not?
EXO 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
EXO 17:9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out,
fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with
the rod of God in mine hand.
EXO 17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with
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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: called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their
judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before
God.
JOS 24:2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God
of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old
time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and
they served other gods.
JOS 24:3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the
flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his
seed, and gave him Isaac.
JOS 24:4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau
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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: are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the
LORD.
JOS 6:20 So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets:
and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and
the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so
that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him,
and they took the city.
JOS 6:21 And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man
and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of
the sword.
JOS 6:22 But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the
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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: Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother,
that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and
watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.
GEN 29:11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept.
GEN 29:12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and
that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.
GEN 29:13 And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob
his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed
him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
GEN 29:14 And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh.
And he abode with him the space of a month.
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