| 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: JOH 11:32 Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she
fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here,
my brother had not died.
JOH 11:33 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also
weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.
JOH 11:34 And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord,
come and see.
JOH 11:35 Jesus wept.
JOH 11:36 Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
JOH 11:37 And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the
eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?
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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: CO1 15:47 The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the
Lord from heaven.
CO1 15:48 As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as
is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
CO1 15:49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also
bear the image of the heavenly.
CO1 15:50 Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit
the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
CO1 15:51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we
shall all be changed,
CO1 15:52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump:
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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: KI1 7:31 And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit:
but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and
an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders,
foursquare, not round.
KI1 7:32 And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of
the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a
cubit and half a cubit.
KI1 7:33 And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot
wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their
spokes, were all molten.
KI1 7:34 And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one
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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: EZE 47:3 And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth
eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the
waters; the waters were to the ankles.
EZE 47:4 Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the
waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and
brought me through; the waters were to the loins.
EZE 47:5 Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I
could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a
river that could not be passed over.
EZE 47:6 And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he
brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.
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