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: CO1 15:11 Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye
believed.
CO1 15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say
some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
CO1 15:13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ
not risen:
CO1 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and
your faith is also vain.
CO1 15:15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have
testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so
be that the dead rise not.
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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: LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
PSA 84:3 Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest
for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of
hosts, my King, and my God.
PSA 84:4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still
praising thee. Selah.
PSA 84:5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart
are the ways of them.
PSA 84:6 Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the
rain also filleth the pools.
PSA 84:7 They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion
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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: GEN 7:20 Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the
mountains were covered.
GEN 7:21 And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl,
and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth
upon the earth, and every man:
GEN 7:22 All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was
in the dry land, died.
GEN 7:23 And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the
face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and
the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah
only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
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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: ISA 42:22 But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them
snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey,
and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore.
ISA 42:23 Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and
hear for the time to come?
ISA 42:24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did
not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in
his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law.
ISA 42:25 Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and
the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he
knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
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