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: unto those things which are before,
PHI 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.
PHI 3:15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and
if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto
you.
PHI 3:16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by
the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
PHI 3:17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which
walk so as ye have us for an ensample.
PHI 3:18 (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell
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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: JOS 6:13 And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before
the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and
the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of
the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
JOS 6:14 And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned
into the camp: so they did six days.
JOS 6:15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early
about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same
manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven
times.
JOS 6:16 And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew
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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: children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
ACT 5:22 But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison,
they returned and told,
ACT 5:23 Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and
the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened,
we found no man within.
ACT 5:24 Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the
chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this
would grow.
ACT 5:25 Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye
put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people.
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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: if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a
blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.
MAL 3:11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall
not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her
fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts.
MAL 3:12 And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a
delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts.
MAL 3:13 Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye
say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
MAL 3:14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it
that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully
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