| 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 11:26 For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do
shew the Lord's death till he come.
CO1 11:27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup
of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the
Lord.
CO1 11:28 But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that
bread, and drink of that cup.
CO1 11:29 For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and
drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
CO1 11:30 For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many
sleep.
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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: NEH 2:16 And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither
had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles,
nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
NEH 2:17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come,
and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a
reproach.
NEH 2:18 Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me;
as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let
us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good
work.
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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: written,
ACT 15:16 After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle
of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins
thereof, and I will set it up:
ACT 15:17 That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all
the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all
these things.
ACT 15:18 Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the
world.
ACT 15:19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which
from among the Gentiles are turned to God:
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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 64:2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters
to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations
may tremble at thy presence!
ISA 64:3 When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou
camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
ISA 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor
perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee,
what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
ISA 64:5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness,
those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we
have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
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