| 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: his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let
him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry.
CO1 7:37 Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no
necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his
heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well.
CO1 7:38 So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that
giveth her not in marriage doeth better.
CO1 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth;
but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she
will; only in the Lord.
CO1 7:40 But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I
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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: land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will
give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead
there.
GEN 23:14 And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him,
GEN 23:15 My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred
shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy
dead.
GEN 23:16 And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to
Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
GEN 23:17 And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was
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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: lo, he is there; believe him not:
MAR 13:22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall
shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.
MAR 13:23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
MAR 13:24 But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
MAR 13:25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are
in heaven shall be shaken.
MAR 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds
with great power and glory.
MAR 13:27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together
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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: GEN 19:26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a
pillar of salt.
GEN 19:27 And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he
stood before the LORD:
GEN 19:28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the
land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up
as the smoke of a furnace.
GEN 19:29 And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the
plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the
overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.
GEN 19:30 And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and
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