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: me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
CO1 9:16 For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of:
for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the
gospel!
CO1 9:17 For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if
against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me.
CO1 9:18 What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel,
I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my
power in the gospel.
CO1 9:19 For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself
servant unto all, that I might gain the more.
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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: after them, nor follow them.
LUK 17:24 For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part
under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also
the Son of man be in his day.
LUK 17:25 But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this
generation.
LUK 17:26 And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the
days of the Son of man.
LUK 17:27 They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given
in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood
came, and destroyed them all.
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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: laver and his foot.
EXO 30:29 And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy:
whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
EXO 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate
them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.
EXO 30:31 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying,
This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations.
EXO 30:32 Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye
make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it
shall be holy unto you.
EXO 30:33 Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any
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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: silver.
EXO 38:18 And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of
blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits
was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits,
answerable to the hangings of the court.
EXO 38:19 And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four;
their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their
fillets of silver.
EXO 38:20 And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round
about, were of brass.
EXO 38:21 This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of
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