Earth the infant, fire the youth, the waters enlightened manhood, and air the carrier to the great unknown beyond the grave.
Of which death is the messenger, not the sting, and the grave the separation of life's elements, and hence the victory of all living things.
[22] Here refers to our intellectual senses, or Intuition, Perception, Retention, Imagination and Analization, which raise us from our lower or physical conditions, and exalt us into our spiritual or higher nature.
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Thus in the earth thy roots of life are struck, and from thy mother receive their nourishment.
Quickened into being by that cause divine, to be! Who hands to thee the clay [23]to mould, Oh friend, to mould?
[23] All beings are created equal, and each for himself must individualize his work or actions.