(Order of the White Lion)
Translated by Artemidorus
In ancient times it took considerable note for the understanding of the elements, since they are considered the building blocks of the universe, and many believed they were part also of their own basic structure. The Sages of the time saw them as a reflection of the universe. They studied the stars and nature, and used the information gathered as a way of understanding the Creator and themselves.
We all now live within nature, even those living in towns and cities, and most of us are reassured by the field or walking along the beach. Few of us take the time to really study them, but if we are interested in following these ancient beliefs, we would find that nature holds the key to much insider knowledge about our own nature, and the part we play in the great cosmic plan.
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pasmarían realizing that these same elements can be interpreted as operating within us. We are made by the same laws, and these elements not only feel around us, but most certainly can express themselves in many ways within our nature. Because of this the elements are considered by some as very important and, by analogy, one can compare as follows:
The Flames of Passion (FIRE)
choked with emotion (WATER)
the cool breeze of Reason (AIR) Solid as a Rock
( GROUND)
And there are many more similarities, if we are interested in thinking. The more we study nature, and compared it with us, the more we know and maybe learn to understand and realize how special our own individuality.
Ever wanted to know why you say "God the Father," and call the world we live in as "Mother Earth"? Nature can be considered as the Bride and the reflection of creation. The Father is the Creator, the Mother is one who feeds all the manifested on Earth - both working in perfect polarity.
We are told that everything in nature is made with the 4 basic elements, and it is worth examining how this can affect us too.
is said to represent the Elemental Kingdoms Spiritual Internal Forces of the 4 elements. Are shown as images that people have built up over many hundreds of years and they have made a separate life of its own.
Some are highly visible, and the ancient Celtic people collected many accounts of the Gnomes, Fairies, and Elves, or "Little People," as the Irish often called. All these are part of the Earth element. Less commonly known are the Sylphs, Salamanders and Ondinas, which are part of the elements Air, Fire and Water respectively.
Each United Elemental resides under the direction of King Elementary, which in turn serves one of the 4 major Archangels. Together control the weather patterns worldwide.
sleepers Elementals are creatures who are said to be so charming, that can lead to the neglect of our own destiny on earth. But in truth it simply means that the obsession - as with anything, can tempt us to live in a fantasy world of dreams and false promises, leaving us unable to confront and handle our daily lives. However, contact with them is not only inevitable, but deeply rewarding and, when treated with love, respect, good control, can enhance the magic of our lives to enable us to truly see and understand the inner beauty and awesome power 4 elements that give us life, and in return, us by our contact with these beings, we can ensure its continued existence.
The powerful elements Air, Fire, Water and Earth are the domain of the Elemental realms just as they are ours, and it is said that only with the protection of the Archangels, and the permission of the Elemental Kings, we can maintain any semblance of control.
Although skeptics would dispatch its description as mere flights of fancy, we are told by those who believe that the Elemental Kings and their kingdoms are an intrinsic part of our heritage.
They share our lives, and his spirit lives within our own natures as surely as we experience the external nature.
Fire is desire. She is enthusiastic, heater, and the spark of life. He is passionate, emotional, indomitable, the most powerful forces of energy, because it represents the power of the Spirit. It beats a flame, or fire that destroys ... Sun shines on the Fire Dance in the home, attracts the eye, and desire. Gives color to the blood. Is the pulse of our being.
Fire is red. It is the warmth that the earth moves with delight, the desire to live, the light we see. Dynamic, mobile, full sparks, bold, vital, intelligent in its urgency. Fire is active, rises. It is the beginning of life. Its essence is life, heat, compels, excites, propelled by enthusiasm. Love the passion of youth.
Summer is fire - the silent but pervasive heartbeat of creation. Is life in its fullness. The south is fire, when the sun burns stronger. Is standing with arms outstretched to the giver of life, light and heat flow down - a thanksgiving to the joy, happiness and wonder of youth.
Fire is the Scepter of our birth. It is the courage and the rashness of youth. Is the jump from wild delight, the bustle of excitement. It is our hope, our goal, our desire, our energy and urgency about the future. Vive. It is!
melted Fire lies in the center of the earth, but has the power to break through the crust. It is our unstoppable momentum, our heat, our mouth, our passion to love or hate.
Air fanning the flames, but it takes the earth to contain it. Only water can quench. Fire can not build, but is the essence of "being." Can not absorb, but by itself, attracts others to their warmth. Gives life, but can destroy the life giving. It tenaciously protective but it needs protection from himself.
Fire is the Father of hope and desire of the Spirit. It is the living force. We Fuego. With our spark of life, we are divine. Live!
Fire within us
If we truly want to understand the elements we need to take the time to study them and try to relate their behavior to what happens inside us. For example, there is a difference between the calls from home as opposed to a forest fire. One is warm and inviting, and the other can be devastating in their destruction.
You know what makes a flame still burning? Light a candle and watch the flame flickering in the breeze. It can be easily turned off by strong wind or a complete vacuum, but the flame of a candle is very small.
From this, we understand that fire needs air to hold, but not a howling gale. Air means thought and reason, and Fire means desire. What can we learn from this? The enthusiasm in our nature requires sustained with constant communication and relationship, but reason and logic in excess can kill our desire if not strong enough in the first place, like a wind Deposit can put a flame fragile!
How many times have you excited about something and then "reasonable" and convinced yourself that you ought not? Many times, however, the encounter with others can fan the flames, and then we need to monitor that we are not out of hand!
emotional disturbances are perhaps the most dangerous, since they can be driven completely our hopes and desires, in the same way that water can quench the fire. Study
all levels of Fire, from the initial spark to powerful explosions in the Sun's surface, and look the different ways you can act, alone or in combination with other elements. Then compare it to your own nature, and see if you can relate it in you or others. There should be some interesting results!
When you have lost your way ...
Sal and walk toward the sun feels on your face its radiation. Or sit near the fire or fireplace home and watch her light casts shadows dancing around the room around you. It is comforting and warm. Absorb its warmth and realize that happiness can be achieved by allowing freedom to go behind your most secret desires. You're the only person who can fulfill your wishes. Nobody else can do this for you.
Fire is energy and enthusiasm, the vitality of life. It's about the humor and passion, and finding the courage to hold on to your convictions. It's about hope, and above all hope for the future.
ELEMENTARY FIRE-DJIN
If you stand in the heat of a summer day, and looking in the sky, can you be dazzled by the glare light, but if you stare into the depths of the heart of a forest fire, maybe you can see a glowing figure dancing in the center. That's Djinn, and his kingdom is in the heart of the sun and all the fires of the earth, for he is Lord of the Fire Element, and resides under the jurisdiction of the Archangel Michael, Master. When asked Mikael protection, you can see Djinn fluctuating beside Him, eager to fulfill their mandates, as a great genius of the lamp. Together, these Great Beings powerful direct and control the movement of fire, and the forces of life energy around the earth.
who sees this king Almighty says it appears to them as a burst of energy bursting into light, as pointed touch, equipped with tendrils of white-hot heat and sparks of fire, a vibrating mass of living flame. Her diamond eyes shine with the dark charcoal embers, and his coat is the vibrant yellow to red molten lava when it erupts from within the depths of the earth angry volcanoes.
This King is impressive in size, and so overwhelming and terrifying as a thunderstorm, but, although it looks fierce, it can be so gentle and comforting as the flickering light of a candle in a dark room, or the warmth of a lamp on a winter night. It is said that if we dare to catch his eye, Djinn and hold us captive still suspended in his gaze, as it burns down to the deepest desires of our hearts-desires which are hidden in the center of our being, and when spoken by the fires crackle in her voice resonates.
is by force Djinn power that attracts the tiny sparks of light, the Salamanders of his kingdom, under his leadership. Bright and demanding bring their flashlights inside themselves, blazing, sparkling, twinkling and falling like a waterfall while around him, bursting with energy in its insistence to take action.
THE WATER ELEMENT
Water is emotion, feelings, dreams and heart food. Cool, cool, moist, fluid, heavy and mysterious, takes the form of anything that contains it. Water is the food of life, and essential for life, since all things emerged from the sea. Water quenches thirst of the earth made barren by the Fire and Air.
Water is serenity. It is blue, clear and liabilities, but slips through the cracks in our defenses. Flow with our humor, and you can not grasp, as it slips through your hands. It is the swift current of a gathering storm, the heavy foam on the back of the ocean tides. Can corrode and drown. But it is also the peacefulness of the waves in a pool of glass. Moving, waning, flowing, clean, relieved.
brightness is the Holy Grail, held aloft and overflowing with love, or suddenly turned to stifle tears. Is the cry of joy or cry of anguish.
twilight - the sun, shading in the west, and liquid silver moon slowly climbing to claim the sky darkened the shadows. It's fall - the trembling of the leaves as it passes the morale summer.
Water is Maturity, the sister of Feeling. Change. Sets.
blue jade is the depression, and the dye subtle, passive, joy. It is our astral being. Shape our thoughts, but thoughts can shape it. Is driven and inspired by the winds of air, absorbed in the fullness of the earth, but in a storm threatens to stifle the spirit, energy, desire of life. Because the water spits in the face of fire. Water
can only bring the sanctity of true love, the balance of harmony. It is deceptive, subtle and elusive. It has strength and power, rhythm and cycle, charity and compassion. It is the mirror misty subconscious instincts our past and our need to aware of the future.
Water is the secret of our heart murmur, and the gentle reflection of the Spirit in manifestation.
Water within us
Water needs to be contained because if it runs wild and wasted. Observe the movement of water when it falls like a waterfall, crystal clear over the rocks of a creek, then compare it with the clear stillness of a grassy clearing beside a backwater, and how they are expressed both within your own nature. Leave the water running in the key and feel the coolness slipping through your fingers, then try to pick it up with your hands.
Imagine what would happen if and break the walls of a dam, or if the rivers dry up and the rains never come. All of this can compare to the feelings within us, calm and gentle as the quiet of an island, or so angry and uncontrollable as the high and mighty waves of a stormy sea.
Water is the great purifier, clean and wash the mess and dirt, as well as the highest emotion of love can clean and revitalize our inner being.
Water is not light and bright as the Air, which represents the flirting, and has no heat of fire, which is desire. It is soft, clear, malleable, and can be contained easily or shed by the touch of love. Thoughts can stir the water waves, or beat them in a storm.
Our spirit of excitement can be dampened severely by the unrestrained emotion, but the earth and stability in us come alive and enriched with the fresh and gentle touch of rain.
How emotional are you? Can you contain your feelings to enrich your nature, and nourish and revive those around you? Or are too reactive, quick to offend, or perhaps immobilized by irrational fears? What are the joy and sadness for you? Do you dare to let you truly love?
When you have lost your way .....
Walk along a beach, swimming in a clear backwater, or take a shower and feel the water washes and drag your problems. Clean and quiet. Relax and imagine the joy of being able to let your feelings flow through you without restriction or fear. Nobody can truly your love unless you truly love yourself. Water is related to the peace, gentleness and compassion, the blossoming of an open heart. His field is the love and especially love to give without asking anything in return, without conditions.
ELEMENTARY WATER-NIXSA
If you are standing next to the sea on a windy day in autumn and observed the waves when they hit the shore, it is possible that in the distance you see a translucent form, bent over, stretching from the depths of the seabed below. It Nixsa, and his kingdom is in the depths of the oceans and rivers of the earth.
is the Lord of the Water Element, and resides under the jurisdiction of the Archangel Gabriel, their Amo. Whenever Gabriel is invoked for protection, Nixsa will rise to its side, fluid and changing, tremulous power while in standby spray jets to its mission. Together they run and command the movement of the rain, the ebb and flow of tides, and the instinctive responses of the earth.
Nixsa can be as gentle and pliable as a clear backwater, or dance and emit light like a river cascades, but also can lift up to the heavens huge ocean waves, as wild and untamed as a tough storm. If we catch his eye, is said to have returned our eyes twinkling eyes shrouded in mystery, ecstasy hypnotic, while slowly out of our depths a tenderness unknown latent print sleeping with our dreams. And when he speaks, we hear the distant sound of running water flowing in his voice.
AIR ELEMENT
Air is spring, innocence and vibrancy of the beginning of a new station, the outbreak of the leaves from the seeds of the mind, and faith in oneself, and belief in one's own destiny. Air hits the color of the sun, and captures the thought of life. It is the breath of the living. If we could see would be yellow.
Air is child of Wisdom, new life, wide-eyed, expectant, and rushing headlong into the light. A stormy times, blowing, dancing, annoyed, search, question, develop and breathe. Try to learn and learn. You can roar, howl and torment.
is the gentle touch of inspiration - the cool spring breeze of reason, dancing in our hair when we walk through the valley of discovery. Has the innocence of lambs frolicking on the hill, and the sudden burst of light above the dark horizon.
Air is an idea, an objective thinking, a flash of inspiration and ingenuity. It's the glow of genius, or the restless agony of a tormented mind. It is the birth of communication, which lies in the East, where faith and the day begins. Air is the dawn of consciousness through the fog of innocence and the herald of the Intelligence of the Spirit when you breathe on earth.
Air within us
As an element, is almost totally unstoppable for we can not see it. Is not solid like Earth, or hot as fire, or fluid like water. If we try to get it, get a bunch of nothing, as if trying to catch a thought, slipping from our grasp. Thoughts and words not ours, and the air is not under our control. We've probably all experienced the feeling of "having a blank mind," or having "lost for words."
Air owes nothing any of the other elements, for he is the master of your own destiny, but when trapped in pockets of water or land, can become heavy and oppressive lack of movement. The Air was born to be free, and our minds should remain clear and agile, without being clouded by emotion or prejudice.
Too much stability can cushion the alert and originality, but too many questions can blind us to the simple common sense. Compare the wind in different seasons, from the lightness of a spring breeze to the icy winds of winter, and see how they can affect other elements, and you and your nature. How
use your thoughts? Or use your thoughts to dominate your life? Why not start keeping a diary of what you perceive about yourself, and start looking for who you really are?
When you have lost your way ...
Salt and walks in the breeze or the wind. Feels like caresses your hair. It is cool and soothing. Breathe deeply, and realize that peace can be achieved by letting your thoughts flow free. Nobody has the power to control these thoughts but you.
Air is about freedom and true peace of mind. Is faith in yourself and believe in this great universe that has given you life. It's about truth and above all, the truth is you.
-AIR ELEMENTARY Paralda
Archangel Raphael If you stand in the early-morning mist and look to the sky just as the sun rises, you might be lucky enough to catch a fleeting glow in a misty and foggy dark blue jumping in the clouds at the edge of the wind. This is Paralda, and his kingdom is all around us, for he is Lord Element Air, and resides under the jurisdiction of the Archangel Raphael, your love.
Paralda We are told that, at a glance, you can capture the secrets of our deepest thoughts in the fleeting moment of his penetrating gaze, and when he speaks in his voice carries the sound of the brief lull of summer winds, or Little breezes of autumn. It is by the breath of Paralda orders that controls the tiny elemental beings of his kingdom, known as the Sylphs. Ready and graceful, come together to surround with its ethereal and undefined forms silver goblins.
Air Elemental EARTH ELEMENT
Earth is the ground beneath our feet, the foundation upon which we build our lives. Is the center of our common sense, our sensuality, and our senses. Through her touch, taste, smell, see and hear with our eyes and ears.
Earth is green. Dance in the leaves in the fields, and hedgerows. Color the plants come to life from the foundation of stability. The Earth is the root source, as is for us.
Earth is midnight. Eternal darkness, where we can not see, but we are compelled to perceive. It's warm, sultry and quietly protective. Is the reliability and vulnerability of old age. The time to know and understand - the part of our life where growth begins and ends.
is the disk of the material, circular, meaning the roundness and fullness of nature, the continuous cycle of life, the phoenix rising from the ashes the annual rebirth of the earth.
Earth is winter, where everything seems to die but still living under the surface, beneath the solid crust and the moderate heat of the earth. The promise of a new birth to come to the spring when the sap rises in the roots of all living things.
Earth is reliable. Includes life. Is the strength of the future, built on the foundations of the past. It is rich and dark, strong and still.
contains salt of our tears and builds from his soda, but may be withered by the heat of our desire. She nourishes the root, gives support to the happiness we need. Feel its texture in your hands. Feel the energy penetrating through the soles of your feet when you run barefoot through the grass.
The Earth is being at home with oneself, integrated, without obsessions, fertile and ready for everything.
Earth is the Mother of Strength, Justice and Law, the basis of the physical world and the cockpit of the Spirit in manifestation.
Earth within us
Earth is more content and more secure than the Fire, because it is the sustenance of life and our own stability, can sustain the life of an idea, a desire or a dream. Without this element of our nature, there would be no enjoyment of anything, because without action, all would be in the realms of imagination.
Of all the elements, is the most reliable. Many people seek security or company in animals, but the feel of the ground beneath our feet is solid and reliable thing there is.
call it Mother Earth, for its beautiful green and fertile Being is not a lifeless sphere of rock and stone, but the livelihood of our lives. And as a mother, often take for granted. The pledge, the burned and plowed, but always remains.
Take a handful of earth after rain, and tap moisture and texture. The earth needs water to keep it from becoming barren and dry, and water is emotion, compassion and love. Require love and emotion to remain stable and keep us dry inside. The combination is good but mixed with too much water can be turned into rivers of mud, causing our stability slip.
Compare the different textures of stone, wood, charcoal and earth and the different phases of the dust to mud, fresh or newly planted field to another without plowing and planting. There is much we can glean about ourselves from these things, linking Earth to the other elements.
How much land are you? Are you reliable, solid, reliable? Or are you beset with emotional concerns, or obsessive desire? Do you think too much, letting it alter your security? You know really how strong and capable you are? Too much
any of the other elements disrupt our stability, but too few of them to temper the Earth will cause us to become inert, boring and unable to adapt to change.
When you have lost your way ...
Listen to the sounds of the forest, you smell flowers, and realize the strength that can be achieved by walking as one with the fullness of nature. No one else can give you real security - you can only achieve it yourself.
Earth is on stability. It's about the recognition and acceptance of natural laws of this land that we provide the nutrition. The Earth gives us dignity, respect, and willpower. Provides understanding, especially understanding and self-acceptance.
-GOB Earth Elemental
Archangel Uriel Whenever you invoke the protection of Uriel, Ghob standing silently by his side in the shadows, waiting to do what is requested. Together direct and command the mass of soil, plants, and the stability of this world in which we all live. It says, for those with experience, which is Ghob be solemn, dark, wary eyes of sharp glass, and laminated delicate fern clothing, sewn with glittering dew threads busy hands of elves. His sharp features saddened show deep scars from the rigors of life caused by uninvited interlopers: the human jungle of hostile neighbors who share his earthly kingdom. King Elementary
This is much more shy and less accessible than others. His power is indomitable, and his strength is unmatched, but he normally remain hidden in the secret meadows and the groves where humans do not go. However, if we look very carefully, and if we win your confidence, you may display, sometimes peeking from the bushes, or maybe almost motionless with his back against a tree trunk in a forest on the edge of a ravine.
Gob This silent and dark being can be so gentle and protective a shady tree, or as protector and heavy as a forest at night. If you choose to speak, his voice is as crisp as the snap of a twig, and it is through these steep orders indicating the Gnomes - Miniature elemental beings of His Kingdom - to come together at his side. These tiny creatures shy and often appear to us in the likeness of human form-a sometimes slender as an elf, or delicate as a fairy, and sometimes small, thick and heavy.
Earth Elemental We are told that if we stand on the field at the hour of midnight, and listen carefully, We could hear the chatter and laughter of little voices screaming when climbing at night, their tiny lanterns dangling before them, and the buzz of chatter through the air as a colony of bees, trapped in a honeycomb, far away in the distant forests.
The four elements in nature Source: Order of White Lion.
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Translation by Artemidorus