Part 1: The Elements

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Part One will deal with the characteristics of each of the elements that manifest in human beings.

As we progress, I will post articles concerning the different aspects of elemental magick and how to use the elements in workings.

Please study everything in this spiritual warfare section.

Those of us who progress and continue on will be working some extremely advanced magick.

Magic or Magick? – Library of Rickandria

You must be honest with yourself and know yourself.

Below are attributes of each of the elements in their pure form.

Very few of us are imbalanced with just one element; usually there are two that are dominant. 

Look to the elements where most of the characteristics describe you.

By balancing your elements, you will find healing physically, psychologically, at the soul level and mentally.

The characteristics are often expressed in a different way.

A lack of Water does not mean the person is unfeeling.

The exact opposite is often true.

Adolf Hitler who lacked Water was one of the most caring persons.

Hitler’s Genealogy – Library of Rickandria

He was also very emotional as could be seen in his speeches.

In spite of the endless lies told about him, he was one of the finest humanitarians who ever lived, and he also loved animals and put laws for animal rights into effect in Nazi Germany.

The BEER HALL PUTSCH was Faked! – Library of Rickandria

Heinrich Himmler, though lacking in Earth was:


  • exceptionally hard working
  • responsible
  • reliable.

His lack of Earth manifested in his idealism.

He spent most of his life working very hard.

He was very patient and self-disciplined.

Helen Keller who was both blind and deaf spent her entire life communicating.

She lacked Air [Communication].

She authored several books and gave numerous speeches.

The information below regarding the lack of an element is traditional and by the book.

Just remember, individuals lacking an element tend to express the characteristics of that element in a different way.

The Element of Earth


Characteristics of Earth:


People who are dominant in Earth are:


  • sensual
  • materialistic
  • practical

and they hate anything that is unplanned.

Earth gives patience, self-discipline, makes one dependable, reliable, and conventional.

Earth people like tradition, and security is extremely important to them, they are cautious, deliberate, slow in forming opinions, and can be slow in everything they do.

They are reserved, can have limited imagination, but they have exceptional endurance.

They are practical, grounded, cool-headed, and level-headed.

They are hardworking, they dislike change and can be stuck in a routine for years without ever getting bored.

They have a hard time adjusting to new situations and changes.

Lacking Earth:


People who are lacking in Earth are not attuned to the material/physical world, they are spaced-out, impractical, they can neglect their bodies, they are flighty, lack self-discipline, are ungrounded, often feel out of place, and have over-active imaginations.

These people can forget to:


  • eat
  • rest
  • exercise

and so forth.

They have trouble with:


  • routine
  • endurance
  • scheduling

and organizing their lives.

A lack of Earth brings a lack of stability along with an inability to finish things.

Here today and gone tomorrow.

These people can overspend their money foolishly or gamble it away.

They are irresponsible and live only for today.

Earth is the material principle.

The Element of Air


The Characteristics of Air:


People with the element of air prominent have the ability to be:


  • objective
  • detached
  • unemotional

They are intellectual; enjoy spontaneity, easily bored, very talkative and communicative.

Air is the most social of the elements.

Air people are usually quick in their movements and speedy.

They can be very impractical.

Air lacks feeling and emotion.

Air is pure intellect


Air people can adapt and adjust to situations easily.

They can have an over-active mind, live in their head, and be Jack-Of-All-Trades, and master of none.

Air lacks depth.

The sayings "up in the air", "air headed", "cool-headed" are relevant to air.

An imbalance of too much air creates a lack of planning, makes one scatterbrained, nervousness, high-strung, and causes nervous exhaustion.

A LACK of air makes one have a hard time detaching as the tendency is to become too emotionally involved.

People who lack air can find themselves too involved with others.

They can be overly emotional, have violent reactions, lash out, and have a very difficult time with being objective.

They can have a hard time adjusting to new situations.

The emotions often dominate in one who is lacking the air element.

They can become obsessed.

Air is the communicative, intellectual principle.

The Characteristics of Fire:


  • Self-centered
  • confident
  • enthusiastic
  • expressive
  • bold
  • subjective
  • expansive
  • out-going
  • extroverted
  • insensitivity to others
  • impulsive
  • impatient
  • creative
  • vain
  • extravagance
  • reckless
  • passionate
  • self-important
  • exhibitionist
  • courageous
  • adventuresome

People who have pronounced Fire often burn themselves out.

They are often over-active, restless, and over concerned with making something happen in the world.

There are often problems in dealing with others; they can be very insensitive and crude in their approach.

Fire people are prone to inflammation, high blood pressure and can be labeled as "hot headed" as they normally have short tempers.

Without the Element of Earth, people who are dominant in Fire can lack staying power.

Lacking Fire:


People who are lacking in Fire are usually:

  • low in energy
  • lack self-esteem
  • self-confidence

There is a lack of spiritedness, lack of enthusiasm, aversion to challenges; there is apathy toward living, major problems take a long time to overcome with lingering psychological scars.

Fire alleviates mental depression and brings a love of life.

Fire is the creative principle, the spark of life.

Fire rules:


  • competition
  • athletics
  • action
  • courage
  • self-confidence
  • charisma

and pyrokinesis.

Invoking and Directing Fire is the advanced aspect of pyrokinesis.

The Element of Water


Characteristics of Water:


People who have dominant Water are too in touch with feelings and emotions.

They are psychic, and notice things others don’t see, such as subtle nuances.

Too much Water creates:


  • irrational fears
  • compulsive desires
  • oversensitivity

feelings of being threatened.

These people are very easily hurt and offended, they are impressionable, and their emotions can dominate them.

Water is:


  • intuitive
  • over-reactive
  • fearful
  • timid

gives feelings of inner emptiness

and

incites extremes of behavior.

Water is:


  • compassionate
  • loyal
  • devoted

and sympathetic.

Water is the emotional principle.

The Element of Quintessence


Aether (Classical Element)


"The aether is the fifth classical element in ancient Greek philosophy and science.

This Greek concept seems to derive directly from the akasha, its Hindu counterpart.

In Greek doctrines it seems that the Aether was the celestial fire, the pure essence where the gods lived and which they breathed.

In this connection, it seems that aether is radiative heat like that of the sun, which is able to propagate in empty space.

The Greek word "aither" derives from an Indo- European root aith- ("burn, shine").

This root figures in the name of Aithiopia (Ethiopia), which means something like "burnt land."

"Aether was once believed to be a substance, which filled all of space.

Aristotle included it as a fifth element (the quintessence) on the principle that nature abhorred a vacuum."

"Oliver Nicholson points out that, in contrast to the better known luminiferous aether of the 19th century, the older concept of the classical aether had three properties. =

Among these characteristics, the classical aether had a non-material property, was,


"Less than the vehicle of visible light."

and was responsible for "generating metals" along with fostering the development of all bodies." 

Adapted from Proceedings of the Tesla Centennial Symposium, Oliver Nicholson, "Tesla's Self-Sustaining Electrical Generator"

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"Robert Fludd stated that the aether was of the character that it was "subtler than light".

Fludd cites the 3rd century view of
Plotinus, concerning the aether as penetrative and non-material."

"Other 1800s views, such as James Clerk Maxwell, Lord Kelvin, and Nikola Tesla, was of the disposition that the aether was more akin to it actually being the electromagnetic field."

"In modern physics, dark energy is sometimes called quintessence due to its similarity to the classical ether."