Elements

 

 Earth

 
This is the element we are closest to home with, since it is our home. Earth doesn’t necessarily represent the physical Earth, but that part of it which is stable, solid, and dependable.
Earth is the realm of abundance, prosperity and wealth. While it is the most physical of the elements this is not negative, for it is upon Earth that the other three rest. Without Earth, life as we know it could not exist.

 Direction: North - the place of greatest darkness
Name of North Wind Boreas, Ophion

Energy: Receptive, Feminine

Signs: Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn

Ritual Work: The body, growth, nature sustenance, material gain, money, creativity, birth, death, silence, rocks, standing stones, crystals, jewels, metal, bones, structure, night, riches, treasures, surrendering self-will, touch, empathy, grounding, mystery, industry, possessions, conservative, incorporation, business, prosperity, employment, stability, success, fertility, birth, healing, combined forces of nature and it's bounty, material abundance, wisdom, runes, strength, practical wisdom, teaching, symbols

Places: Caves, canyons, chasms, forests, groves, valleys, fields, farms, gardens, arboretums, parks, plant nurseries, farmer's market, kitchens, baby nurseries, basements, mines, and holes, mountains

Colors: Black, Brown, Green (from the color of living plants and fields), White

Ritual Forms: Burying, Planting, Making images in the dirt or sand
walking over miles of countryside while visualizing the need.

Basic Nature: Fertile, moist, nurturing, stabilizing, grounding.
Gravity is a manifestation of this element.

Point in Life: Advanced Age

Types of Magick Ruled: Gardening, magnet, image, stone, tree, knot, binding

Time: Midnight; night

Season: Winter- The time of darkness

Magickal Tools: Pentacle and Pentagrams, salt, Images, stones, gems, trees, cord magick

Spirits: Gnomes, Dwarfs and trolls who inhabit the interior of the earth and are the consciousness of precious gems.

Angel: Ariel

King: Ghob, Gob or Ghom

Sense: Touch

Stones and Jewels: Rock Crystal, Salt: Heavy or opaque, as in coal; green as in emeralds and peridot, onyx, Jasper, azurite, amethyst, royal azute, tourmaline, tourmalanted quartz or rutiled.

Metals: Iron, Lead

Incense: Storx, Benzoin

Plants and Trees: Comfrey, Ivy, grains, oats, rice, rye, wheat, patchouly, vetivert, mosses, lichens, nuts, dry and stiff plants; heavy low-growing plants; generally roots
Oak

Animals: Cow or bull, bison, snakes (earth-dwelling), stag, dog, horse, gopher, ant, burrowing animals, bears, wolf

Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nephthys, Persephone, Prithivi, Rhea, and Rhiannon

Gods: Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Marduk, Pan, and Tammuz

Attracted By: Salts and Powders

Musical Instruments: Drums, all percussion instruments

Symbols: Rocks and Gemstones, mountains, plains, fields, soil, caves and mines

 

Air

 
Air is the element of the intellect; it is the realm of thought, which is the first step toward creation.

Magickally speaking, Air is the clear, uncluttered, pure visualization which is a powerful tool for change. It is also the movement, the impetus that sends the visualization out toward manifestation.

It rules spells and rituals involving travel, instruction, freedom, obtaining knowledge, discovering lost items, uncovering lies and so on.

It can also be used to develop the psychic faculties.

Spells involving Air usually include the act of placing an object in the air or dropping something off the side of a mountain or other high places so that the object actually connects physically with the element.

Air is masculine, being dry, expansive and active. It is the element that excels in places of learning, and which is at work while we theorize, think and ponder.

Air rules the East because this is the direction of the greatest light, and the light of wisdom and consciousness. Its color is yellow, the yellow of the Sun and the sky at dawn.

Air governs the magick of the four winds, most divination. concentration and visualization magick.

Direction: East - Place of Sunrise
Name of East Wind Eurus

Energy: Projective

Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius

Ritual Work: The Mind, All mental, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge, abstract learning, wind and breath, inspiration, hearing, harmony, herbal knowledge, plant growth, intellect thought and growth, travel, freedom, revealing the truth, finding lost things, psychic abilities, instruction, telepathy, memory, to contact the angels, the ability to know and understand, to unlock the secrets of the dead, zen meditation, brainstorms, beginnings, illuminations

Places: Mountaintops and high mountain peaks, wind-swept plains and hills, cloudy skies, windy beaches, high towers, airports, schools, libraries, offices, travel agencies, psychiatrist's office

Colors: White, Bright Yellow (of the sun, the sky at dawn), Crimson,Light Blue, Pastels

Ritual Forms: Tossing objects into the air, Suspending tools in high places, fanning light objects, visualization, positive thinking

Basic Nature: Floating, movement, fresh, intelligent, suspending. Sound is a manifestation of this element.

Point in Life: Infancy

Types of Magick Ruled: Divination, concentration, visualization, wind magick, prophecy, karma, speed.

Time: Dawn

Season: Spring - The time of freshness.

Magickal Tools: Athame, Sword, Censer, Creative Visualization, Wand

Spirits: Sylphs, Zephyrs and Faeries who inhabit the world of trees, flowers, winds, breezes and mountains.

Angel: Raphael

King: Paralda

Sense: Smell and Hearing

Stones and Jewels: Topaz, light stones, such as pumice; transparent, such as mica. Yellow fluorite, crystals, amethyst, and alexandrite, yellow or blue stones, Rainbow Stones.

Metals: Tin and Copper

Incense: Galbanum, Frankincense

Plants and Trees: Frankincense, Myrrh, Pansy, Primrose, Vervain, Violet, Yarrow, Pungent, Dill, Airy, Finely veined or windswept; generally leave. Lavender, Aspen

Animals: Birds, especially the eagle and the hawk, insects, spiders, raven.

Goddesses: Aradia, Arianhod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania

Gods: Enlil, Kheohera, Mercurym Shu, Thoth

Attracted By: Oils and Incenses

Musical Instruments: Flute, all winded instruments

Symbols: Sky, Wind, breezes, clouds, breath, vibrations, plants, herbs, flowers, trees

 Fire

 Fire is the element of change, will and passion. In a sense it contains within it all forms of magick, since magick is the process of change.

Fire magick can be frightening. The results manifest quickly and spectacularly. It is not an element for the faint-hearted. However, it is the most primal and for this reason is much used.

This is the realm of sexuality and passion. It is no only the "sacred fire" of sex; it is also the spark of divinity, which shines within all living things and us. It is at once the most physical and spiritual of the elements.

Direction: South - the place of greatest heat.
Name of South Wind Notu

Energy: Projective, Masculine

Signs: Aries, Leo, and Sagittarius

Ritual Work: Energy, spirit, heat, flame, blood, sap, life, will, healing and destroying, purification, bonfires, hearth fires, candle flames, sun, eruptions, explosions freedom, change, sight, perception, vision, illumination, learning, love, passions, sexuality, authority, destruction, change, will, the will to dare, creativity, loyalty, force, transformation, protection, courage, strength, higher self, success, refinement, the arts, evolutions, faith, physical exercise, body awareness, work nurturance, vitality, self-knowledge, power

Places: Deserts, hot springs, volcanoes, ovens, fireplaces, bedrooms (for sex), weight rooms, locker rooms, saunas, and athletic fields

Colors: Red, the color of flames, Gold, Crimson, Orange, White

Ritual Forms: Burning Fuming or smoldering of an image, herb or other object candles or small blazes

Basic Nature: Purifying, destruction, cleansing, energetic, sexual, forceful.
Heat is a manifestation of this element.

Point in Life: Youth

Types of Magick Ruled: Candle, Storm, time and Star.

Time: Noon

Season: Summer - The time of Heat.

Magickal Tools: Dagger, Censer, Lamp or Candles, Burned herbs or requests on paper, Knife

Spirits: Salamanders, Firedrakes, the consciousness of flames

Angel: Michael

King: Djin

Sense: Sight

Stones and Jewels: Fire Opal, Red or Fiery, as in jasper. Volcanic, as in lava; clear, as in quartz crystals Ruby, Carnelian, Rhodochrosite, Agates

Metals: Gold, Brass

Incense: Olibanum, Copal, Cinnamon, Juniper

Plants and Trees: Garlic, Hibiscus, Mustard, Nettle, Onion, Red Peppers, Cinnamon, Red Poppies, Stinging, thorny or hot plants such as thistle, Chile peppers and bougainvillea, desert-dwelling cacti, coffee beans, generally seeds
Almond Tree, in flower.

Animals: Fire Breathing Dragons, lions, horses, when their hooves strike sparks, snakes, cricket, praying mantis, ladybug, bee, scorpion, shark, phoenix, coyote, fox

Goddesses: Brigit, Hestia, Pele, Vesta

Gods: Agni, Hepaetus, Horus, and Promtheus Vulcan

Attracted By: Candles, Lamps, Incense, Fire

Musical Instruments: Guitar, All Stringed Instruments

Symbols: Lightning, Volcanoes, Rainbow, Sun, Stars, Lava, A heat object

 

 

Water

 


Water is the element of purification, the subconscious mind, love and the emotions.

Just as water is fluid, constantly changing, flowing, from one level to another, so too are our emotions in a constant state of flax.

Water is the element of absorption and germination. The subconscious’s symbolized by this element because it is rolling, always moving, like the sea which rests neither night nor day.

Direction: West - the place of the setting sun.
Name of West Wind Zephyrus

Energy: Receptive, Feminine

Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces

Ritual Work: Emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, intuition, the unconscious mind, the womb, generation, fertility, plants, healing, smell, absorbing, communication with the spiritual, purification, pleasure, friendship, marriage, happiness, sleep, dreams, the psychic, the inner self, sympathy love, reflection, dreams and dreamtime, currents and tides of life, the power to dare and cleanse all things, Inner Knowing, vision quests, self-healing, inner vision, security, journeys

Places: Lakes, springs and wells, ponds, streams, rivers, beaches, bathtubs, swimming pools, showers, bedroom (for sleep), health spas, fountains, steam rooms, the ocean and the tides.

Colors: Blue (from the hur of the deep water), Blue-green, Green, Grey, Indigo, Black

Ritual Forms: Dilution, placing into water, washing away, bathing

Basic Nature: Flowing, purifying, healing, soothing, loving, movement

Point in Life: Maturity

Types of Magick Ruled: Sea, Ice, Snow, Fog, Mirror, Magnet, Rain

Time: Twilight, Dusk

Season: Autumn - the time of harvest, when rain showers the earth.

Magickal Tools: Cup, Cauldron, Goblet, Mirrors, And The Sea

Spirits: Undines, Nymphs, Mermaids and Mermen who live in the sea, lakes, streams and springs, and Fairies of the lakes, ponds and streams

Angel: Gabriel

King: Niksa or Necksa

Sense: Taste

Stones and Jewels: Aquamarine, Transparent or translucent, amethyst, blue tourmaline, pearl, coral, blue topaz, blue fluorite, lapis lazuli, sodalite

Metals: Mercury (Quicksilver), Silver, and Copper

Incense: Myrrh, Chamomile

Plants and Trees: Ferns, Lotus, Mosses, Bushes, Seaweeds, Water Lilies, All Water Plants, lettuce rose, gardenia, generally flowers.Willow Tree

Animals: Dragons, Serpents, Dolphins and Porpoises, Fish, Seals and sea mammals, Water-dwelling snakes, all water creatures and sea birds, cat, frog, turtle, otter, seal, most fish and shellfish, swan, crab, bear

Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Mariamne, Mari, Tiamat, Yemaya

Gods: Dylan, Ea, Manannan, Osiris, Neptune, Poseidon

Attracted By: Water, Washes and Solutions

Musical Instruments: none

Symbols: Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Wells, Springs, Pools, Rains, Mist, Fog, A shell, a Cup of Water

 

Spirit

  Not used for Magickal Purposes!

Direction: Center and Circumference, throughout and about. North, East, South and West, within and Without, Up and Down, Also a complete lack of directions and dimensions.

Rules: Transcendence, transformation, change, everywhere and nowhere, within and without, the rob, immanence

Energy: Projective/Receptive

Places: Outer space, vacuums, the void

Ritual Work: Religious In Nature, enlightenment, finding your life path, spiritual knowledge, seeing and understanding karmic paths in life.

Colors: Clear, White, Black, Purple

Ritual Forms: None

Basic Nature: Unknowable

Point in Life: Pre-Conception, soulless

Types of Magick Ruled:

Time: Beyond time, all time is one - Eternal Starlight

Season: The Turning Wheel - All (and yet none)

Magickal Tools: Cauldron, incense Secret Forces, Some books say none where yet others say all.

Spirits:

Angel: Metatron

Rulers: Archangels and angels

Sense: Hearing

Stones and Jewels: No Stones

Metals: Meteoritic

Incense: Mastic

Plants and Trees: Mistletoe, The Flowering Almond Tree

Animals: Sphinx, Other books say none and then others say all.

Goddesses: Isis, The Secret Name of the Goddess,Shekinah

Gods Akasha, Iao, JHVH

Attracted By:

Musical Instruments:

Symbols: infinity, the cosmos, godhead, the creator