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Showing posts with label elements. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elements. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Desire Incantation for the Fire Element
Burning passion,
Element of Fire
Ignite within me,
My soul's desire.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Meditation: Journeying to the Realm of Earth
1) Conjure up the World Tree, enter it and go into your Inner Temple.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways leads to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of earth, and stand before it. Usually the earth doorway is oriented to your northern direction in the temple, but your Inner Temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as earth.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of earth and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspects of yourself, and the realm of earth.
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of earth. If you know the invoking pentagram of earth, you can use it as your key. Feel the heavy earthen door slowly sway open. In the doorway is a dark tunnel, digging deep to the earth plane. Enter the realm of elemental earth.
5) Feel each step as you walk deeper into the darkness without fear. Feel your body move into the unknown, growing quiet, immobile, and solid. Smell the fresh earth. Feel the sacredness of the land around you.
6) As you move deeper into the tunnel, you lose sight of your inner temple and immerse yourself in the earth sensations. Ahead you find a light, leading you out of the tunnel and into the realm of earth. You find yourself at the edge of a primordial forest, a place of power. This is the edge of the realm of earth, the realm of gnomes and dwarves and their ruler Ghob.
7) Before you there is a path into the heart of the forest. The path pulls you deeper. Take notice of the plants and animals you see in the forest. Walk deeper into the place of earth power. At the end of the path you arrive in a clearing with a mound and an opening. You enter the mound and find yourself in another deep tunnel. The tunnel has minerals and crystals shining in it as you descend into the land.
8) At the end of the tunnel is a cavern, and in the center of the cavern, a figure, your personal guide to the element of earth. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or angel, there to guide you on the path of earth. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since touch is the sense of earth, this experience could be very tactile. Follow your feelings and impressions. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of earth in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10) Your guide will lead you back through the mound tunnel, back through the forest, and to the tunnel of earth leading you to the inner temple. Your guide will bid you farewell. Thank your guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of earth. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your own grounding and mastery.
11) Return through the tunnel of earth, feeling each step as you return. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of earth as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the earth realm, you can put it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness, counting up, giving yourself clearance and balance. Do any necessary grounding.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways leads to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of earth, and stand before it. Usually the earth doorway is oriented to your northern direction in the temple, but your Inner Temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as earth.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of earth and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspects of yourself, and the realm of earth.
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of earth. If you know the invoking pentagram of earth, you can use it as your key. Feel the heavy earthen door slowly sway open. In the doorway is a dark tunnel, digging deep to the earth plane. Enter the realm of elemental earth.
5) Feel each step as you walk deeper into the darkness without fear. Feel your body move into the unknown, growing quiet, immobile, and solid. Smell the fresh earth. Feel the sacredness of the land around you.
6) As you move deeper into the tunnel, you lose sight of your inner temple and immerse yourself in the earth sensations. Ahead you find a light, leading you out of the tunnel and into the realm of earth. You find yourself at the edge of a primordial forest, a place of power. This is the edge of the realm of earth, the realm of gnomes and dwarves and their ruler Ghob.
7) Before you there is a path into the heart of the forest. The path pulls you deeper. Take notice of the plants and animals you see in the forest. Walk deeper into the place of earth power. At the end of the path you arrive in a clearing with a mound and an opening. You enter the mound and find yourself in another deep tunnel. The tunnel has minerals and crystals shining in it as you descend into the land.
8) At the end of the tunnel is a cavern, and in the center of the cavern, a figure, your personal guide to the element of earth. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or angel, there to guide you on the path of earth. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since touch is the sense of earth, this experience could be very tactile. Follow your feelings and impressions. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of earth in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10) Your guide will lead you back through the mound tunnel, back through the forest, and to the tunnel of earth leading you to the inner temple. Your guide will bid you farewell. Thank your guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of earth. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your own grounding and mastery.
11) Return through the tunnel of earth, feeling each step as you return. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of earth as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the earth realm, you can put it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness, counting up, giving yourself clearance and balance. Do any necessary grounding.
Earth
* Plane: physical, etheric
* Direction: North
* Colours: green, brown, black, tan
* Sense: touch
* Gender: feminine
* Nature: cold and dry
* Season: winter
* Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
* Tarot suit: Pentacles, discs, coins
* Tools: stone, crystals, salt, soil, pentacle, mirror, shield, coin
* Elemental: gnomes, dwarves
* Animals: bull, stag, goat, bear, snake, beetle
* Key words: body, home, fertility, material, manifestation, law, healing, money, art, comfort.
* Deities: Gaia, Demeter/Ceres, Kore-Persephone, Pan, Danu, Dagda, Cernunnos, Modron, Preya, Frey, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Tammuz, Kishar
* Direction: North
* Colours: green, brown, black, tan
* Sense: touch
* Gender: feminine
* Nature: cold and dry
* Season: winter
* Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
* Tarot suit: Pentacles, discs, coins
* Tools: stone, crystals, salt, soil, pentacle, mirror, shield, coin
* Elemental: gnomes, dwarves
* Animals: bull, stag, goat, bear, snake, beetle
* Key words: body, home, fertility, material, manifestation, law, healing, money, art, comfort.
* Deities: Gaia, Demeter/Ceres, Kore-Persephone, Pan, Danu, Dagda, Cernunnos, Modron, Preya, Frey, Geb, Osiris, Isis, Tammuz, Kishar
Air
* Plane: Mental
* Direction: South, east
* Colours: sky blue, yellow
* Sense: smell (or hearing)
* Gender: Male
* Nature: hot and wet
* Season: spring, summer
* Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
* Tarot suit: swords
* Tools: athame, blade, sword, incense
* Elemental: sylph, faerie
* Animals: all birds, especially crow, raven, eagle, hawk and wren
* Key words: mind, thought, intellect, logic, communication, truth, life, expression, language, abstract, symbolic.
* Deities: Uranus, Zeus/Jupiter, Hera/Juno, Hermes/Mercury, Macha, Nuada, Llud, Arianrhod, Tarranis, Thor, Odin, Nut, Isis, Anubis, Inanna, Marduk, Shala
* Direction: South, east
* Colours: sky blue, yellow
* Sense: smell (or hearing)
* Gender: Male
* Nature: hot and wet
* Season: spring, summer
* Zodiac: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
* Tarot suit: swords
* Tools: athame, blade, sword, incense
* Elemental: sylph, faerie
* Animals: all birds, especially crow, raven, eagle, hawk and wren
* Key words: mind, thought, intellect, logic, communication, truth, life, expression, language, abstract, symbolic.
* Deities: Uranus, Zeus/Jupiter, Hera/Juno, Hermes/Mercury, Macha, Nuada, Llud, Arianrhod, Tarranis, Thor, Odin, Nut, Isis, Anubis, Inanna, Marduk, Shala
Monday, March 16, 2009
Meditation: Journeying to the Realm of Water
1) Conjure the great World Tree, entering it and going to the Inner Temple.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways leads to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles or tattvas. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of water, and stand before it. Usually the water doorway is oriented to your western direction in the temple, but your inner temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as water.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of water and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspects of yourself, and the realm of water.
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of water. It can open normally or dissolve like salt in water. If you know the invoking pentagram of water, you can use it as your key. In the doorway is a swirling vortex of water, as if a water spouts funnel is covering the gateway, creating a tunnel of water for you to travel. Enter the realm of water.
5) Feel the cool mist all around you with the spinning waters drawing you deeper. Feel the chill in the air as you attune with this elemental energy. The splash and spray clean away all hurt and pains from the past, opening your heart to the love of water.
6) As you move deeper into the tunnel of water, you lose sight of your inner temple and immerse yourself in the element. Ahead you find a light, leading you out of the tunnel and into the realm of water. You find yourself immersed in water, in a vast ocean, yet you can breathe and move with safety and comfort. Take notice of all things around you, the fish, the plants, the sea floor. Feel the currents and temperature shifts. This is the land of undines, mer-folk, undersea kingdoms, and the fabled Niksa.
7) You feel a current pull you, like a beckoning pathway, taking you deeper into the realm of water. You might cross the path of fish, dolphins, or whales. You could find healing sea plants.
8) At the end of the path is a figure, your personal guide to the element of water. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or perhaps an angel, there to guide you on the path of water. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since taste is the sense of water, not sight or hearing, your guide may not talk a lot or show you things, but impart a sense of feeling, memory, and empathetic communication. Here, feeling is more important thank knowing. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of water in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10 Your guide will lead you back to the tunnel of water and bid you farewell. Thank your guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of water. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your emotion and love, or give you a drop of compassion to carry within you.
11) Return through the tunnel of water, moving through the mist and water. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of water as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the realm of water, you can pout it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness, counting up, giving yourself clearance and balance. Do any necessary grounding.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways leads to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles or tattvas. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of water, and stand before it. Usually the water doorway is oriented to your western direction in the temple, but your inner temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as water.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of water and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspects of yourself, and the realm of water.
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of water. It can open normally or dissolve like salt in water. If you know the invoking pentagram of water, you can use it as your key. In the doorway is a swirling vortex of water, as if a water spouts funnel is covering the gateway, creating a tunnel of water for you to travel. Enter the realm of water.
5) Feel the cool mist all around you with the spinning waters drawing you deeper. Feel the chill in the air as you attune with this elemental energy. The splash and spray clean away all hurt and pains from the past, opening your heart to the love of water.
6) As you move deeper into the tunnel of water, you lose sight of your inner temple and immerse yourself in the element. Ahead you find a light, leading you out of the tunnel and into the realm of water. You find yourself immersed in water, in a vast ocean, yet you can breathe and move with safety and comfort. Take notice of all things around you, the fish, the plants, the sea floor. Feel the currents and temperature shifts. This is the land of undines, mer-folk, undersea kingdoms, and the fabled Niksa.
7) You feel a current pull you, like a beckoning pathway, taking you deeper into the realm of water. You might cross the path of fish, dolphins, or whales. You could find healing sea plants.
8) At the end of the path is a figure, your personal guide to the element of water. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or perhaps an angel, there to guide you on the path of water. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since taste is the sense of water, not sight or hearing, your guide may not talk a lot or show you things, but impart a sense of feeling, memory, and empathetic communication. Here, feeling is more important thank knowing. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of water in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10 Your guide will lead you back to the tunnel of water and bid you farewell. Thank your guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of water. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your emotion and love, or give you a drop of compassion to carry within you.
11) Return through the tunnel of water, moving through the mist and water. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of water as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the realm of water, you can pout it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness, counting up, giving yourself clearance and balance. Do any necessary grounding.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Element: Water
* Plane: emotional (upper astral), astral, psychic
* Direction: west
* Colours: blue, aqua, sea green, black
* Sense: taste
* Gender: female
* Nature: cold and wet
* Season: autumn
* Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
* Witches’ Pyramid: to keep silent
* Tarot suit: cups
* Tools: chalice, bowl, cauldron, shell
* Elemental: undines, sea nymphs, mer-people
* Animals: all fish, dolphin, whale, crab, snake, eagle
* Ruler: Niksa
* Archangel: Gabriel
* Greek wind: Zephyrus
* Norse dwarf: Vestri
* Egyptian Son: Qebhsennuf, Horus’ hawk-headed son
* Key words: emotion, love, empathy, feeling, healing, dream, unconscious, ending, death, ancestors
* Deities: Poseidon/Neptune, Amphritite, Aphrodite/Venus, Lir, Manannan Mac Lir, Dylan, Cerridwen, Nuada, Danu, Freya, Aegir, Ran, Osiris, Khnemu, Ea, Apsu, Tiamat, Ereshkigal
* Direction: west
* Colours: blue, aqua, sea green, black
* Sense: taste
* Gender: female
* Nature: cold and wet
* Season: autumn
* Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
* Witches’ Pyramid: to keep silent
* Tarot suit: cups
* Tools: chalice, bowl, cauldron, shell
* Elemental: undines, sea nymphs, mer-people
* Animals: all fish, dolphin, whale, crab, snake, eagle
* Ruler: Niksa
* Archangel: Gabriel
* Greek wind: Zephyrus
* Norse dwarf: Vestri
* Egyptian Son: Qebhsennuf, Horus’ hawk-headed son
* Key words: emotion, love, empathy, feeling, healing, dream, unconscious, ending, death, ancestors
* Deities: Poseidon/Neptune, Amphritite, Aphrodite/Venus, Lir, Manannan Mac Lir, Dylan, Cerridwen, Nuada, Danu, Freya, Aegir, Ran, Osiris, Khnemu, Ea, Apsu, Tiamat, Ereshkigal
Meditation: Journey to the Realm of Fire
1) Conjure the great World Tree, entering it and going to the Inner Temple.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways lead to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of fire, and stand before it. Usually the fire doorway is oriented to your eastern or southern direction in the temple, but your Inner Temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as fire.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of fire and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspect of yourself, and the realm of fire (If you have spirit guides, ask them to be present).
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of fire. It can open normally or melt away. If you know the invoking pentagram of fire, you can use it as your key. Before you is a great swirling ball of fire, filling the doorway and beyond. Feel the heat rush over you. Hear the crackling flame. The ball of light swirls into a tube, a tunnel or pure flame. You know you can enter it safely with your own fiery essence, and you being to walk into the tunnel of fire.
5) Your skin begins to tingle with the warmth, and you may feel a sweat break. Move slowly, one step at a time, truly attuning with elemental fire. The heat and light refine you, burning away all fear and tension. The fire brings you back to your essence, your passion and vitality, burning away all that does not serve your will.
6) As you move deeper and deeper into the tunnel, you lose sight of the inner temple and find yourself entering the light and the end of the tunnel, leading you to the realm of fire. Take a look around this fiery landscape, with burning trees and bushes, mountains of volcanic glass and ash. You are completely safe and in tune with the fire element. This is the land of fire salamanders, drakes, djinn, and fabled cities of brass.
7) Before you is a path, taking you deeper into the realm of fire. Follow the path. Take notice of any animals you see along the way, and any plants on the path. Fiery, sharp, and spicy plants are the herbs of fire.
8) At the end of the path is a figure, your personal guide to the element of fire. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or perhaps angel, there to guide you on the path of fire. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since sight is the sense of fire, your guide may not speak much, but show you things in pictures. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of fire in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10) Your guide will lead you back to the tunnel of fire and bid you farewell. Thank you guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of fire. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your will and passion, or give you a spark of flame to carry within you.
11) Return through the tunnel of fire, spiralling through the heat and flame. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of fire as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the land of fire, you can put it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness.
2) Orient yourself in the center of your sacred space. You will notice four doorways around you. You may have never noticed them before, but they will be very clear to you now. Each of the doorways lead to a different elemental plane. Each one will be in a different colour and have a different symbol on it for the element, such as the elemental triangles. By its markings, find the doorway that leads to the realm of fire, and stand before it. Usually the fire doorway is oriented to your eastern or southern direction in the temple, but your Inner Temple is beyond direction in the physical world, so go to whatever door calls to you as fire.
3) Hold the intention to enter the realm of fire and in your silent, magickal voice, ask permission to open the door. You are asking permission of the highest aspect of yourself, and the realm of fire (If you have spirit guides, ask them to be present).
4) If you get a yes response, open the door of fire. It can open normally or melt away. If you know the invoking pentagram of fire, you can use it as your key. Before you is a great swirling ball of fire, filling the doorway and beyond. Feel the heat rush over you. Hear the crackling flame. The ball of light swirls into a tube, a tunnel or pure flame. You know you can enter it safely with your own fiery essence, and you being to walk into the tunnel of fire.
5) Your skin begins to tingle with the warmth, and you may feel a sweat break. Move slowly, one step at a time, truly attuning with elemental fire. The heat and light refine you, burning away all fear and tension. The fire brings you back to your essence, your passion and vitality, burning away all that does not serve your will.
6) As you move deeper and deeper into the tunnel, you lose sight of the inner temple and find yourself entering the light and the end of the tunnel, leading you to the realm of fire. Take a look around this fiery landscape, with burning trees and bushes, mountains of volcanic glass and ash. You are completely safe and in tune with the fire element. This is the land of fire salamanders, drakes, djinn, and fabled cities of brass.
7) Before you is a path, taking you deeper into the realm of fire. Follow the path. Take notice of any animals you see along the way, and any plants on the path. Fiery, sharp, and spicy plants are the herbs of fire.
8) At the end of the path is a figure, your personal guide to the element of fire. It could be an elemental being, animal, deity, or perhaps angel, there to guide you on the path of fire. Introduce yourself, and ask the guide its name and function. Follow this guide, and receive what your guide has to offer. Since sight is the sense of fire, your guide may not speak much, but show you things in pictures. Take this wisdom in, and ask any questions you have.
9) Ask your guide upon whom shall you call as your guardian of fire in ritual. Sometimes it is the guide itself, but often the guide will point you to a deity or other being of power.
10) Your guide will lead you back to the tunnel of fire and bid you farewell. Thank you guide for this time and knowledge. Know that you now have a link in the realm of fire. The guide may give you a gift to inspire your will and passion, or give you a spark of flame to carry within you.
11) Return through the tunnel of fire, spiralling through the heat and flame. Come back to the inner temple, and close the gateway of fire as you opened it. Orient yourself in the temple. If you have a gift from the land of fire, you can put it in your temple space if you desire.
12) Return back through the World Tree tunnel, and stand at the base of the tree. Thank the World Tree. Step back through the screen of your mind’s eye and let the World Tree gently fade from view.
13) Return yourself to normal consciousness.
Element: Fire
* Plane: Spiritual
* Direction: East, South
* Colours: red, orange
* Sense: sight
* Gender: male
* Nature: hot and dry
* Season: Summer or spring
* Zodiac sign: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
* Witches’ Pyramid: to will
* Tarot suit: wands
* Tools: wand, candle, athame, blade, sword
* Elemental: salamander, fire drake
* Animals: lion, red fox, ram, horse
* Ruler: Djinn
* Archangel: Michael (when in the South)
* Greek wind: Notus (when in the East)
* Norse dwarf: Austri (when in the East)
* Egyptian son: Akeset, Horus’ human-headed son (When in the South)
* Deities: Ares/Mars, Apollo, Helios, Hephaestus/Vulcan, Hestia/Vesta, Bel, Lugh, Lleu, Mabon, Brid/Bridget, Govannon, Goidniu, Goban, Luchtaine, Creidne, Oak King, Balder, Loki, Preya, Tyr, Volund/Weidland, Ra, Horus, Sekhmet, Set, Ptah, Shammash, Nusku, Tubal Cain
* Direction: East, South
* Colours: red, orange
* Sense: sight
* Gender: male
* Nature: hot and dry
* Season: Summer or spring
* Zodiac sign: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
* Witches’ Pyramid: to will
* Tarot suit: wands
* Tools: wand, candle, athame, blade, sword
* Elemental: salamander, fire drake
* Animals: lion, red fox, ram, horse
* Ruler: Djinn
* Archangel: Michael (when in the South)
* Greek wind: Notus (when in the East)
* Norse dwarf: Austri (when in the East)
* Egyptian son: Akeset, Horus’ human-headed son (When in the South)
* Deities: Ares/Mars, Apollo, Helios, Hephaestus/Vulcan, Hestia/Vesta, Bel, Lugh, Lleu, Mabon, Brid/Bridget, Govannon, Goidniu, Goban, Luchtaine, Creidne, Oak King, Balder, Loki, Preya, Tyr, Volund/Weidland, Ra, Horus, Sekhmet, Set, Ptah, Shammash, Nusku, Tubal Cain
The Fifth Element: Spirit
* Plane: Divine
* Direction: center, above, and below
* Colours: white, all colours
* Sense: hearing, and knowing (the sixth sense)
* Gender: androgynous
* Nature: all natures - warm, cold, wet, dry
* Season: all seasons
* Zodiac sign: all signs
* Tarot suit: Major arcane
* Tools: cauldron, pentacle
* Elemental: all angelic and divine archetypal beings
* Animals: phoenix, dragon, sphinx
* Archangel: Metatron
* Key words: unity, harmony, creation, unconditional love, centering, sacredness
* Deities: the Great Spirit, Dryghten, the Creator/Creatix, the divine mind, the One, the All, Godhead, Primal Spirit, Source, God/dess
* Direction: center, above, and below
* Colours: white, all colours
* Sense: hearing, and knowing (the sixth sense)
* Gender: androgynous
* Nature: all natures - warm, cold, wet, dry
* Season: all seasons
* Zodiac sign: all signs
* Tarot suit: Major arcane
* Tools: cauldron, pentacle
* Elemental: all angelic and divine archetypal beings
* Animals: phoenix, dragon, sphinx
* Archangel: Metatron
* Key words: unity, harmony, creation, unconditional love, centering, sacredness
* Deities: the Great Spirit, Dryghten, the Creator/Creatix, the divine mind, the One, the All, Godhead, Primal Spirit, Source, God/dess
Meditation: Elemental Cleansing
1) Get into your magickal mindset.
2) Call upon the element of Fire to heal and balance your soul. Feel yourself engulfed in flame, surrounding your body. The flame does not cause pain, but consumes your self-image, leaving you as pure light and energy. Thank the energy of Fire.
3) Call upon the element of Air to clear and heal your mind. Feel a breeze move through your energy, sweeping away any smoke or ash, transforming you into a clear, crystalline, hollow body, filling with the Air energy. You are clear, open, and free. Thank the energy of Air.
4) Call upon the element of Water to heal your heart and astral body. Feel the tides come in slowly, building into waves that start to wash over your body, filling you with water. Feel the tide peak and quickly wash away. Thank the energy of Water.
5) Call upon the element of Earth to heal your body and bring balance. Feel the ground beneath you, and feel as if a giant quartz crystal point grows up out of the ground, around you, engulfing you, as its point forms at the top of your crown and its vertical axis is parallel with your spine. Feel the energy of the earth rise up through your body, from the crystal, starting at the base of your spine and moving up your body, coming out like a bolt of lightning from the point of the crystal, into the sky. Thank the energy of Earth.
6) Feel yourself perfectly balanced and healed as the crystal melts away, leaving you centered.
7) Return to normal consciousness.
2) Call upon the element of Fire to heal and balance your soul. Feel yourself engulfed in flame, surrounding your body. The flame does not cause pain, but consumes your self-image, leaving you as pure light and energy. Thank the energy of Fire.
3) Call upon the element of Air to clear and heal your mind. Feel a breeze move through your energy, sweeping away any smoke or ash, transforming you into a clear, crystalline, hollow body, filling with the Air energy. You are clear, open, and free. Thank the energy of Air.
4) Call upon the element of Water to heal your heart and astral body. Feel the tides come in slowly, building into waves that start to wash over your body, filling you with water. Feel the tide peak and quickly wash away. Thank the energy of Water.
5) Call upon the element of Earth to heal your body and bring balance. Feel the ground beneath you, and feel as if a giant quartz crystal point grows up out of the ground, around you, engulfing you, as its point forms at the top of your crown and its vertical axis is parallel with your spine. Feel the energy of the earth rise up through your body, from the crystal, starting at the base of your spine and moving up your body, coming out like a bolt of lightning from the point of the crystal, into the sky. Thank the energy of Earth.
6) Feel yourself perfectly balanced and healed as the crystal melts away, leaving you centered.
7) Return to normal consciousness.
Evocation of the Elements
“To the North, I call upon the element of Earth,
and the great Stag. Hail and welcome.
“To the East, I call upon the element of Air,
And the wise Crow. Hail and welcome.
“To the South, I call upon the element of Fire,
And the proud Lion. Hail and welcome.
“To the West, I call upon the element of Water,
And the loving Dolphin. Hail and welcome.”
and the great Stag. Hail and welcome.
“To the East, I call upon the element of Air,
And the wise Crow. Hail and welcome.
“To the South, I call upon the element of Fire,
And the proud Lion. Hail and welcome.
“To the West, I call upon the element of Water,
And the loving Dolphin. Hail and welcome.”
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Element Associations
* East - Air
- the Mind
- Dawn
- Spring
- Colours: white, violet
- the power to know
- Bird: eagle, high flying birds
- Symbol: athame, sword
* South - Fire
- energy, spirit
- noon
- summer
- Colours: red, orange
- quality of will
- the solar lion
- Symbol: wand (used to channel energy)
* Earth - Earth
- considered the most powerful direction
- Mystery, the unseen
- winter
- the body
- midnight
- Colours: black, brown, green
- power to keep silent
- to keep secrets
- Dark Maiden
- New Moon
- Symbol: pentacle
* West - Water
- emotion
- twilight
- autumn
- Colours: blue, grey, deep purple, sea green
- power to dare
- Symbol: cup, chalice
- sea serpents, dolphins, fish
- the Mind
- Dawn
- Spring
- Colours: white, violet
- the power to know
- Bird: eagle, high flying birds
- Symbol: athame, sword
* South - Fire
- energy, spirit
- noon
- summer
- Colours: red, orange
- quality of will
- the solar lion
- Symbol: wand (used to channel energy)
* Earth - Earth
- considered the most powerful direction
- Mystery, the unseen
- winter
- the body
- midnight
- Colours: black, brown, green
- power to keep silent
- to keep secrets
- Dark Maiden
- New Moon
- Symbol: pentacle
* West - Water
- emotion
- twilight
- autumn
- Colours: blue, grey, deep purple, sea green
- power to dare
- Symbol: cup, chalice
- sea serpents, dolphins, fish
The Importance of Water
It can shape and change landscapes in drastic and startling ways. It wears down all that it touches by flowing over and over the stone or the earth, and little changes become big ones with the passage of time.
It is emotion. Sorrow and joy. Our emotions can wear us down too, for to keep them bottled up is hard on physical health.
The Importance of Fire
Close your eyes and imagine a flame.
What does it do?
Flames burn away old growth and can create fertile
fields for new growth to come.
It promotes change.
It purifies.
It charges. It calls forth that raw, instinctive, protective
and projective energy of the God.
What does it do?
Flames burn away old growth and can create fertile
fields for new growth to come.
It promotes change.
It purifies.
It charges. It calls forth that raw, instinctive, protective
and projective energy of the God.
Correspondences of Earth
* North
* Winter
* Its energy is that of beginnings - the dream, conjured swiftly and truly. The idea made so clear in our minds that we can almost see it whole and manifest. It is not yet the seed, but the idea of the seed.
* The energy is also the end result - the idea brought to form, material, complete.
* Symbol: earth dish, salt, dirt, pentacle, gemstones (as they come from the soil.)
* This element allows a person to connect more intimately with Gaia (the spirit of the planet) and the Mother aspect of the Triple Goddess (like returning to the womb).
* It puts one more in touch with Nature and the living things around us because our feet are always touching the ground.
* Colours: greens (for plants), brown/black (for soil)
* Just as the plant is rooted to the soil, so is our spirit to our physical being.
* Use this element for grounding.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Meditation: The Circle & Elemental Visualization
Ground and center. Face East. Visualize your athame in your strongest hand, and draw an Invoking Pentagram. See it burning with a pale, blue flame. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the East, Powers of Air”.
Walk through the pentacle, and see a great wind sweeping across a vast plain of waving grass. Breathe deeply, and feel the air on your face, in your lungs, through your hair. The sun is rising, and in its rays a golden eagle shines as it flies toward you. When you are filled with the power of air, say, “Hail and farewell, Shining Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the South. Draw the Invoking Pentagram. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the South, Powers of Fire.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are on a blazing veldt under the hot sun. It is high noon. Feel the sun’s fire on your skin and absorb its power. In the distance, red-gold lions sun themselves. When you feel attuned to fire, say, “Hail and farewell, Radiant Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the West, and draw the Invoking Pentacle. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the West, Powers of Water.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are on a cliff above a pounding sea. Feel the spray and the force of the waves. It is twilight, and the blue-green waves are edged with violet as the sun disappears. Dolphins and sea serpents dive and play in the foam. When you feel attuned to the power of water, say, “Hail and farewell, Flowing Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the North. Draw the Invoking Pentacle. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the North, Powers of Earth.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are in the midst of a lush, fertile landscape, on the slopes of a mountain. Around you are green, growing herbs nourished by fresh springs, and tall, silent trees fed by the minerals and nutrients in the earth. In the distance, grain is waving in the fertile fields. Wild goats cling to the craggy heights above you, while below, herds of wild cattle thunder across the plain. It is midnight; the moon is hidden but the stars are bright. The Great Bear and the Little Bear circle the North Star, the still center point of the whirling wheel of the sky. Say, “Hail and farewell, Silent Ones.”
Visualize all four pentacles around you in a circle of blue flame. Above your head is an eight-rayed star. Breathe deep, and draw in power from the star. Let it fill you; feel it flood every cell of your body with light that extends deep into the earth around you. Thank the star and let the light return to its source.
Walk through the pentacle, and see a great wind sweeping across a vast plain of waving grass. Breathe deeply, and feel the air on your face, in your lungs, through your hair. The sun is rising, and in its rays a golden eagle shines as it flies toward you. When you are filled with the power of air, say, “Hail and farewell, Shining Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the South. Draw the Invoking Pentagram. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the South, Powers of Fire.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are on a blazing veldt under the hot sun. It is high noon. Feel the sun’s fire on your skin and absorb its power. In the distance, red-gold lions sun themselves. When you feel attuned to fire, say, “Hail and farewell, Radiant Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the West, and draw the Invoking Pentacle. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the West, Powers of Water.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are on a cliff above a pounding sea. Feel the spray and the force of the waves. It is twilight, and the blue-green waves are edged with violet as the sun disappears. Dolphins and sea serpents dive and play in the foam. When you feel attuned to the power of water, say, “Hail and farewell, Flowing Ones.” Walk back through the pentacle.
Turn and face the North. Draw the Invoking Pentacle. Say, “Hail, Guardians of the Watchtowers of the North, Powers of Earth.”
Walk through the pentacle. You are in the midst of a lush, fertile landscape, on the slopes of a mountain. Around you are green, growing herbs nourished by fresh springs, and tall, silent trees fed by the minerals and nutrients in the earth. In the distance, grain is waving in the fertile fields. Wild goats cling to the craggy heights above you, while below, herds of wild cattle thunder across the plain. It is midnight; the moon is hidden but the stars are bright. The Great Bear and the Little Bear circle the North Star, the still center point of the whirling wheel of the sky. Say, “Hail and farewell, Silent Ones.”
Visualize all four pentacles around you in a circle of blue flame. Above your head is an eight-rayed star. Breathe deep, and draw in power from the star. Let it fill you; feel it flood every cell of your body with light that extends deep into the earth around you. Thank the star and let the light return to its source.
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