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| Omega | Sep 29 2006, 12:23 PM Post #1 |
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look at this. It is very difficult to associate elements properly: Watchtower magic and wicca claim: Earth Fire Air Water North South East West Winter Summer Spring Autumn Celtic cross tarot claims : Earth Fire Air Water South East North West Chinese acupuncture claims there are five elements: Fire Earth Metal Water Wood South Middle West North East Summer Late Summer Autumn Winter Spring Indian tradition uses 5 elements, Fire, Earth, Air, Water and Ether, with variations between Hinduism and Ayurveda, and variable elemental deities and correspondences before and after the Aryan invasion, ... Plato claims: Fire Air Water Earth Brightness Darkness Darkness Darkness Thinness Thinness Thickness Thickness Motion Motion Motion Quietness Note a very important difference between Plato and the other systems: the progression is linear, from fire to earth, from spirit to matter: therefore, Plato correspondences are suitable for linear events, but not for circular ones, just like seasons, ... the other approaches are better in that case. Aristotle claims : Earth Fire Air Water Cold, Female, yin Warm, Male, Yang Cold, Female, yin Dry Moist Autumn Summer Spring Winter Note that this model suits to circular seasonal systems. Since fire is dry and warm, it corresponds to summer, water is cold and moist, it corresponds to winter, air is hot and moist just like the spring, whereas autumn is dry and colder than summer... Several old texts claim this correspondence: "The year is divided into four seasons; the first season is of a frigid complexion, and this is Winter; the second is of the complexion of air, and this is Spring; then follows the third, which is summer, and is of the complexion of fire; lastly, there is the fourth, wherein fruits are matured, which is Autumn" The Turba philosophorum Alchemical symbols give useful information: and are top (male, active, Yang), whereas and are bottom (female, passive, yin). Moreover, and are simple symbols, whereas and are more complex: it suggests Fire and Water come first, and then Earth and Air We can advance : Male Female Elements coming first (parents) Fire (father) Water (mother) Elements coming second (children) Air (son) Earth (daughter) It seems quite reliable. More, Bible introduces light (fire) and water before air and earth. Let's add seasonal correspondences. Male/Yang Female/yin Parents Fire/Father/Summer Water/Mother/Winter Children Air/Son/Spring Earth/Daughter/Autumn Next step, King Salomon explained to his son (KEY OF SOLOMON): "Upon the first Series of talismans thou shalt engrave the Letter Yod, symbolized by the Flowering Rod of Aaron. Upon the second the Letter Hé, symbolized by the Cup of Joseph. Upon the third the Letter Vau, symbolized by the Sword of David my father. And upon the fourth the Hé final, symbolized by the Shekel of Gold." That is to say : Y Rod of Aaron one makes fire with a rod Fire Tarot Rods H Cup of Joseph one drinks Water in a cup Water Tarot Cups v Sword of David one fight in the air with a sword Air Tarot Swords h Shekel of Gold the shekel is related to materialism, matter, earth Earth Tarot Shekels We advance correspondences: Male/Yang Female/yin Parents Fire/Father/Summer/Y/Rod/Aaron Water/Mother/Winter/H/Cup/Joseph Children Air/Son/Spring/v/Sword/David Earth/Daughter/Autumn/h/Shekels/Gold To sum up: 1. Pure YANG: Fire/Father/Summer/Y/Rod/Aaron marries pure yin Water/Mother/Winter/H/Cup/Joseph 2. They have two children: a son (rather YANG: Air/Son/Spring/v/Sword/David ) and a daughter (rather yin Earth/Daughter/Autumn/h/Shekels/Gold ) Of course it is just symbol. Now, take into account the tree of life model we have previously developed : And let's use the previous correspondences: Yang corresponds to Fire/Father/Summer/Y/Rod/Aaron yin corresponds to Water/Mother/Winter/H/Cup/Joseph As we pointed out, Spirit is more active than Matter. Spirit therefore corresponds to the son, and Matter to the daughter: There are several ways to check the reliability of this model: 1. -join the parents Yang and yin, and horizontally in the heart of the tree: you'll get a first Star of David - join the children vertically, you'll get a second star join both stars, you'll get a double Star of David: 2.this model with elements rotating was know long before Aristotle; here is a fragment of Empedocles, more than one century before Aristotle : "The mighty air propels him to the sea, The water throws him to the earth, and earth To sunlight's fire, who yields to whirling air." (read more) Air > Water > Earth > Fire This is one of the more ancient source and it perfectly suits the model. 3. as we will see in a future article, this model is especially designed for the alchemical Great Work. 4. there are many ways to introduce a 5th element, and to make it correspond with china 5 elements theory 5. magical wicca correspondence relies on nothing and seems to be simply wrong: see the article "RE-THINKING THE WATCHTOWERS 13 Reasons Air should be in the North" 6. there are also links with Ayurveda, Paracelse, .... Two important charts: It is not possible to understand the alchemical Great Work without understanding them |
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