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To the Ancients, elementals were the physical explanation of the universe. A created elemental is called an 'artificial elemental'. Although elementals exist naturally, it is also possible to create one which will exist for a limited time - no elemental has immortality. These are the infallible medium and are called middle nature.Įlementals are usually only visible to those with clairvoyant sight and are more likely to be seen at night in the mountains or country away from cities - especially if you are tired or sleepy. These are not elements themselves, but twice compounded, various and changeable into another. Pure Elements which are neither compounded, changed or mixed by are incorruptibleĮlements that are compounded, changeable and impure, yet by art may be reduced to their pure form. Water receives two qualities from Earth Darkness and Thickness and one from Fire Motion.įire - Air Air - Water Water - Earth Earth - Water Water - Air Air - Fire So Air receives two qualities from Fire Thinness and Motion and one from Earth Darkness. The other two Elements acquire properties from the other two. Plato ascribes the following qualities to the Elements :- Fire, Brightness, Thinness, Motion and Earth Darkness, Thickness, Quietness. The two light elements being Air and Fire are Actives. The two heavy elements being Earth and Water and are Passives. The Elements are the original base elements of all corporeal things, of which all other things are made, by transmutation and union. Of The Four Elements and their Natural Qualities These sensory correspondences and symbols, affect the senses, in the hope that the Magical contact with the inner and astral planes become more lucid and powerful. When used in Ritual Magic, the Magician surrounds himself with appropriate symbols and correspondences. Thus, an emotion, object, action, quality or symbol is used to suggest another. These magical correspondences are not meant as literal equations to one and other, but it may help if you think of them in that manner, such as Gold = Sun = Fire.Īleister Crowley's '777', contains many tables of these relationships or 'Correspondence Tables'. Magic sees relationships between emotions, objects, actions, qualities and symbols, these relationships are called ' correspondences'. When used within Ceremonial or Ritual Magic, the elements are associated with the directions, North, East, South and West and also with various ritual tools, for example, the Athame is associated with Fire. The Eastern tattvic system uses different symbols and colours for these basic elements. In Western Mystery traditions the elements were each assigned a symbol and colour as shown below. In the Astral World or Planes, the elements are more forces or qualities of energy rather than manifestations of physical forms. The elements and their correspondences are also important in Astrology. These basic principles are more attuned to emotions, the psyche and nature, than with the modern explanations of the world. With the advances in Chemistry, we know that there are more than these four elements, however these four basic elemental principles are still accepted in Ritual Magic.

To the ancient civilisations, the universe was divided into four basic principles, energies or elements, these being Earth, Water, Fire, and Air. All the elements emerge from Akasha, the source of all energy.

The elements exist in a physical form, such as a handful of soil, and in an un-manifested, non-physical form or energy. The elements work in harmony, even though at times their contrary aspects may seem in conflict with each other, to create and to sustain life. The four creative energies of the universe.Įach of these creative elements are necessary for human life, the each have both positive and negative aspects The Earth without Water to moisten it, without Fire to warm it, and without Air to surround it, would be a lifeless planet.