Fire, water, air, earth — and spirit
The oldest framework in Western magic: Empedocles' four roots, Aristotle's qualities and Galen's humours; Paracelsus' gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders; the pentagram of the elements; reading and balancing your own temperament; practical magic with each element; and the fifth element that holds them together; and the tattva tides, the five flowing in turn through the day and the breath.
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Empedocles' four roots, Plato's solids, Aristotle's qualities and Galen's humours — the oldest framework in Western magic.
Paracelsus' gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders, the Comte de Gabalis, and the kings of the elements.
The five points of the pentagram, invoking and banishing each element, and building a simple elemental rite.
Reading your own elements through the humours and the birth chart, Bardon's soul mirror, and bringing the four into balance.
Practical magic of earth, water, air and fire — burying and planting, washing and pouring, wind and knots, candle and bonfire.
Aether, the quintessence of the alchemists, Akasha and Spirit — the centre that holds the four together.
The Indian doctrine of the five tattvas flowing in turn through the day and the breath — Rama Prasad's Nature's Finer Forces, the Golden Dawn's twenty-four-minute tides from sunrise, the swara of the nostrils — and how to work with a tide.
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