Only earth and water can bring forth a living soul. The Element Water and its Natural Qualities. As well as being vital for life, within the energy of this element is contained the essence of love. The feminine elements are energies of depth and focus. Water, is a great necessity, without it nothing can live. In ancient Greek medicine, each of the four humours became associated with an element. The four elements were arranged concentrically around the center of the Universe to form the sublunary sphere. The Newsletter is due to be published in -44164 days, on the . Empedocles roots became the four classical elements of Greek philosophy. In Hinduism, it is also the name of the deva, a personification of water, (one of the Vasus in most later Puranic lists). They are ruled by the principal of gravity: they strive to go deeper as well as hold things together. The symbol for Fire as one of the four classical elements in alchemy is a triangle. Love is the underlying reason for all magic. Water is still considered less material (and thus superior) to earth because it possesses more motion and activity than earth. Water is the cleansing, healing, psychic, loving element. The power of the energy of Water, can be felt by tasting pure spring water, moving you hand through a stream, lake, pool, or bowl full of water. Such is the greatness of water that spiritual regeneration cannot be done without it. Phlegm was the humor identified with water, since both were cold and wet. The element water is also associated with Chandra or the moon and Shukra, who represent feelings, intuition and imagination. Above are our two collections of symbols, the smaller, universal collection, and the larger, sacred feminine orientation. It washes over us when we see our mates; supports us when we swim; gives us life when we are dehydrated. The same goes for earth or any solid matter that obeys the laws of gravity. In contemporary esoteric traditions, it is commonly associated with the qualities of emotion and intuition. [5] It is referred to the upper right point of the pentagram in the Supreme Invoking Ritual of the Pentagram. Additionally, it’s associated with intuition as well as the color blue, and is often linked to the alchemy symbol of mercury (as both are seen as feminine symbols). Wicca in particular was influenced by the Golden Dawn system of magic and Aleister Crowley's mysticism, which was in turn inspired by the Golden Dawn. New Moon 16 Oct 20:31
This makes water the element with the greatest number of sides, which Plato regarded as appropriate because water flows out of one's hand when picked up, as if it is made of tiny little balls. * Feminine Signs-- The Earth and Water Signs ---> Signs of Practicality and Emotion -- Where masculine signs are dynamic, self-motivating and proactive, feminine signs take a more subtle, passive approach when dealing with challenge or working for change. It is associated with the qualities of darkness, thickness and motion. Plato (427–347 BC) took over the four elements of Empedocles. Pliny said "Water swallow up the earth, extinguishes the flame, ascends on high, and by stretching forth as clouds challenges the heavens for their own, and the same falling down, becomes the cause of all things that grow in the earth. Thales of Miletus concluded that water was the beginning of all things and the first of all elements and most potent because of its mastery over the rest. [6] Many of these associations have since spread throughout the occult community. When we swim it is water that supports us, when we are thirsty, it is water the quenches our thirst, another manifestation of this element is the rainstorms that drench us, or the dew formed on plants after the sun has set. Water is one of the elements in ancient Greek philosophy, in the Asian Indian system Panchamahabhuta, and in the Chinese cosmological and physiological system Wu Xing. In alchemy, the chemical element of mercury was often associated with water and its alchemical symbol was a downward-pointing triangle. However, Empedocles of Acragas (c. 495 – c. 435 BC) selected four archai for his four roots: air, fire, water and earth.