Elemental Magick, on the surface, appears to be an easy simple endeavor, but just like other magickal techniques, Elemental Magick requires timing. You have to know when and where to do what. There are days of the week and hours of the day which will affect your magick; phases of the moon, and turnings of the sun which have influence over the outcome of your spellworking.
You have taken the first step into a larger world....to quote Obi Wan. Here I will give you a few things to put together to assist in making your own spells. I will give you a basic spell for each element, but I really want you to use these spells as a BASE for your own spell, not as something which is written in stone.
Direction: North Rules: Fertility, jobs, promotions, money, business, investments, material objects, agriculture, health foods, ecology, conservation, stock market, antiques, old age, museums, buildings, construction, progress Elemental: Gnomes, trolls Time: Midnight Season: Winter Colors: Black, brown, dark green Tools: Stone, Pentagram Zodiac: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn Animals: Bull, stag, bison, mouse Herbs: Pea, wheat, primrose, alfalfa, rye, tulip, oats, potato, corn, cotton, fern, beet, mugwort, oleander, sagebrush, turnip, vervain
Stones: Green and moss agate, alum, green calcite, cat's eye, chrysophase, coal, emerald, brown and green jasper, jet, kunzite, malachite, olivine, peridot, salt, stalagmite, stalactite, black and green tourmaline, turquoise Places: Caves, mountains, forests, caverns
Direction: East Rules: Schooling, memory, intellectualism, teaching, tests, divination, communications, travel, writing, organizing and organizations, groups of all kinds, theorizing, drug addiction Elemental: Sprites Time: Dawn Season: Sp0ring Colors: Yellow, white, pastels Tools: Athame, sword, censor Zodiac: Aquarius, Gemini, Libra Animals: Birds, Griffons Herbs: Almond, bean, maple, male fern, lily of the valley, goldenrod, mint, mulberry, palm, parsley, pecan, pine, rice, sage, filbert, fenugreek, hops, hazel, broom, caraway, chicory, citron, clover, dandelion, dock, lavendar, lemon grass, borage Stones: Aventurine, mottled jasper, mica, pumice, sphene Places: Windswept hills, high mountain peaks, towers
Direction: South Rules: Success, sex, banishing illnesses, the military, conflicts, protection, courts, law, police and sheriff's agencies, contests, competitions, private detectives, dowsing, treasure hunting, gambling, athletics, strength, good health, war, terrorism. Elemental: Firedrakes, Salamanders Time: Noon Season: Summer Colors: Red, crimson, orange, fuchsia
Tools: Wand, staff Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius Animals: Dragons, snakes, lizards Herbs: May apple, mandrake, witch hazel, cinamon, clove, oak, onion, wormwood, sunflower, tangerine, tea, pepper, peppermint, pineapple, rue, ginger, garlic, nutmeg, dragons blood, ash, cedar, bay Stones: Banded, black, brown and red agate; amber; apache tear; asbestos; bloodstone; carnelian; citrine; quartz crystal; diamond; flint; garnet' hematite; red jasper; lava; obsidian; onyx; pipestone; rhodocrosite; ruby; sard; sardonyx; serpentine; spinel; sulfur; sunstone; tiger's eye; topaz; red and watermelon tourmaline; zircon Places: Deserts, volcanoes, dry plains
Direction: West Rules: Love, friendships, partnerships, unions of every kind, affection, contract negotiations, beauty, rest, recuperation, meditation, spirituality, healing wounds, restoring cell growth, childbirth and children, the home, receptivity, family, swimming and suc00ba diving, fishing, ancestors, medicine, hospitals compassion, doctor and nursing professions, clairvoyance. Elemental: Mermaids, Undines Time: Twilight Season: Autumn Colors: Blue, indigo, green, gray, turquoise Tools: Cauldron, chalice Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces Animals: Dolphins, whales, fish, seals, Sea-serpents Herbs: Hemp, blue flag, bleeding heart, wolfsbane, apple, apricot, elder, grape, indian paintbrush, lettuce, lilac, lotus, moonwort, irish moss, jasmine, huckleberry, hibiscus, belladonna (monkshood, nightshade), catnip, buckthorn, cabbage, rose, ragwort Stones: Blue lace agate, amethyst, aquamarine, azurite, beryl, blue and pink calcite, celestite, chalcedony, chrysocolla, coral, quartz crystal, geodes of all kinds, holey stones, jade, lapis lazuli, lepidolite, moonstone, mother of pearl, pearl, sapphire, selenite, sodalite, sugilite; blue, green and pink tourmaline Places: Oceans, rivers, lakes, marshes, pools, rain drenched
lands
~Elemental Magick Overview~
The Ancients divided the world into four basic principles or *elements* earth, water, fire, and air. That viewpoint has mostly changed with advances of science, but the four elements are still accepted in magick, for they are more closely linked with emotions, the human psyche, and with nature than are modern explanations of the world. These *magical elements* are also of some importance in astrology. Many occultists think of the magical elements as forces, or as *qualities* of energy; especially within the astral world. Each element has a symbol and color. (Common symbols are -- fire: a triangle pointing up; air: a triangle pointing up and with a horizontal line through the middle of it; water: a triangle pointing down; earth: a triangle pointing down and with a horizontal line through the middle of it.) Colors of the elements are -- earth: brown and green; water: blue; fire: red; air: yellow... The Eastern tattvic system uses different symbols and colors. (The tattvic symbols are briefly described later on in this course.) The elements are often used in magick ritual.
Magick sees relationships between things. These relationships are called 'correspondences'. Although magical correspondences are not literally equal to one another, you can think of them that way (such as gold equals sun). Tables of these relationships, called 'Correspondence Tables', are available (an important one is Crowley's '777'). Thus one thing or symbol can be used to suggest another. This is important in magick, for the magician may surround himself with as many appropriate correspondences as he can to vividly affect the senses; thus
making his magical contact with the inner planes more lucid.
The magical elements have correspondences with the tarrot cards as the four suits. The four quarters (directions of the universe as used in magick ritual) and the Archangels also correspond with these same elements.
~Element~
~Suit~
~Quarter~
~Archangel~
Earth Water Fire Air
Pentacles Cups Swords Wands
North West South East
Uriel Gabriel Michael Raphael
Astrological signs also correspond with the elements. Taurus, Virgo, and Capricorn are earth signs. Cancer, Scorpio, and Pisces are water signs. Aries, Leo and Sagittarius are fire signs. Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius are air signs.
~Elementals~
The magical elements are said to be peopled by spirits and mythological entities called elementals or nature spirits. These are grouped into four main categories:
Elementals 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. Although elementals exist naturally, it is also possible to create one which will exist for a limited time -- no elemental has immortality. A created elemental is called an 'artificial elemental'.
To the Ancients, elementals00 were the physical explanation of the universe. However, some contemporary occultists see them only as symbols for forces and otherwise not 'real' at all. Another word sometimes used for elemental is 'familiar' (usually in medieval witchcraft); the term is ambiguous, as it might merely be an ordinary
household pet such as a dog or cat.
~Yin Yang~
Chinese philosophy and acupuncture talk of yin yang. This is the idea of polarity, or opposite pairs, as shown:
~Yin~
~Yang~
Water Contraction Cold Feminine Moon Negative Passive Ebb Wane
Fire Expansion Hot Masculine Sun Positive Active Flow Wax
This list could go on and on. In Chinese literature it is quite long. Some occultists suggest everything can be similarly arranged into related opposite pairs.
