Fire:
Fire is the element of change, will and passion. In a sense it contains within it all forms of magick, since magick is the process of change.
Each element has their own power:
Fire: Energy, Dry, light, spirit, heat, flame, blood, sap, life, will, healing and destroyings, purification, bonfires, hearth fires, candle flames, sun, eruptions, explosions, freedom, change, sight, perception, vision, illumination, learning, love, passions, sexuality, fertility, authority, destruction, change, the will to dare, creativity, loyalty, force, transformation, protection, courage, strength, higher self, success, refinement, the arts, evolutions, faith, physical exercise, body awareness, work nurturance, vitality, self-knowledge, and power.
Fire Magick can bring on the new, but can also destroy the old. These are some of the different types of fire magick:
Bonfire magick, which usualy involves burning something like a herb or flower, or a piece of paper on which you have written your desire- it is used for banishing negative influences in your life.
Another kind of fire magick is candle magick. A simple easy and useful method of bringing about your desires. A color for the candle is chosen and can also include the correct scent in relation to your desire and lit for sometimes up to seven days.
Another is sun magick. Using sun magick in our desires is a beautiful way in whicch to enhance new beginnings in love, health work and home, awaken subtle desires and aid in attraction.
Animals associated with Fire:
Dragons, salamanders, and lions
Tools associated with Fire:
Candle/burner, athame/sword
Direction: South
Symbol: Upwards triangle
Colour: Reds, oranges and golds
Season: Summer
Moon phase: Second quarter
Time: High noon
Air:
Fire is the element of the intellect; it is the realm of thought, which is the first step toward creation.
Each element has their own power:
Air: The Mind, All mental, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge, abstract learning, wind and breath, inspiration, hearing, harmony, herbal knowledge, plant growth, intellect thought and growth, travel, freedom, revealing the truth, finding lost things, psychic abilities, instruction, telepathy, memory, to contact the angles, the ability to know and understand, to unlock theels, the ability to know and understan, to unlock the secrets of the dead, zen meditation, brainstorms, beginnings, illuminations, and secrets of the dead.
These are some of the different types of air magick:
Visualization is an important tool in any magick work; it makes the event happen. For this type it is important that all the other facters such as color, time, moon phase, winds etc. are all in balance. And to have the other tools working such as incence and candle burning or in some cases the right kind of tea or wine to drink in the backround.This is because you need to fix or ground the images or ideas you are using in your visualization.
As our thoughts are extreamly powerful, so are words. Words can be put together in such a way to form spells, or used in channeling your power/energies. Words give rise to our desires and can be released upon the wind for attainment. Created and repeated with intensity, consentration and focus, the spoken word is a very powerful magick in it's self. You do not have to be an acomplished linguist, just a simple sentence will do. It creates and atmosphere of concentrated awareness and strength. Words can be used in moments of stress and fear, and will create/use the magick itself. The words do not have to be said aloud ; say them to yourself if need or want be.
Another type of air magick is- mirror magick. It can used to help overcome inner problems and also help with difficult personal decisions. It uses both the "word" and "visualization" forms and can also aid in being able to visualize a future event. Sometimes used as a scrying tool in which you are able to "see" possible future events.
Animals associated with Air:
Birds, especially the eagle and the hawk, insects, spiders, and the raven.
Tool associated with Air:
Incense, wand,athame,
Direction: East
Symbol: Upwards triangle w/ a line trough the middle.
Colour: Yellow, white, light blue, green
Moon phase: First quarter
Time:Dawn
Season:Spring
Earth:
Earth is the element we are closest to home with, since it is our home. Earth doesn't necessarily represent the physical Earth, but that part of it which is stable, solid, dependable.
Each element has there own power:
Earth: Emotions, feelings, love, courage, daring, sorrow, intuition, the unconscious mind, the womb, generation, fertility, plants, healing, smell, absorbing, communication with the spiritual, purification, pleasure, friendship, marriage, happiness, sleep, dreams, the psychic, the inner self, reflection, dreams and dreamtime, currents and tides of life, the power to dare and cleanse all things, Inner Knowing, vision quests, self-healing, inner vision, security, journeys.
These are some of the different types of earth magick:
Earth magick can involve the use of herbs and plants.Using the correct herb the attain a certain desire along with other tools can be very effective. Burying something and making offerings to the earth such as planting trees un the form of earth magick. Using your gems and crystals, burying them in the earth under the appropriate tree while making your wish is also effective.
Another type of magick which is considered earth magick is any type of routine magick. Anything you do on a routine basis can be used as a magickal vehicle. While performing something you do at the same time everyday, prepare yourself and use this period for clarity on the subject, figure the best course of action in a situation, or just where you are in the course of your life.
Animals associated with Earth:
Cow or bull, bison, snakes (earth-dwelling), stag, dog, horse, gopher, ant, burrowing animals, bears, and the wolf.
Tools associated with Earth:
Athame, Pentacle on the stone/wood, wand; and rice, salt, or grain in a brass or terra cotta bowl.
Direction: North
Symbol: Downwards triangle w/ a line through the middle.
Colour: Green,Brown,black, purple
Season:Winter
Time:Midninght
Moon phase: Fourth quarter
Water:
Water is the element of purification, the subconscious mind, love and the emotions. Water is the element of absorption and germination. The subsconsciousis symbolized by this element because it is rolling, always moving, like the sea which rest neither day or night.
These are some types of water magick:
Some water magick can involve the use of the beach and it's sands, sea-shells, sea animals and sea water. Also good for love spells are when you need to understand or clarify your own emotions. The use of shells in the practise is widely used; these can hold appropriat herbs or be used a symbol of water magick.
One old tradition is using the water from a well; alot of gems and stones are exposed to this for a period of time and used at night, in full moon or the waxing phases. Be careful though to know your stones as some do not react well in water. This type of magick can give you insights to how others think of you, what others are doing and how well they are and to find the truth within yourself. Be careful when using this type also, if there is an intent of maliciousness or control of another all you will get is a reflection back onto yourself.
Water spells can involve the use of scying bowls. This is a bowl of clear or colored water in which you are able to "see" the future and future events (samilar to mirror magick) or get a clear direction od decisions. Widely used in certain meditations and visualizations.
Animals associated with Water:
Dragons, serpents, dolphins and porpoises, fish, seals and sea mammals, Water-dwelling snakes, all water creatures and sea birds, cat, frog, turtle, otter, seal, most fish and shellfish, swan, crab, and bear.
Tools associated with Water:
Chalice, Cauldron, and the mirror
Direction: West
Symbol: Downward triangle
Colour: Blue, light gray, sea green, and whilte
Moon phase: full
Time: dusk