The Elements
Earth ~ Air ~ Fire ~ Water ~ Spirit
Elemental Chant
The earth, the air, the fire, the water, return, return, return, return
The earth, the air, the fire, the water, return, return, return, return
IA IA IA IA IO IO IO IO
IA IA IA IA IO IO IO IO
The earth, the air, the fire, the water, return, return, return, return
The earth, the air, the fire, the water, return, return, return, return
IA IA IA IA IO IO IO IO
IA IA IA IA IO IO IO IO
Each of these elements cleanses and purifies but must honoured and used in balance as they can also be just as destructive and consuming as they are cleansing and healing.
As with all magick, balance is necessary.
The directions in which each of the elements reside is different for everyone depending on if you practice a certain magickal practice or where on this beautiful earth you live and what makes sense to you.
This also goes for corresponding tools attributed to each of the elements. For example many magickal traditions associate the athame or sword with the element of air however I do not, it doesn’t make sense to me. I associate them both with the element of fire as they are forged in fire.
So below, I will share with you my elemental knowledge and associations and how it makes sense to me.
As with all magick, balance is necessary.
The directions in which each of the elements reside is different for everyone depending on if you practice a certain magickal practice or where on this beautiful earth you live and what makes sense to you.
This also goes for corresponding tools attributed to each of the elements. For example many magickal traditions associate the athame or sword with the element of air however I do not, it doesn’t make sense to me. I associate them both with the element of fire as they are forged in fire.
So below, I will share with you my elemental knowledge and associations and how it makes sense to me.
Earth
The element of Earth is the densest of all the elements.
You use this element when working with
Money Property Business Security Loyalty
Strength Stability Finances, Wealth & Abundance
Responsibility Grounding Connection to the physical body and health
Earth’s place is caves, forests, valleys, parks, bushland, fields etc.
Direction - West
Living on the East Coast of Australia, to the west is the an immense area of land, so to me it only makes sense that the element of earth sits in the West
Colours - The colours of the earth. Browns, Golds, Greens etc
Tools - Crystals, Cauldrons, Plants, Pentacle
Signs - Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn
You use this element when working with
Money Property Business Security Loyalty
Strength Stability Finances, Wealth & Abundance
Responsibility Grounding Connection to the physical body and health
Earth’s place is caves, forests, valleys, parks, bushland, fields etc.
Direction - West
Living on the East Coast of Australia, to the west is the an immense area of land, so to me it only makes sense that the element of earth sits in the West
Colours - The colours of the earth. Browns, Golds, Greens etc
Tools - Crystals, Cauldrons, Plants, Pentacle
Signs - Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn
Air
Air is the realm of the mind and all mental activity
You use this element when working with
Movement Travel Freedom Thought
Ideas Intellect Imagination Discovery
Psychic Powers Knowledge Dreams
Air's places are mountain tops, windy areas, clear or cloudy skies, wind storm
Direction - South
Living on the East Coast of Australia, we experience the strong southern winds. In the winter the winds are cold and strong bring in the storms. In the heat of summer, we wish for the southerly winds to come to bring the temperature down so it makes sense to me to hold the element of air in the south.
Colours - Pastels
Tools - Incense, Mists, Wands
Signs - Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
You use this element when working with
Movement Travel Freedom Thought
Ideas Intellect Imagination Discovery
Psychic Powers Knowledge Dreams
Air's places are mountain tops, windy areas, clear or cloudy skies, wind storm
Direction - South
Living on the East Coast of Australia, we experience the strong southern winds. In the winter the winds are cold and strong bring in the storms. In the heat of summer, we wish for the southerly winds to come to bring the temperature down so it makes sense to me to hold the element of air in the south.
Colours - Pastels
Tools - Incense, Mists, Wands
Signs - Gemini, Libra and Aquarius
Fire
Fire is the only one of the elements that cannot exist without feeding and gaining energy from something else. Realm of the sun, the giver of life
You use this element when working with
Passion Intensity Desire Intuition
Understanding Imagination Leadership Possibilities
Creativity Fear Motivation Transformation
Fire’s places are whenever you can feel the element. A hot summers day at the beach with the sun shining its burning rays upon you, or on a cold winters night infront of a fire.
Direction - North
Residing in the Southern Hemisphere, to the north is the equator so the further north you go, the hotter it gets so it makes sense to me that the element of fire resides in the north
Colours - Reds, Oranges, Yellow
Tools - Athame, Swords, Candles
Signs - Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
You use this element when working with
Passion Intensity Desire Intuition
Understanding Imagination Leadership Possibilities
Creativity Fear Motivation Transformation
Fire’s places are whenever you can feel the element. A hot summers day at the beach with the sun shining its burning rays upon you, or on a cold winters night infront of a fire.
Direction - North
Residing in the Southern Hemisphere, to the north is the equator so the further north you go, the hotter it gets so it makes sense to me that the element of fire resides in the north
Colours - Reds, Oranges, Yellow
Tools - Athame, Swords, Candles
Signs - Aries, Leo and Sagittarius
Water
Water is the element that affects the subconscious, emotions and dreams
You use this element when working with
Purifying Emotions Stagnation
Emotions Moods Intuition
Healing Fertility Fluidity in movement
Subconscious Movement Absorption
Water’s places are seas, lakes, rivers, marshes, wells, pools, areas where the land is rain-drenched and storms.
Direction - East
Living on the East Coast of Australia, very close to the beach to out East is the Ocean. That beautiful ocean of ours, so it only makes sense that I connect with the element of water to the East
Colours - Blues, Greens, Aqua's
Ritual Tools - Shells, Water, Cups
Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
You use this element when working with
Purifying Emotions Stagnation
Emotions Moods Intuition
Healing Fertility Fluidity in movement
Subconscious Movement Absorption
Water’s places are seas, lakes, rivers, marshes, wells, pools, areas where the land is rain-drenched and storms.
Direction - East
Living on the East Coast of Australia, very close to the beach to out East is the Ocean. That beautiful ocean of ours, so it only makes sense that I connect with the element of water to the East
Colours - Blues, Greens, Aqua's
Ritual Tools - Shells, Water, Cups
Signs - Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces
Spirit
The Fifth element is spirit, the most ethereal of all the elements
A connection of all knowledge pertaining to the material plane
The qualities of spirit are expressed through art, music, writing, religion, healing, magic and ritual.
Spirit colours are white and/or black, they are the colours that contain and reflect all other vibrations of light and dark.
Spirit is everywhere and nowhere.
A force that unites all things
A connection to the otherworld.
A connection of all knowledge pertaining to the material plane
The qualities of spirit are expressed through art, music, writing, religion, healing, magic and ritual.
Spirit colours are white and/or black, they are the colours that contain and reflect all other vibrations of light and dark.
Spirit is everywhere and nowhere.
A force that unites all things
A connection to the otherworld.