![]() Of the Planets, Jupiter and Venus are attributed with Airy qualities. It is associated with the ability for Extension, and the ability to assume a gaseous form. ( Paracelsus)Īir is relatively Light, being Hot and Moist. ![]() ‘ Whatever nourishes is from the Element of Air’. Lighter, more delicate, softer, and consequently better able to move ‘ Its effect, and value in creation is to rarefy, and render things finer, Of the disposition, Water signifies Fearful, sluggishness and carelessness.Īccording to Ayurveda, the following are derived from Water Element: Smell and taste partake of the nature of Water (without Water there is no smell or taste). ![]() Of the Soul, the Imagination is most Water-like. In man, the Phlegm Humor represents the Water Element, although in general, the Water Element governs all the Humors. In animals, most fishes and animals living in water are also associated with Water Element. In plants, the leaves are most under the Water Element, as they most abound with water further, plants which grow in water, or in damp places, and those which have most cool juice are classed under Water. Gems which are transparent (such as Crystal and Moonstone) and those found in the Water (such as Pearls) are from the Water Element. Metals are of the Element water, as can be seen when they are melted Mercury is especially under Water as it is liquid at room temperatures. all things subsist, are generated, nourished, and increased’ by Water. Water is essential in Worship of God, and for purifications. Water is also responsible for spiritual regeneration, which even Christ noted. Moses said only Earth and Water can bring forth a living Soul. Water sustains all life, and promotes generation, as the seed of man is waterish, and the seeds of plants require moisture to germinate. It is said that ‘Water has especially life-giving power’. Plato said Water has the qualities of Darkness and Thickness (from Water), and Motion (from Fire). Of the Planets, Saturn, Moon and Mercury were considered Watery (although Saturn is also associated with the Earth). Associated with Motion, and the Liquid form. īy it all things are mortified and reduced to nothing’. ‘ Whatever consumes is from the Element of Water. Possibility of their being moulded and spread out and attempered. In the construction of things, then, it provides the ‘ Its purpose in creation lies in the fact that it lends itself readily to dispersion, and consequentlyĪssumes any shape without permanency. Of the senses, the Feeling of the whole body is governed by the Earth, and in disposition, a melancholic nature with a slow and definite motion.Īccording to Ayurveda, the following are derived from Earth Element: Of the Soul, the Senses are most Earth-like. Of the Humors of Man, Melancholy is of the Earth. Among Animals, all creatures which dwell under the Earth, as Worms and Moles, and of Animals, the Bones are most Earth-like. Of Plants, the roots are most Earth-like. ( Agrippa)Įarth governs heavy and dark Metals and Minerals such as Lead. It being made fruitful by the other elements, and the heavens’. The seeds or ‘seminal virtues’ of all things are contained in it, ‘and therefore it is said to be animal, vegetable, and mineral. The Earth also represents balance of the 4 Qualities, as a certain balance is necessary for Life.Įarth is the foundation and receptacle for all the other Elements, and for the rays of the Heavens, and of the Planets. Of the Planets, the Earth is most of an Earthly nature (some added the Moon). Plato said Earth has the qualities of Darkness, Thickness and Quietness. Qualities: Cold, Dry, Heavy its primary function is Solidity and Form. ‘ Whatever is fixed is of the Element of Earth’. Into a compacted form by its means the outward form is maintained’. It is by means of the Earthy Element that the parts of the body are fixed and held together ‘ In its nature it is at rest, and all others naturally tend toward it, at however great a distanceĪway they might be.
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