Post by Akeia on Jun 20, 2006 15:38:54 GMT -5
Earth Air Water & Fire Symbology
EARTH
Shamanism teaches us that earth’s entrance is through a sacred cave, gateway to the underworld, that magical place where spirit helpers wait for the shaman to work with earth in healing. A cave, whether it be in visualization or meditation is symbolic of the womb of mother earth. A cave has incredible symbology, we are born through the womb: a cave shape. We go back to earth to rest, the womb again of mother earth. We are reborn again through the womb.
Earth is Life force energy, grounded. We cannot get very far on our spiritual journey until we are prepared to ground the spiritual energies in ways that work on the material, physical level or plane. Spirit needs earth to manifest through. Lots of our clearing has to be done on an earth level. Clearing pain & trauma from childhood & the past, in general relates to our survival issues. These are very earthy levels. We are Light, manifested into a physical form or body. The Light that is us has to be integrated right down to a cellular level within us & thus work on the physical level is very important.
The densest manifestation of Light is EARTH. When we connect with earth, we manifest Light right down into the cellular level of our bodies. We create it physically. Sun & Moon both have a great association with earth: the moon with her cycles & feminine principle & the sun with his light & masculine principle, bringing light to earth.
We each have a chakra beneath our feet, connecting us with mother earth. This chakra resonates with the base (root) chakra & & we have a great sense of aliveness when we are connected on these levels. When we are not, we have what is known as poverty consciousness, scarcity; a belief that we will never be provided for. Once we connect to earth, we have a huge capacity to manifest whatever we want, to fulfil all our needs. We can open up to earth’s prosperity & her ability to fulfil our every need. When we are in survival mode, poverty consciousness is uppermost. Once we re-connect, we can see the damage being done to mother earth & we want to be connected to her, to re-open our channels to her energy. Our connection with the Divine comes through the earth.
Earth brings our connection to prosperity, success, abundance through supplying the energy to replenish us. If we can breathe right down below our feet & imagine that breath going into mother earth, then breathing it back up again—we can receive all the abundance she has to offer. She is not called our mother for nothing.
Stones that are grounding & will connect you to all that Earth offers are Pyrite, Hematite, Black Tourmaline, Black Obsidian, Ruby, Bloodstone, Garnet, Smokey Quartz, Petrified Wood.
Archangel Patron of Earth: Archangel Uriel. Patron of earth, essences, crystals & all of the mineral kingdom, all flowers & trees, fruits & vegetables: the food that we eat to nourish us. Invoke Uriel to assist you in grounding yourself, thank Uriel for the gift of food & ask Uriel to open you up to the crystal world & all of its support.
AIR
Wind is air in motion, Spirit that is invisible yet incredibly powerful. We can only see its effects. Breath is the force of air, of wind. Air connects to mother earth as her breath - to cleanse. The power of wind calls on the breath of the Divine to cleanse our life, to purify, to detoxify & create change through to the cellular level. The more you breathe deeply, the more you clear your body of old, stuck energy.
Air rules the sixth chakra (third eye) & the crown chakra.
Air is the messenger of the Spirit world, guidance comes from the higher realms to our conscious minds. We can send healing energies telepathically through the air over any distance.
Mind is connected with air as it is this quality that enables us to connect with our spirit guides, angels, higher beings—all the non-physical levels of existence.
Air manifests as Wind - gentle breezes, hurricanes, gales: all cleansing & leaving change in their wake. Wind & Water work together. We can access Air through our breath & when we are stressed or exhausted, we know we are not accessing our deep breathing. For breath is the breath of life. We have learned to breathe in such a shallow way, being careful to breathe like this so we don’t access the pain that is in our hearts & the experience of life on deeper levels. Shallow breathing is now a part of our world. We have to re-learn to breathe deeply & consciously. Deep breathing can be used in meditation to connect to the Spirit realms & open up your psychic awareness.
Spirit talks to you through Wind. Angels, guides, Masters of Wisdom, Archangels, even our own Higher Self. Quiet your mind, breathe deeply within yourself & open up to the guidance that comes on the breath of life. Clarity of thought will come to you (hence the connection with the mind) & you will be able to use your mind with greater ability. Wind says: Listen to your Higher Self, your own inner voice.
Stones that will connect you to Air, to Wind & all that it offers are Moonstone, Amethyst, Labradorite, Azurite, Sodalite, Lapis Lazuli, Selenite, Charoite, Flourite, Sugilite.
Archangel Patron of Air: Archangel Raphael & his twin flame Mary. Raphael is the keeper of hands on healing & absent healing, of birds (the messengers of the angelic realm). Invoke Raphael to pour his healing energies through you for use in hands on healing & absent healing. Ask Raphael to help you to decode the messages the bird family are always giving.
WATER
My last name is Waters so I feel I have spent my whole life learning to integrate this fabulous energy. Not that I have always felt it to be so great. Water is the embodiment of emotion & all that it entails: cleansing, detoxification, purification, release & also communication.
Water teaches us to go with the flow, to let the resistance go. How many times do you hear the words ‘Just go with the flow…’ A drop of water on a rock can slowly make a hole in that rock, yet one would think the rock is stronger. Water is very deceptive. It can carve its way through mother earth, creating rivers, canyons, gorges.
Water is mother earth’s lifeblood, her bloodstream. Without water, earth would be parched & without growth & sustenance. On a cloudy day, it is said that father sky is crying & rains are the tears that will wash mother earth clean & make regeneration & new growth possible. Water is symbolic of the emotions & if you think that 80% of our planet is water, that gives us an idea of the emotional content of life. Emotions play a very important role yet most of us find this level the hardest to deal with, either being swamped by emotion or shutting them down in an attempt to handle them.
Invoke water to cleanse & purify & detoxify all old, stagnant energies. Stand in the shower & invoke cleansing to the core of your being so that you cleanse the Spirit within you. Essences & elixirs work on this level. They cleanse us of ingrained patterns & traumas from our energy field. They allow old patterns to gently release. Water can cool us & stop us from being hot under the collar: too much fire energy. Water takes us into our feminine principle, our receptivity, openness, trust, psychic development. It all comes through the feminine receptive principle.
Water resonates with all chakras but particularly the heart.
When we are in tune with the Water element around us, our bodies vibrate with purity. We can see this when we do a detox diet, water is incredibly important at this time. Water re-energizes the earth when it rains. The air is crisp & clean & refreshed.
Water conducts energy & when we incorporate it into our own being, we too become wonderful receptors & conductors of Light. On a cellular level, water enables us to function better. Water teaches us much about our emotions, how to communicate them & the lessons we are learning on the path.
Water is vital when we are clearing old emotional patterns right down to a cellular level. Ask that water be invoked to clear old anger & resentment & rage. Water brings a flowing, gentle peace. Water will show you where your ‘flow’ is with life. Whether it is blocked, stuck & controlled or whether it is rushing along as though you were white water rafting through life. Serenity is the balance you are looking for—like a deep, still pool. Water teaches us what happens when we re-act to others instead of standing in our own still space. Ask water to help you to find a balance between the motion in your life & the stillness. Ask water to help you to clean out the old, to bring in the new. Let water speak to you through your communication of your emotions. Make water a friend in your life whenever you are exposed to it: in the bath or shower, at the beach, in the pool, when drinking water, using elixirs & essences, when it is raining, when you water the garden, when you wash the dishes & clothes. Let the vibration of water move into your being every time you have contact with it. This can be many times a day.
Stones that will affiliate you with the beautiful qualities of water are Amazonite, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Chrysocolla, Kunzite, Larimar (rare), Lepidolite, Rose Quartz, Tourmaline
Archangel Patron of Water: Archangel Gabriel is the Keeper of all waters of life: the sea, rivers, lakes, pools, dams, streams, cleansing, detoxifying, purifying, releasing. Gabriel is the Co-Patron of Essences along with Uriel as the water is the matrix of essences. Call on Gabriel to support you in cleansing & clearing old, stuck emotional patterns & in refilling you with a higher vibratory rate of sparkling energy.
FIRE
The power & intensity of fire can be experienced every time we come near it. It can induce fear & most of us have a healthy respect of this quality as it can get out of control very fast. Yet fire is needed for transformation, for transmutation, for transcendence. Fire quality is the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into the butterfly. This symbology is relevant to all of us on our spiritual journey: we are all caterpillars in the process of transformation. This is why the butterfly is very symbolic, reflecting the transformations we go through. When butterflies appear to you, it means you are undergoing incredible transformation.
Our spiritual journey is also likened to that of the Phoenix, the mythical bird rising from the ashes of its funeral pyre & being reborn into a young, alive bird again.
Fire consumes old energy & transforms it into a new form. Alchemical processes of turning base metal into gold use fire as the transformative element.
Fire leads to profound change. Sometimes we feel as though we have a ‘fire in the belly’ & are being consumed to make change. On the spiritual path, it is believed that women undergoing menopause with its incessant hot flushes are actually undergoing transformation from one stage of life to another.
Fire rules the second & third chakras—the centres of creativity. Creativity is a transformational process, creating a new form out of raw materials. When we become creative on our spiritual journey, it means that we are working with earth at grounding qualities & is one way to know that the integration process is well under way. People who say ‘I don’t have a creative bone in my body’ have not accessed this level as yet. In the 80’s & 90’s it was not thought ‘spiritual’ to be creative. Much energy was expended in the higher chakras (third eye & crown) turning lots of us (self included) into what were known then as ‘airheads’.
Creativity is the energy of creation & when we create we know we are in touch with Creator Spirit or God & manifesting our creations into more inspirational, higher, beautiful expressions of Light. This can be as simple as creating an alter or a beautiful room in our home to meditate & heal in. We do not have to become Monet in order to be creative.
Once we tap the creative Force of fire within our body, we can transform our body & mind & transmute ourselves into beautiful beings of Light. Firstly though, the fire element has to burn away the dross, the old patterns that no longer serve us. Sometimes we can literally feel as though we are burning up. We become the Phoenix that arises from our own ashes. The mythical bird becomes symbolic of our own lives.
We all need the fire element. It prepares us for transformation, for a trial by fire, which may take much of your life with it but in its wake leave new seeds of life ready to be sown. The way farmers back burn paddocks works in the same way. Burn the dry field & all the old weeds & seeds & other debris, leaving it ready for regrowth. Some indigenous tribes worked in this way many years ago. Our own lives work in the same way. Habits that you have outgrown, possessions, belief systems that are outmoded can be cleaned out, leaving room for new & more beautiful, powerful creations to enter. Purification through spirit is powerful, it is an alchemical ritual.
Stones that will support you through your transformation through fire are Fire Agate, Calcite, Carnelian, Citrine, Red Jasper, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sunstone, Tiger Eye & Topaz (gold) plus all of the quartz family that have been fired with precious metals eg Aqua Aura, titanium or platinum fired quartz.
Archangel Patron of Fire: Archangel Michael is the Patron of Fire, of transformation. When Michael appears, know transformation is around the corner on some level of your life. Michael is the Patron of Light & Life & Warmth—the fires that warm us, the candle we use to Light our way or for use in ritual, the incense that we burn to purify our home, the warmth of an open fire, all heating & lighting. Invoke Michael to be present in your life when you are undergoing transformation. Thank him for his gifts. Michael is often pictured with electric blue wings, the blue of electricity.
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EARTH
Shamanism teaches us that earth’s entrance is through a sacred cave, gateway to the underworld, that magical place where spirit helpers wait for the shaman to work with earth in healing. A cave, whether it be in visualization or meditation is symbolic of the womb of mother earth. A cave has incredible symbology, we are born through the womb: a cave shape. We go back to earth to rest, the womb again of mother earth. We are reborn again through the womb.
Earth is Life force energy, grounded. We cannot get very far on our spiritual journey until we are prepared to ground the spiritual energies in ways that work on the material, physical level or plane. Spirit needs earth to manifest through. Lots of our clearing has to be done on an earth level. Clearing pain & trauma from childhood & the past, in general relates to our survival issues. These are very earthy levels. We are Light, manifested into a physical form or body. The Light that is us has to be integrated right down to a cellular level within us & thus work on the physical level is very important.
The densest manifestation of Light is EARTH. When we connect with earth, we manifest Light right down into the cellular level of our bodies. We create it physically. Sun & Moon both have a great association with earth: the moon with her cycles & feminine principle & the sun with his light & masculine principle, bringing light to earth.
We each have a chakra beneath our feet, connecting us with mother earth. This chakra resonates with the base (root) chakra & & we have a great sense of aliveness when we are connected on these levels. When we are not, we have what is known as poverty consciousness, scarcity; a belief that we will never be provided for. Once we connect to earth, we have a huge capacity to manifest whatever we want, to fulfil all our needs. We can open up to earth’s prosperity & her ability to fulfil our every need. When we are in survival mode, poverty consciousness is uppermost. Once we re-connect, we can see the damage being done to mother earth & we want to be connected to her, to re-open our channels to her energy. Our connection with the Divine comes through the earth.
Earth brings our connection to prosperity, success, abundance through supplying the energy to replenish us. If we can breathe right down below our feet & imagine that breath going into mother earth, then breathing it back up again—we can receive all the abundance she has to offer. She is not called our mother for nothing.
Stones that are grounding & will connect you to all that Earth offers are Pyrite, Hematite, Black Tourmaline, Black Obsidian, Ruby, Bloodstone, Garnet, Smokey Quartz, Petrified Wood.
Archangel Patron of Earth: Archangel Uriel. Patron of earth, essences, crystals & all of the mineral kingdom, all flowers & trees, fruits & vegetables: the food that we eat to nourish us. Invoke Uriel to assist you in grounding yourself, thank Uriel for the gift of food & ask Uriel to open you up to the crystal world & all of its support.
AIR
Wind is air in motion, Spirit that is invisible yet incredibly powerful. We can only see its effects. Breath is the force of air, of wind. Air connects to mother earth as her breath - to cleanse. The power of wind calls on the breath of the Divine to cleanse our life, to purify, to detoxify & create change through to the cellular level. The more you breathe deeply, the more you clear your body of old, stuck energy.
Air rules the sixth chakra (third eye) & the crown chakra.
Air is the messenger of the Spirit world, guidance comes from the higher realms to our conscious minds. We can send healing energies telepathically through the air over any distance.
Mind is connected with air as it is this quality that enables us to connect with our spirit guides, angels, higher beings—all the non-physical levels of existence.
Air manifests as Wind - gentle breezes, hurricanes, gales: all cleansing & leaving change in their wake. Wind & Water work together. We can access Air through our breath & when we are stressed or exhausted, we know we are not accessing our deep breathing. For breath is the breath of life. We have learned to breathe in such a shallow way, being careful to breathe like this so we don’t access the pain that is in our hearts & the experience of life on deeper levels. Shallow breathing is now a part of our world. We have to re-learn to breathe deeply & consciously. Deep breathing can be used in meditation to connect to the Spirit realms & open up your psychic awareness.
Spirit talks to you through Wind. Angels, guides, Masters of Wisdom, Archangels, even our own Higher Self. Quiet your mind, breathe deeply within yourself & open up to the guidance that comes on the breath of life. Clarity of thought will come to you (hence the connection with the mind) & you will be able to use your mind with greater ability. Wind says: Listen to your Higher Self, your own inner voice.
Stones that will connect you to Air, to Wind & all that it offers are Moonstone, Amethyst, Labradorite, Azurite, Sodalite, Lapis Lazuli, Selenite, Charoite, Flourite, Sugilite.
Archangel Patron of Air: Archangel Raphael & his twin flame Mary. Raphael is the keeper of hands on healing & absent healing, of birds (the messengers of the angelic realm). Invoke Raphael to pour his healing energies through you for use in hands on healing & absent healing. Ask Raphael to help you to decode the messages the bird family are always giving.
WATER
My last name is Waters so I feel I have spent my whole life learning to integrate this fabulous energy. Not that I have always felt it to be so great. Water is the embodiment of emotion & all that it entails: cleansing, detoxification, purification, release & also communication.
Water teaches us to go with the flow, to let the resistance go. How many times do you hear the words ‘Just go with the flow…’ A drop of water on a rock can slowly make a hole in that rock, yet one would think the rock is stronger. Water is very deceptive. It can carve its way through mother earth, creating rivers, canyons, gorges.
Water is mother earth’s lifeblood, her bloodstream. Without water, earth would be parched & without growth & sustenance. On a cloudy day, it is said that father sky is crying & rains are the tears that will wash mother earth clean & make regeneration & new growth possible. Water is symbolic of the emotions & if you think that 80% of our planet is water, that gives us an idea of the emotional content of life. Emotions play a very important role yet most of us find this level the hardest to deal with, either being swamped by emotion or shutting them down in an attempt to handle them.
Invoke water to cleanse & purify & detoxify all old, stagnant energies. Stand in the shower & invoke cleansing to the core of your being so that you cleanse the Spirit within you. Essences & elixirs work on this level. They cleanse us of ingrained patterns & traumas from our energy field. They allow old patterns to gently release. Water can cool us & stop us from being hot under the collar: too much fire energy. Water takes us into our feminine principle, our receptivity, openness, trust, psychic development. It all comes through the feminine receptive principle.
Water resonates with all chakras but particularly the heart.
When we are in tune with the Water element around us, our bodies vibrate with purity. We can see this when we do a detox diet, water is incredibly important at this time. Water re-energizes the earth when it rains. The air is crisp & clean & refreshed.
Water conducts energy & when we incorporate it into our own being, we too become wonderful receptors & conductors of Light. On a cellular level, water enables us to function better. Water teaches us much about our emotions, how to communicate them & the lessons we are learning on the path.
Water is vital when we are clearing old emotional patterns right down to a cellular level. Ask that water be invoked to clear old anger & resentment & rage. Water brings a flowing, gentle peace. Water will show you where your ‘flow’ is with life. Whether it is blocked, stuck & controlled or whether it is rushing along as though you were white water rafting through life. Serenity is the balance you are looking for—like a deep, still pool. Water teaches us what happens when we re-act to others instead of standing in our own still space. Ask water to help you to find a balance between the motion in your life & the stillness. Ask water to help you to clean out the old, to bring in the new. Let water speak to you through your communication of your emotions. Make water a friend in your life whenever you are exposed to it: in the bath or shower, at the beach, in the pool, when drinking water, using elixirs & essences, when it is raining, when you water the garden, when you wash the dishes & clothes. Let the vibration of water move into your being every time you have contact with it. This can be many times a day.
Stones that will affiliate you with the beautiful qualities of water are Amazonite, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Chrysocolla, Kunzite, Larimar (rare), Lepidolite, Rose Quartz, Tourmaline
Archangel Patron of Water: Archangel Gabriel is the Keeper of all waters of life: the sea, rivers, lakes, pools, dams, streams, cleansing, detoxifying, purifying, releasing. Gabriel is the Co-Patron of Essences along with Uriel as the water is the matrix of essences. Call on Gabriel to support you in cleansing & clearing old, stuck emotional patterns & in refilling you with a higher vibratory rate of sparkling energy.
FIRE
The power & intensity of fire can be experienced every time we come near it. It can induce fear & most of us have a healthy respect of this quality as it can get out of control very fast. Yet fire is needed for transformation, for transmutation, for transcendence. Fire quality is the metamorphosis of the caterpillar into the butterfly. This symbology is relevant to all of us on our spiritual journey: we are all caterpillars in the process of transformation. This is why the butterfly is very symbolic, reflecting the transformations we go through. When butterflies appear to you, it means you are undergoing incredible transformation.
Our spiritual journey is also likened to that of the Phoenix, the mythical bird rising from the ashes of its funeral pyre & being reborn into a young, alive bird again.
Fire consumes old energy & transforms it into a new form. Alchemical processes of turning base metal into gold use fire as the transformative element.
Fire leads to profound change. Sometimes we feel as though we have a ‘fire in the belly’ & are being consumed to make change. On the spiritual path, it is believed that women undergoing menopause with its incessant hot flushes are actually undergoing transformation from one stage of life to another.
Fire rules the second & third chakras—the centres of creativity. Creativity is a transformational process, creating a new form out of raw materials. When we become creative on our spiritual journey, it means that we are working with earth at grounding qualities & is one way to know that the integration process is well under way. People who say ‘I don’t have a creative bone in my body’ have not accessed this level as yet. In the 80’s & 90’s it was not thought ‘spiritual’ to be creative. Much energy was expended in the higher chakras (third eye & crown) turning lots of us (self included) into what were known then as ‘airheads’.
Creativity is the energy of creation & when we create we know we are in touch with Creator Spirit or God & manifesting our creations into more inspirational, higher, beautiful expressions of Light. This can be as simple as creating an alter or a beautiful room in our home to meditate & heal in. We do not have to become Monet in order to be creative.
Once we tap the creative Force of fire within our body, we can transform our body & mind & transmute ourselves into beautiful beings of Light. Firstly though, the fire element has to burn away the dross, the old patterns that no longer serve us. Sometimes we can literally feel as though we are burning up. We become the Phoenix that arises from our own ashes. The mythical bird becomes symbolic of our own lives.
We all need the fire element. It prepares us for transformation, for a trial by fire, which may take much of your life with it but in its wake leave new seeds of life ready to be sown. The way farmers back burn paddocks works in the same way. Burn the dry field & all the old weeds & seeds & other debris, leaving it ready for regrowth. Some indigenous tribes worked in this way many years ago. Our own lives work in the same way. Habits that you have outgrown, possessions, belief systems that are outmoded can be cleaned out, leaving room for new & more beautiful, powerful creations to enter. Purification through spirit is powerful, it is an alchemical ritual.
Stones that will support you through your transformation through fire are Fire Agate, Calcite, Carnelian, Citrine, Red Jasper, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Rhodonite, Sunstone, Tiger Eye & Topaz (gold) plus all of the quartz family that have been fired with precious metals eg Aqua Aura, titanium or platinum fired quartz.
Archangel Patron of Fire: Archangel Michael is the Patron of Fire, of transformation. When Michael appears, know transformation is around the corner on some level of your life. Michael is the Patron of Light & Life & Warmth—the fires that warm us, the candle we use to Light our way or for use in ritual, the incense that we burn to purify our home, the warmth of an open fire, all heating & lighting. Invoke Michael to be present in your life when you are undergoing transformation. Thank him for his gifts. Michael is often pictured with electric blue wings, the blue of electricity.
www.crystalwave.com.au/article.asp?articleid=60
