#four elements

wolfofantimonyoccultism:

This post is not entirely completed but it is a rough outline of how I would go about setting up this system. It will be added to as I find more information.

This is a general guide for magick based on my understandings and practices and what I have found to be helpful at each level of development. This scale starts at absolute no knowledge, and goes up to an individual with a practice that can now expand outwards learning everything. This is not done with any other form of tradition rather than mine, and is based on the general understanding of magick, and is to better help with understanding the question of where do I start. you do not need to finish everything in one stage before moving onto another one. what is recommended that you finish as much as possible, because one stage feeds on to the next one. This post is also broken up into my categories of magic. These being Pyrosophic, geosophic, hydrosophic, and aerosophic.

Pyrosophic:

Pyrosophic is associated to the element of fire. Pyrosophic forms of magick, and understanding are fundamental, and active. They are sources that emanate outwards, and act as axioms, and supports for other knowledge, and practices. They are simple, but effective, and are the first things I believe a practitioner should know when they are starting out learning magick. Pyrosophic is very knowledge-based, and energetically based, and it is the foundation that we build upon all other knowledge. It is the first emanation of any particular knowledge, before it incorporates any other advanced features. It contains a lot of beginner information, and energy work.

Geosophic:

Geosophic is associated to the element of earth. Geosophic are things that are a little bit more complicated, and work off the understandings that are figured out in pyrosophic. It takes the fundamental understandings, and gives you tools in order to advance what you already have. Geosophic builds upon the foundation that was solidified by pyrosophic, and makes it a little bit more complicated bringing in object, symbols, and correspondences to work with. A lot of forms of folk magic, and thaumaturgy are going to be here in this category, because of its incorporation of tools, and symbols to manifest it’s desires.

Hydrosophic:

Hydrosophic is associated to the element of water. Hydrosophic focuses on internal knowledge through the acts of meditation, and altered states of consciousness. It allows you to learn more about yourself, and the inner workings of you through the practices, and understandings that it holds. This encompasses everything that takes place within, and that interacts with the inner being that is you.

Aerosophic:

Aerosophic is associated to the element of air. Aerosophic encompasses understandings, and the practices of theurgy, and the higher knowledge of the universe, and source. It is focused on understanding the outer world beyond the practitioner. This encompasses everything that takes place without, and looks for the higher meaning in the whole of reality.

Once you reach the final level of adept you are able to go out, and begin staying in learning even more knowing that you have the foundations of a practice. Other things you may also want to learn about that may help you on your path are Philosophy, Science, History, Psychology, Religious Studies, language, and culture.

There are three stages to this process, and they are known as seekers, student, and adapt.

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“Hero and Leander”

Both robb’d of air, we both lie in one ground;
Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drown’d.

–John Donne

The Fifth Element (1997)

The Earth is beneath me.  Roots grow down from my body, thin and thready at first, and reach downward.  They snake through my floor, through the foundation of my house, find the Earth, and grow into it. As they grow deeper the roots grow thicker, gnarled, like those of an ancient tree.  My roots touch the Earth and through them I feel its solidity, its persistence.  I feel a thing of unimaginable vastness, that existed a billion years before me and will exist a billion years after me.  In the Earth I touch permanence.

There is Water beside me, flowing in wild rivers and lakes.  Veins extend from my body, the vessels of my fingers and toes growing beyond the skin and forking outwards.  My veins find the Water and dive into it.  My blood pours into the Water and Water pours into me.  In the Water I feel something that constantly changes form but never loses its self; frozen, steaming, falling, Water remains Water.  You can break an ice cube, but let it melt and freeze again, and you’ll never know it was broken.  In the Water I touch resilience.

The Air is above me.  Tiny feathers grow out of my skin, reaching upwards, fluttering in the little currents eddying above my body.  In communication with the Air I feel how easily it flows from place to place; the Air that touches me has been everywhere in the world, and will be everywhere again.  The movement of a single molecule of Air defies borders, cannot be traced, cannot be predicted.  In the Air I touch freedom.

The Fire is within me.  Every cell of my body is a tiny furnace, constantly burning.  There is nothing I need to grow outwards to feel Fire; the Fire is me.  Glucose burns, and I live.  Every movement, every breath, every thought draws its strength from Fire.  A trillion tiny flames dance within me, growing together, and my existence is a single glorious flame in the night.  In the Fire I touch power.

So today my best friend and I practiced seeing auras for the first time and I have two questions for anyone who may be more experienced.

1. My best friend saw my aura as a whispy/milky white with red speckles. What does that mean?

2. We concentrated on his boyfriend’s aura at the same exact time, but got completely different colors. Why would we see different colors?

Thanks to anyone who can help!

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