Showing posts with label Associations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Associations. Show all posts
Monday, April 5, 2010
Elemental Magick-Earth Associations in Magick
To work Earth Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Earth energy, see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html
The following is a List of items associated with Earth:
EARTH
Direction: North
Season: Winter (For Caribbean, Use the Solstice Dec 20 - 23 or Nov-Dec)
Moon: Dark
Best Time of Day: midnight
Colours: Citrine, Browns, Olive green, black
Magickal Tools: Pentacle, Stones
Sounds: Drums, steel drums
Creatures: Dog, wolf, deer, ox, bull
Nature Symbols: Stones, fossils, seeds, salt, earth
Trees: Pine, Cypress, guava, Breadfruit, Tambran
Herbs: Sage, thyme,chives, garlic, ginger
Incense: Myrrh, patchouli, musk
Minerals: lead, emerald, coal, onyx
Tarot Card: Pentacles, The World, The Hermit
Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Archangel : Uriel, Auriel
Star: Fornalhaut
Elemental Creatures: Gnomes, Papa Bois,
Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaia, Mah, Persephone, Nephthys, Prithivi, Rhea, Uni
God: Adonis, Athos, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Pan, Tammuz.
Caribbean Centered: Planting rituals, grain scattering (rice bags)
Magickal Phrase: To Be Silent
Ritual Forms: Burying, planting, making images in dirt, clay or sand, carving sigils or runes.
Please also keep in mind that associations are sometimes specific to the individual’s culture and experience. If there are any items that you associate with earth’s energies; please feel free to use them in your work.
Elemental Magick-Water Associations in Magick
To work WATER Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Water energy, see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html
The following is a List of items associated with WATER:
WATER
Direction: West
Season: Autumn(For Caribbean, Use the Autumnal Equinox or August - September)
Moon: Full Moon
Best Time of Day: Dusk
Colours: Blues, Blue-greens, white, silver, orange
Magickal Tools: Chalice, bowls, calabash, gourds, mirrors, cauldrons, coconut shell bowl
Sounds: Bells, cymbals, triangle, chimes
Creatures: Frog, turtles, dolphins, fish, crabs, conchs
Nature Symbols: water, seashells, sea pebbles, coral, water-plants, sea-weed
Trees: Willow, ash, Coconut Tree, Calabash tree, Bamboo,
Herbs: sea-weeds, chamomile, fennel, aloes, cucumber, watermelon
Incense: Jasmine, Rose
Minerals: Silver, turquoise, sapphire, aquamarine, moonstone, pearl, jade, quartz
Tarot Card: Cups, Hanged Man, The Moon, The Priestess
Signs: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Archangel : Gabriel
Star: Antares
Elemental Creatures: Sea Dragons, Mama D’lo, water sprites
Goddesses: Aphrodite, Isis, Ceridwen, Mari, Selene, Luna, Artemis, Xochiquetzal
God: Dylan, Ea, Llyr, Neptune, Posiedon , Oceanus, Osiris
Caribbean Centered: River or sea side rituals.
Magickal Phrase: To Dare
Ritual Forms: Tea making ceremonies, ritual bathing, washing, water offerings
Please also keep in mind that associations are sometimes specific to the individual’s culture and experience. If there are any items that you associate with water’s energies; please feel free to use them in your work.
The healing power of water
Hand-blended Oil: Elemental Water
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Elemental Magick- Fire Associations in Magick
Elemental Magick – Fire Associations in Magick
To work Fire Elemental Magick, you must understand the things associated with its vibrational energy. For information activities connected to Fire energy see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html
The following is a List of items associated with FIRE:
FIRE
Direction: South
Season: Summer (For Caribbean, Use the Summer Solstice June 21-22nd or the period May - July)
Moon: Waxing Moon
Best Time of Day: Mid Day.
Colours: Red, Orange, Gold
Magickal Tools: Candles, Sword, spirit flame, incense
Sounds: Stringed instruments, including quatro, Mandolin, Box-base
Creatures: Snakes, Lion, Ram,Lynx
Nature Symbols: Flame, Lava
Trees: Oak, Hawthorn, Chaconia, Bouganvilla, balisier, Mango
Herbs: Basil, Bayleaf, garlic, rosemary, aloes, orange, ginger
Incense: Frankincense, cinnamon, basil, orange- peel, ginger
Minerals: Gold, copper, iron, hematite, flint
Tarot Card: Swords, The Sun, The Emporer, The Tower
Signs: Aries, Leo, Sagittaruis
Archangel : Michael
Star: Regulus
Elemental Creatures: Dragons, Pheonix, salamanders, centaurs
Goddesses: Brigit, Vesta, Diana
God: Frey, Hephaestus, Horus, Logi, Vulcan.
Caribbean Centered: Burning Incense at home or in ritual
Magickal Phrase: To Will
Ritual Forms: Incense burning, Burning images, words or herbs, candle magick
This list is not a complete one. There are quite a number of charts which list associations which can be found when googled. Items which are specific to the Caribbean are difficult to find, and are still being compiled
Elemental Magick- Air Associations in Magick
In order to understand what you must use when working AIR Magick, you must know the “associations” to AIR. These would be items, with the same vibrations as the AIR Element, or activities associated with AIR. For information on these see previous blog post: http://cocyeabroomstick.blogspot.com/2010/04/elemental-magick-part-one.html
The following is a List of items associated with AIR :
AIR
Direction: East
Season: Spring (For Caribbean, Use the Spring Equinox March 20-22)
Moon: New Moon
Best Time of Day: Dawn
Colours: Yellow, Purple, Silver, White
Magickal Tools: Wand, athame, incense, Pestle (mortar and pestle), Staff
Sounds: Wind instrument sounds, bird calls
Creatures: Birds and Winged Insects
Nature Symbols: Feathers, fragrant flowers
Trees: Elder, Eucalyptus (temperate) Yellow poui, Silk Cotton, Portugal, Lime (Caribbean)
Herbs: Mint, Lavender, rosemary, thyme, Fever Grass, Lime buds
Incense: Sandalwood and lemon
Minerals: Mercury, aventurine, topaz
Tarot Card: Wands, The Fool
Signs: Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Archangel : Raphael
Star: Aldebran
Elemental Creatures: Sylphs.
Goddesses: Aditi, Arianhrod, Cardea, Nuit, Urania
God: Enlil, Mercury, Thoth, Zeus.
Caribbean Centered: Smoke Ceremony done by Amerindians
Magickal Phrase: To Know
Ritual Forms: Tossing objects into the air or into the wind, numerology, incense burning, breathing, meditation, singing and chanting, numerology and writing or drawing, divination.
This list is not a complete one. There are quite a number of charts which list associations which can be found when googled. Items which are specific to the Caribbean are difficult to find, and are still being compiled.
Friday, April 2, 2010
Elemental Magick- part one
Lets attempt to understand Elemental Magick first, and the reason for its development. Elemental Magick proposes that firstly there are four main elements in existence, and sometimes a fifth; Spirit; is named. Where did this come from?
In his article on Elemental Magick, Michael Lewis states that “The earliest of Greek natural philosophers, Thales, in considering which was the most basic element in the cosmos, from which the cosmos was made, supposed that the cosmos was made of Water. Later, Heraclitus decided that the most basic element in the cosmos was Fire, and Anaxagoras named Air as the essential constituent of the cosmos. In the 6th Century BC, Empedocles first suggested that the cosmos was made of four constituent elements, which he named as Fire, Air, Water and Earth, in order from the most rare to the most dense. “
These four elements are air, fire, water and earth. Keep in mind the Magick Law “As Above, so below.” These elements exist in the astral in different forms, and when manifest into the more and more physical planes, become the physical qualities that we can feel with our senses.
Why use them. Understand the Law of Attraction. If what we want to achieve in a spell, has a particular vibrational quality, then surrounding our thoughts with the same qualities will attract the thing we wish to have. (I refer to “thing” but this can also mean experience, feeling, goals etc i.e., the result of your spell and ritual work) Each of the elements, Air, Fire, Water and Earth has a vibrational quality. Spirit is a combination of all. Each element has various things associated with it, which vibrates at the same quality as the element, and creates a similar response in us; through our senses, when we interact with it.
Understanding the elements and their energies is important to know where to use them. You will need to sit and meditate on each quality, feel them, know them, turn them over in your mind’s eye. The physically play with them, feel the wind, observe a candle, play with water, dig in the earth…let all your senses be open to their physical properties. Smell them, taste them, touch them, listen to their sounds…then close your eyes and feel with your inner senses.
The element of AIR is the vibrational quality which is found in activities which are intellectual, communicative and expressive. It is found in new beginnings, the initial thoughts and compilation of an idea, the changing from one thing to another. It is also found in mind, all mental, intuitive and psychic work, knowledge, abstract learning, theory, rebirth, imagination, belief, wind, breath, poetry, and sound. Air’s essence is described as Hot and Moist; and has projective qualities (male polarity). For any activities or goals under any of these headings above, AIR magick is best worked. The details of AIR magick and its associations, and spells will be discussed in a subsequent blog.
The Element of FIRE is the part of the psyche that consists of all that is energetic, vitalizing and invigorating. Fire energies are transformative. Think of the action of fire, it destroys and cleans for new growth. It also is passion, spontaneity and dynamism. FIRE is said to be Purifying, destroying, energetic, sexual, and forceful. Its essence is Hot and Dry, and its qualities are also projective. Further Fire Magick would be discussed in a later blog.
Then we come to WATER. Water is cold and moist and has receptive qualities (feminine polarity). Water’s energy can be found in activities that are creative, receptive, fluidic, mysterious, hidden and of the subconscious nature. It is Flowing, cleansing, healing, soothing, and loving. Psychic abilities, emotions, nurturing activities all have water vibrational qualities.
Then we come to EARTH. Earth is the quality of everything which is manifest in the physical. It is grounding, stable, slow moving. It exists in activities of developing, productivity, growth. The body, growth, nature, sustenance, material gain, money, fertility, birth, death, gravity, silence, rocks, standing stones, crystals, jewels, metals, wealth, abundance, wisdom. Earth’s qualities are receptive, passive and of feminine polarity. Earth Magick would be used in rituals and spells which aim for any goal falling under these qualities.
In using Elemental Magick, the goal or aim of your spell must first be categorized under one of the above mentioned elements. Sometimes, your aim may have combinations of the elements in them. I would suggest that if you are a beginner, you simplify it to one element, before moving on to two or more in your magick. How? If you are doing a spell for inspiration, you could use either FIRE or AIR. I like to use AIR, because in my mind I associate thought (inspirational ideas) with AIR. I understand the passion (FIRE) which is found in receiving inspiration, but I believe the initial point comes from AIR. You may feel differently, and resonate with the passionate part of inspiration; in which case use FIRE magick by all means.
I think also, you should begin your own associations chart. You can list the qualities, draw their symbols, but before you write any of the association which you find (coming up in other blogs) you should meditate on each and ensure that they resonate with you. For example, incense is associated with AIR, but cinnamon incense has always brought to mind “Fire” qualities, and I use it in Fire magick occasionally. Always only use what you associate the item with. Always note your special associations. Your intuition takes precedence over anything that you have learnt. Note it, meditate on it and if your mind is convinced it is…then it is. You are creating a magickal process for you…not for anyone else.
In blog posts to follow, I will pull apart all the elements, giving associations for each of the five senses, and spells, rituals or simple activities that can be done to gather their energies around you. I have also listed other sites below for study.
Sources for Study:
http://www.realmagick.com/articles/25/2225.html
http://www.realmagick.com/articles/03/2203.html
http://www.elemental5.com/fiveElements.htm
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Pentacle- and Magick - Part 1
The pentacle, a five pointed star within a circle, represents among other things, the five elements of Nature, surrounded by and existing in a never ending circle of creation. The circle represents the unending, ever cycling nature of the existence we live in. Nothing is ever destroyed, just becomes something else. If you did physics you may remember that energy is neither created nor destroyed, but undergoes a transformation into a different state.
The Five points from the top clockwise are Spirit, Air, Fire, Water and Earth. Spirit marks the beginning. We begin as a Spiritual being, ideas begin on the spiritual plane.
Air represents thoughts, ideas, consciousness and things to do with the mind. All that is intellectual, logical, communicative, expressive and abstract. Air has active masculine and changeable characteristics.
Fire, the third point, is passion, will, and desire. All that is dynamic, energetic, vitalizing, invigorating, spontaneous, and initiating. Fire contains trans formative energies, is unpredictable and regenerating. Fire has active masculine properties.
Our fourth point from the top represents Water. Water symbolizes all that is receptive, sustaining, fluidic, the subconscious, hidden, mysterious and generative. It represents emotions, and is passive and feminine.
The last point on the pentacle is Earth. Earth is the manifested property of our existence. This energy is grounding, slow moving, stable, materializing. All activities of fertility and growth are attributed to Earth, and well as material abundance. Earth also has passive and feminine qualities.
The pentacle, a symbol of protection represents all the properties of existence ruled by spirit. In wearing the pentacle or adopting it as a personal symbol, you make the claim that all the properties which make up YOUR existence; are ruled by YOUR spirit. You acknowledge that there is a greater ALL, which we are connected to, but your Spirit is a gift, meant to executed some purpose for the good of the ALL.....which is why you are here.
AS we travel along the outer circle of the pentacle, the points also give us guidelines for Magick, and how to move something from the astral level of spirit, bringing it out to its physical existence, guiding it through its elemental stages. More about that later in another post.
By occult teachings, anything that we can imagine already exists in spirit, and can be made to exist in reality. Some occultists go as far to say that anything you need or want, is already yours by way of attracting the energy toward you by mere thought (air), the only things keeping it from manifesting is our ability to carry it through to the other elemental stages (fire -belief that it is mine etc)
Again, more will be discussed in another post.
Blessed be guys, blessed be.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Magick as a tool for Self Transcending Self
In an attempt to transcend yourself/ mind, a practice of magick can be adopted, which would rewire the brain and create a different paradigm to the one previously held. (in your mind).
Our current mental flux, which emanates around this island, creates a “net of consciousness” which has the capability of trapping other individuals who seek to transcend the “net” and their individual minds.
Each Self here is bound by thought patterns and programs, which create the paradigm by which we operate. This is passed on from generation to generation. Our core beliefs about what is, or what is not possible have been stamped and sealed in our minds; and almost nothing that we have learnt speaks to ourselves. We have been programmed in our behaviour and our beliefs. We have been programmed into the “we culture” and “ we ting.”
A friend of mine pointed this out recently. Being from another country, he is not bound by the paradigm placed on us Trinidadians. The reaction and behaviour of Trinidadians is often perplexing to others. The inability to rise above their mental limits is a curious thing. Conversations and behaviour most often have a scripted quality.
In all countries, there are cliques and stereotypes. Individuals attempt to conform to a group, which is closest to their purpose. However, the difference on a small island is that there are a limited number of cliques, limiting the number of choices, which can create a local relative meaning (local to the Self) for an individual. The cliques create their own conscious net, and only very few strong willed individuals can pull away. Almost none of these strong willed individuals are successful in creating a completely new paradigm or clique.
That being said, magick is a useful tool, which allows the individual to rewire his/her brain to transcend personal paradigm/ reality.
According to the author of the blog “Exemplum Stupendous”, magick allows for a new operating system to be introduced into the mind. This system challenges all the previously held beliefs, which the Self held as “Truth.”
It is important though, that the individual recognises those things, which his/her mind responds to, and use them to create a believable dogma or system for the purpose of achieving Self’s goals.
The Self needs to recognise the statements which held them from belief. For example, if the goal is to get a car, and the goal is not forthcoming, then there is a negative belief at the core preventing the flow of energy in Self’s observer created Universe. It is a difficult thing to realize; to purposely change your own beliefs. But it can be done. More on this will be discussed later.
It is absolutely possible, that all the associations, tools listed in Magick to shift belief (paradigm) do not register as “truth” for the individual.
Many of us, in searching for Magick do not ever sift through the wrappings of ceremony and associations to realize that we need to create our own associations. Many practioners and Wiccans would tell you that intuition is more valuable to your mind than regurgitated readings. Intuition; is the thin Golden Thread of thought, which has the beginnings of real belief.
Austin Spare said many times that the system of Magick he created was valid only to his Self. This does not mean that we throw out things and lessons practiced by those gone before. Rather, we absorb, experiment, learn the thing well, and then break all the rules and make our own. Magick needs to speak to you, not to be believed by anyone else. Be as silly and as creative as you wish to be. If you wish to wear a pair of pink fairy wings to create the belief in transcendence, then so be it.
You can find whatever tools are needed.
Listen to your Self.
Our current mental flux, which emanates around this island, creates a “net of consciousness” which has the capability of trapping other individuals who seek to transcend the “net” and their individual minds.
Each Self here is bound by thought patterns and programs, which create the paradigm by which we operate. This is passed on from generation to generation. Our core beliefs about what is, or what is not possible have been stamped and sealed in our minds; and almost nothing that we have learnt speaks to ourselves. We have been programmed in our behaviour and our beliefs. We have been programmed into the “we culture” and “ we ting.”
A friend of mine pointed this out recently. Being from another country, he is not bound by the paradigm placed on us Trinidadians. The reaction and behaviour of Trinidadians is often perplexing to others. The inability to rise above their mental limits is a curious thing. Conversations and behaviour most often have a scripted quality.
In all countries, there are cliques and stereotypes. Individuals attempt to conform to a group, which is closest to their purpose. However, the difference on a small island is that there are a limited number of cliques, limiting the number of choices, which can create a local relative meaning (local to the Self) for an individual. The cliques create their own conscious net, and only very few strong willed individuals can pull away. Almost none of these strong willed individuals are successful in creating a completely new paradigm or clique.
That being said, magick is a useful tool, which allows the individual to rewire his/her brain to transcend personal paradigm/ reality.
According to the author of the blog “Exemplum Stupendous”, magick allows for a new operating system to be introduced into the mind. This system challenges all the previously held beliefs, which the Self held as “Truth.”
It is important though, that the individual recognises those things, which his/her mind responds to, and use them to create a believable dogma or system for the purpose of achieving Self’s goals.
The Self needs to recognise the statements which held them from belief. For example, if the goal is to get a car, and the goal is not forthcoming, then there is a negative belief at the core preventing the flow of energy in Self’s observer created Universe. It is a difficult thing to realize; to purposely change your own beliefs. But it can be done. More on this will be discussed later.
It is absolutely possible, that all the associations, tools listed in Magick to shift belief (paradigm) do not register as “truth” for the individual.
Many of us, in searching for Magick do not ever sift through the wrappings of ceremony and associations to realize that we need to create our own associations. Many practioners and Wiccans would tell you that intuition is more valuable to your mind than regurgitated readings. Intuition; is the thin Golden Thread of thought, which has the beginnings of real belief.
Austin Spare said many times that the system of Magick he created was valid only to his Self. This does not mean that we throw out things and lessons practiced by those gone before. Rather, we absorb, experiment, learn the thing well, and then break all the rules and make our own. Magick needs to speak to you, not to be believed by anyone else. Be as silly and as creative as you wish to be. If you wish to wear a pair of pink fairy wings to create the belief in transcendence, then so be it.
You can find whatever tools are needed.
Listen to your Self.
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