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                                                            THE ELEMENTS
 
                                      Air                 Fire               Water               Earth               Akasha        
 
          Characteristics     Transparent, light  Force of motion     Clear, Heavy        Massive             Essence
                              Reflective          Animator            Reflective, Insula. Insulator           Multi dimensional
                              Insulator           Weightless          Absorptive          Resists motion      Transformative
                              Compressible &      Radiative           Non-compressible    non compress/Expand  Compr/Expandable
                              Expandable          Compr/Expandable    Expandable          Endurance           Endurance, mobile
                              Moveable, Mutable   Non-mutable         Smooth flowing      Stable, solid       Highly mutable
                              Malleable           Storable            Malleable/mutable   Non-mutable         malleable, balanced,
                              Male, Penetrating   Male,Penetrating    Female,Receptive    Receptive-to water  Transcends E,A,F,W
                              Mediator            Evaporates water    Mediator            Female              yet immanent
                              Reacts to Energy     for movement by    Carries Fire        Renews and
                              Carries Fire         air                  Air & Earth       nourishes
                              
            Non-local Essence Logos, switching    Power, force        Act of choosing     Underlying          Underlying,
                              mechanism           prime mover         Intuitive           Stability           connecting all
 
                 Energy Flow  Crown down          Spine behind        Front to heart      Base of spine up    Non local
                                                  heart to hands      with love energy
 
                     Feeling  Free                Enthusiastic,       Love                Centeredness        Ecstasy & Bliss
                                                  energized
          Correspondences
                             
                   Direction  East                South               West                North               Center
           Direction of view  Outward             Forward/Future      Inward              To past             Holistic
 
              Part of Person  Mind                Will, lifeforce     Emotions,intuition  Body                Spirit
                                                  (spirit)                                                    
               Consciousness  Intelligence        Will                Wisdom              Memory              Enlightenment
             Physical action  Thinking            Asserting will      Making love         Sleep, experiencing 
                                                  Breaking barriers   Partying,           unity 
            Spiritual aspect  Enlightenment       Life-force          Compassion          Serenity/beingness  Om tat sat
 
                      Colors  Clear/White/Blue    Red/Yellow          Silver/blue/purple  Green/gold/brown    Ultraviolet
 
                        Time  Dawn                Noon                Sunset              Night               Now and all time
                      Season  Spring              Summer              Fall                Winter              Kalpas
                Astrological  Libra, Aq., Gemini  Ares,Leo,Sagitar.   Cancer,Scorp,Pices  Capr.,Taurus, Virgo
                              3,7,11 House
                              Mercury
                       Tarot  Swords (esp. Queen) Rods                Cups                Disks
 
              Physical state  Gas                 Plasma/Energy       Liquid              Solid               Singularity
 
                     Spirits  Sylph               Salamander          Undine              Gnome               Demigods,God(ess)s
 
                     Deities  Zeus, Urania,       Ares, Hestia,       Poseidon, Aphrodite Gaia, Pan, Hera     Isis, Buddha, Ahura
                              Athena, Aradia      Brigid, Hermes      Tiamat,Isis         Demeter, Rhiannon   Mazda, Quan Yin, True
                              Thoth,              Pele, Vulcan,Agni                       Adonis, Dionysus    will, Zeus, Hera
 
               Power Animals  Eagle/hawk          Dragon, lion        Fish, seal          Buffalo, stag       Any
                                                                                          Otter
 
                      Symbol  Circle              Triangle            Crescent            Square              Infinity Sign, white
                                                                                                              egg, equal arm cross
 
                       Tools  Incense             Red Candle          Chalice             Pentagram           Wand, Athame, Crystal
 
 
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                                                                                                          cauldron,
                                                                                                                                              ankh
 
                Incense/Odor  Sandlewood/mellow   Frankincense/spicy  Rose/flowery        Musk/Goaty/earthy   Combination incense
                     Feeling  cool & fresh        Warm                Tingles like spray  Rigidity, Centered  
                       Taste                                          Salty               Bitter
             
                      Image   Billowing clouds    Erupt. Volcano      Waterfall           Mountain/landscape  Blue-white light
                                                                                          plants & animals
 
               Word of Power  YOD-EH-VAV-HE       ADNI(add dough nay) AHIA (Aiy Hey Yeh)  AGLA (ah gal lah)   OM
 
          Kabbalistic action  Movement            Expansion           Contraction         Stability           Underlying essence
 
 
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             Wind Spirit  Eurus               Notus               Zephyrus            Borus               Tornado of power
                                                                                                              manifesting deities
                        Bija  Yam (Yaungg)        Ram (Raumgg)        VAM (Vaungg)        Lam (Laung)         Hum (Haumgg)/Om
             
                Affirmation   I am intelligent    I am powerful       I am creative       I am strong,        I am balanced
                                                                      & intuitive         centered & know     I am all
                              
                   Posture    Arms raised         Arms above head     Arms extended       Arms extended       back straight
                              Parallel            forming triangle    palms up            palms down          arms sweep then 
                                                                                                              at side
 
                   Virtues    Intelligence,       Courage,            Love, compassion    Centeredness        Beyond
                              practical, joy      enthusiasm,         receptivity,flexib. Patience, truth
                                                  willpower           forgiveness         thorough, dependable
 
                     Vices    Impulsive,frivolous Anger, jealousy     Indifference,       Dullness, laziness  Beyond
                              boasting,           hatred, bullying    depression          inconsiderateness
                              easily fooled                           unstable            hang-ups
                                                                      
                    Chakra    Heart               behind waste        Behind sex organ    Base                Crown/third eye
 
 
                     Other    Quick response                                              Brigid
                              Networking
                              communicative
                              linking people
                                into social 
                                unit
                              active
                              
                              Dawn, day, drive
                              heat, yellow
                              plants expression
                              of DNA              
             
                              Benevolent 
                               dictator
                              Purple
                              Billowing clouds    
 
 
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