EARTH
This is the Element we are closest to home with, sinse it is our home. Earth doesn't necessarily represent the physical Earth, but that part of it which is stable, solid, dependable.
Earth is the foundation of the Elements, the base. It is in this realm that most of us live a good part of our lives. When we walk, sit, stand, crawl, eat, sleep, work our jobs, tend our plants, balance our checkbooks or taste salt we are working within the Element of Earth.
Earth is the realm of abundance, prosperity, and wealth. While it is the most physical of the Elements this is not negative, for it is upon Earth that the other three rest. Without Earth, life as we know it could not exist.
In magickal workings Earth "rules" all spells and rituals involving business, money, employment, prosperity in all its forms, stability, fertility and so on.
A ritual of this Element could be as simple as burying an object representative of your need in a plot of virgin ground, walking over miles of countryside visualizing your need, or drawing images in dirt.
Earth is a feminine Element. It is nurturing, moist, fruitful, and it is these qualities which make it feminine. Such attributes have impelled countless civilizations to envision the Earth as a great Mother Goddess, the all-fertile Creatress of nature.
Earth rules the Northern point of the compass, because that is the place of greatest darkness and of winter. Its colour is the green of the fields and plants.
It governs stone, image, tree and knot magick.
This Element is the mother of us all. It is stones, montains, trees and grass, it is the ground we walk on and it is the flesh we wear.
Earth is calm and understanding, it holds great wisdom and knowledge and whenever you need to find an answer earth will be of help. When human destroys the earth, he is infact destroying himself, because without earth he is not. When one lives in union with the earth, and works to protect it, one will enjoy a long and healthy life.
Earth is the element used in healing and recovering.
Magic Uses: Healing, Recovering, Gaining of Knowledge, Creation, Shielding, Blessings.
