Ancient Elements: Earth
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Geo Dee
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Thursday, February 13, 2003
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Texas, United States
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Earth is associated with the direction North. This bug would like to travel North when in the western hemisphere and South when in the eastern to circle the earth.
The four elements of antiquity -- earth, water, air and fire -- dominated natural philosophy for two thousand years. The premise that everything was formed from these four elements was developed by the Greek philosopher Empepedocles of Sicily and continued to be believed until the rise of modern science. Even today earth, water, air and fire are not bad symbols for the four states of mater -- solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Science has discovered new ideas, but in the field of Mysticism these elements are still important to illustrate the oneness of all.
Earth manifests stability, permanence and rigidity. In our bodies, the parts such as bones, teeth, cells and tissue are manifestations of the earth. On transition, a mystic usually prefers cremation because fire transforms the body into ash to be returned to the earth from which it came.
(special thanks to Serafine Lemos at http://EmbarkToMysticism.com)
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