These elementals are of the air and associated with the cardinal direction of North. Upon the earth they exist as animals, in the sea their mythology merges with the mermaids/undines, or as streaks of light flowing around islands or flowing in the air. While sylphs have a regal manner, they are very loyal. These elementals specialize [...]
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Elementals – Sylphs
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Elementals – Salamanders
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Fire cannot exist without Salamanders, the fire elementals. Ranging in size and shape, these elementals appear in many forms from small balls to tongues of fire. They are associated with the cardinal direction of the South. They are known to exert influence over beings with a fiery temper. Without them, there would not be heat. [...]
Elementals – Undines
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The element of Water has been considered as feminine, thus undines are symbolized as female. They have beautiful voices and can often be hear singing alongside the gurgle of a brook or roar of a waterfall. Nearly all resemble human beings, although those existing of small streams or fountains have smaller proportions. Many resemble the appearance of [...]
Elementals – Gnomes
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Pygmies, satyrs, nains, durdalis, elves, sprites, brownies… Just as there are many different types of humans, there are different elementals who are from the element of earth and fall under the broad name of Gnome. These creatures are assigned to the cardinal direction of North. These beings have great power over mineral elements, rocks and flora, each working with [...]
Elementals / Nature Spirits
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Who are they? Elementals or Nature Spirits are the invisible, spiritual counterpart of the physical, visible Nature. According to Paracelsus (a 15th century alchemist & Hermetic philosopher), just as visible Nature is populated by many creatures, so is the spiritual aspect. He divided these into 4 distinct groups : gnomes, undines, sylphs and salamanders. Each [...]
Faeries at Litha
Posted in Faeries, Rituals, Spirits, tagged activities, elements, faerie, fairy, garden, gardening, litha, magic, magick, midsummer, paganism, rituals, solstice, spirituality, witchcraft on June 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The veil between the supernatural world and our own physical world becomes thinner at Litha. This is a good time to introduce yourself and/or your family to the faeries, the fae, wee-folk, goodly-folk, etc. You can leave offerings in many ways and for differing reasons. Offerings of milk, honey and baked goods are left to [...]
Faeries (very brief summary)
Posted in Faeries, Spirits, Uncategorized, tagged elves, faerie, fairy, gnomes, legends, magick, spirits, spirituality on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Historically, faeries were considered spirits who occupy a realm between heaven and earth with the ability to predict and even control human destiny. The Church, trying to eradicate pagan religions, accused the faeries of kidnapping unbaptized children. Hollywood portrays these beings as cute, little, sparkly things with beautiful wings, an image which couldn`t be further [...]
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