Thou shalt only invoke them in serene, mild, and pleasant weather. They show great ostentation and vainglory in their dress, and they rejoice in many ornamentations and decorations. When the spirits which are created from the Vapors of the Sun are invoked, they come under a very beautiful and excellent form, but filled with pride, vanity and conceit. Others which are formed from the wind appear like thereunto and with exceeding swift motion, and whensoever those which are created from Beauty appear, they will show themselves in a fair and agreeable form moreover, whensoever thou shalt call the Spirits created from Air, they will come with a kind of gentle breeze. When the spirits which are created of Clouds are invoked, they come with great deformity, in a horrible form, to strike fear into the Invocator, and with an exceeding great noise. When the Spirits which are created of Water are invoked, they come with great rains, thunder, hail, lightning, thunderbolts, and the like. Others from the keenness and strength of Fire and when they are invoked or summoned, they come always with great noise, and with the terrible nature of fire. Others from the Wind, unto which they are like. The Key of Solomon gives this description of the elemental spirits: Some are created from Water.
ELEMENTAL SPIRITS HOW TO
Grimoires, books of magical instruction, provide information on the powers of elemental spirits and how to command them. This is especially true of the elusive salamanders, said Paracelsus. Gnomes and salamanders, both of whom are gifted in prophecy, rarely interact with people. The undines or nymphs have the most interaction, followed by the sylphs. The different classes vary in their ability to interact with humans. They live according to the keeping of time. They are organized into societies with leaders and laws, as are humans. They wear clothing suitable to their forms and element. They do not mingle with other elementals, though they all mingle with humans. Some elementals are generous to humans, helping them in tasks and chores and bestowing gifts such as treasures upon them.Įach class of elemental stays strictly within its element. Elementals can enter the human world, but humans cannot enter the realms of the elementals because the physical body is too coarse. Humans and elemental spirits can mate and produce hybrid offspring (see fairies) that would belong more to the human race than to the elementals. Because they are soulless, they have no afterlife. They do not worship God and live according to instinct and reason. They are mortal but have no soul as do humans, and thus they lack a moral character. However, they are higher than man, for they are both of the physical and spirit worlds. They are not spirits per se but are made in the image of man, with flesh, bones, and Blood. The classes of elemental spirits and their elements are: Earth: Gnomes or pigmies Water: Undines or nymphs Fire: Salamanders Air: Sylphs Paracelsus INCLUDED GIANTS AND DWARFS AMONG ELEMENTALS.Īccording to Paracelsus, all elementals have human form and can mix with humans yet they have no relationship to humans and are not descended from Adam and Eve.
Elemental spirits are evoked in magical rites. The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca written by Rosemary Ellen Guiley – Copyright © 1989, 1999, 2008 by Visionary Living, Inc.īeings created from the four Elements of nature. Wicca emphasizes working with friendly elementals in the creation of positive magic.Īrtificial elemental is a term occasionally used for thought-form, a being of energy ritually created through intense will, which is programmed to carry out assignments and disintegrate once the work is done.
Some elementals are said to be malicious and unpredictable, tricking human beings into accidents, setting traps for them and killing them. The pioneers of the Findhorn community in northern Scotland achieved remarkable gardening results reputedly by communicating with elementals. Numerous elemental sightings have been reported at the Circle Sanctuary at Mt. They can be seen clairvoyantly if a person has good attunement to the nature realm. Elementals are summoned to assist in Magic related to nature.Įarth elementals are known as gnomes fire as salamanders water as undines and air as sylphs. The term elementals also is applied to nature spirits, which exist in all things in nature and look after animals, insects, birds, rocks and plants. Elementals are spirits that personify the four elements - earth, air, fire and water.
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