Practical elemental magick : working the magick of the four elements in the western mystery tradition

183 Pages·2008·4.85 MB·English

by  David Rankine

Published by Avalonia
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PRACTICAL ELEMENTAL MAGICK
ISBN (10) 1-90S297-19-X
ISBN (13) 978-1-905297-19-1
First Edition October 2008
Copyright © 2008 Sorita d'Este and David Rankine
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Practical
Elemental
Magick
Working the Magick of the Four Elements in the Western Mystery
Tradition
David Rankine & Sarita d'Este
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sorita d'Este & David Rankine arc students and practitioners of
the Western Esoteric Tradition who live and work in Wales (UK).
Between them they have authored and contributed to more than 30
books on subjects related to mythology, magick and spirituality. This
book "Practical Elementnl Mngick" was written to compliment their very
popular "Practical Plnnetnry Mngick" published in 2006.
Both Sorita and David have lectured extensively on a wide range
of esoteric subjects and have facilitated workshops throughout the UK
and Europe. Since 2000 they have been working together in what has
been a very fruitful and colourful partnership, producing not only
projects such as this, but also a beautiful baby boy. In their writing
and other work together they draw from their experience in a number
of traditions, with their extensive research on a wide range of western
esoteric subjects including Qabalah, the grimoire traditions, Classical
Paganism of Greece, Rome and Egypt, British and other "Celtic"
mythologies.
You arc welcome to write to the authors:
Sorita d'Este & David Rankine
c/o BM Avalonia, London, WCIN 3XX, England, UK
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Table of olltenis
Elemental Magick .......................................................................... 11
The Four Elements ......................................................................... 16
Ail' -\Vurks of Knowledge ......................................................... 21
Fire -Work5 of WilL ................................................................. 2:;
Water - Works of Daring ........................................................... 29
Earth - Works of Silence ............................................................ 33
Elemental Interaction .................................................................... 36
Elemental Body Meditation ....................................................... -lO
Exploring the Elements ................................................................. 42
Air Meditation ............................................................................ A2
Flame Meditation ....................................................................... A3
Living Water Meditation ........................................................... A-l
Silent Earth Med itation ............................................................. .46
The Unification Rite ...................................................................... 47
The Unification Rite of the Four Elements .............................. .49
The Elemental Archangels ........................................................... 52
The Arch'lngel of Air -Raphael ................................................ :;:;
The Archangel of Fire -Michacl ................................................ :;6
The Archangel of \V,lter -Gabriel ............................................ ,:;7
Thl' Archclllgel of Llfth -Uriel .................................................. :;8
The Elemental Beings .................................................................... 60
The Eleillental Rulers .................................................................. 6-l
Classification of Eleillent,ll Beings ............................................ 66
Sylphs of Air ................................................................................ 71
Salaillanders of Fire .................................................................... 7-l
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Undines of Wakr ........................................................................ 76
Gnomes of Earth .......................................................................... 78
Elemental Tides .............................................................................. 80
Preparation for Ritual .................................................................... 83
The Elemental Tools ...................................................................... 87
Oilgger .......................................................................................... 87
Wand ............................................................................................ 88
Pentacle ........................................................................................ 90
Cup ............................................................................................... 91
Altar .............................................................................................. 92
Elemental Tool Consecration ..................................................... 94
The Magick Circle of the Four Elements ................................... 96
Creating your Elemental Circle ................................................. 97
The Elemental Pyramids ............................................................. 100
The Air Pyramid ........................................................................ 102
The Fire Pyramid ....................................................................... 105
The Water Pyramid ................................................................... 108
The Earth Pyramid .................................................................... 111
The Pyramid of Aether ............................................................. 114
The Elemental Temples .............................................................. 118
Temple: Inwards & Outwards ................................................. 119
Temple: The Four Winds .......................................................... 120
Temple: Flame ........................................................................... 121
The Water Temple ..................................................................... 122
The E,mh Temple ...................................................................... 122
The Inner Talisman ..................................................................... 124
Invocation of the Archangels ..................................................... 126
Elemen taries .................................................................................. 137
Creation of an Elementary ....................................................... 140
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The Elemental Deities ................................................................. 142
The Air Gods ............................................................................. 144
The Fire Gods ............................................................................ 146
The Water Gods ......................................................................... 148
The Earth Gods .......................................................................... 150
APPENDIX
Four or Three plus One? .............................................................. 154
Symbols of the Four Elements ..................................................... 157
Elemental Fragrances ................................................................... 158
The Elements and Minerals ......................................................... 159
The Elements and Plants .............................................................. 161
The Elements and Animals .......................................................... 162
Names of Power ............................................................................ 164
Intonation of Words of Power ..................................................... 165
License to Depart .......................................................................... 167
The Pentagram .............................................................................. 168
Other Systems of Elements .......................................................... 172
Elements in the Zodiac ................................................................. 174
Dealing with Vexatious ElementClls ............................................ 176
Terms Clnd Definitions .................................................................. 179
Bibliography ................................................................................. 181
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