.:**:.:*:.:)O(:.:*:.:**:.
The world we live in is a combination of many forces that all work together to maintain life.
These forces are both physical and spiritual elements, that is fundamental to the creation process and essencial for supporting life as we know it.
We need to understand these primal forces if we are to understand the universe and the dinamic energy that controls it.
The principle forces are the four elements: Air, Fire, Water and Earth. As a natural based religion, Wicca endorces the four elements in teachings and magickal rites. The energy contained in each of the four elements affects the way we think, feel and behave; it is indispensable to the creative processes.
The understanding of nature, environment and self is a prerequisite to the understanding of spirit and deity. Once you begin to harmonize with the magickal forces of nature, you become aware of their knowledge and wisdom.
Almost everything we come in contact with are associated with the elements.
The elements correspond to the seasons, to plants, stones and places. Astrologically, the elements provide the data for understanding different personality types and modes of expression.
The elements are one of nature's greatest contributions. They are a wondrous storehouse of knowledge just waiting to be explored.
The fifth element is Spirit - that which connects all things - causes the first four elements to conjoin in particular proportions and forms to produce life and the Universe as we experience it.
Spirit is the sacred weaver of the elements and as 'the connection' is, along with the other four, an equal cause and part of the Universe. It is also the great web of life that joins all beings to each other.
