Faeries & Elementals for Beginners: Learn About & Communicate With Nature Spirits by Alexandra Chauran Page B
Authors: Alexandra Chauran
Tags: supernatural, Body; Mind & Spirit
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invisible and ubiquitous enough to be boring, I’m a terrible gardener and find no joy in tilling the soil, and I can’t even swim in water. If I followed my tendencies, all of my rituals might be heavy on the fire magic without properly honoring the other elementals. Cultivating an elemental imbalance in your ritual space or in yourself can be troublesome.
When I was younger, I took my fascination with fire to
a magical extreme, and nearly all of my rituals had fire as their focus. I would spend hours gazing into candle flames, trying to make the flame dance with my mind. Soon I was
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delighted to find some success in making the flame die
down or pop back up again. I showed off to everyone who
would come and watch me put out the candles and then
grow the flame back again from the red smoldering wick.
My success made me focus more on fire elementals.
Pretty soon, I found myself less able to control the elemental I thought I had made to do my bidding. Instead of lighting a candle, some papers on my table would catch fire. Or candles would light while I was sleeping, which of course is very dangerous. I started developing some blisters almost
like burns on my palms. It happens that during a centering meditation, the palms should be the fire and water energy
vortices, but it became obvious that I was tremendously out of balance. I became scared about my lack of control over
the situation. I ended up solving the problem by learning to properly ground energy, and by never again going to such
ridiculous lengths to perfect those silly fire tricks.
Your magic can become less effective without equal
parts of all the universal elemental building blocks. You
may also begin to overwhelm yourself with an elemental’s
nature so that you start to have trouble with that element in your ritual space or your body such as burst pipes from water elementals or accidental fires from the salamanders.
Try to include other elementals in your ritual, at least in the circle casting, which will be discussed further below. If you love to do ritual work, try to alternate the elemental focus of each ritual you do.
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Bless with representatives of the elementals
Blessing an object, space, or person can be done by intro-
ducing the thing to be blessed to symbolic representations of the elementals. The most common example is to burn
incense, which represents both fire and air, and to sprin-
kle holy water, which is salted water to represent both earth and water. Any object can become a magical charm by
simply sprinkling and censing it, and any person or place
can receive the blessings of the elementals in the same way.
By bringing the elementals to meet your person, place, or
thing, you draw their attention and show them that you
desire their presence and good will. Even if asking for the blessings of a deity or some other entity, it is best to also sprinkle and cense to acknowledge the elementals.
Elementals in a ritual context
Elementals are used, at least indirectly, in nearly every Western magical tradition, especially when casting a circle. The reason for the use of elementals in any circle is because the four elements together represent all the ingredients of the universe. When a circle is cast, it functions as another world between the worlds. As a microcosm, any circle casting
should include all four elementals. The number four itself represents a stable foundation in numerology. Stability is needed before you can achieve any sort of growth, transformation, or magic.
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Seeing Elementals
Through the process of meditation or ritual invocation,
many will be able to see visions of elementals either in
the context of the magic circle, or in the mind’s eye. Others may not naturally be visual people, or may have a hard time catching sight of particular elementals. More about
connecting with the separate elementals is
When I was younger, I took my fascination with fire to
a magical extreme, and nearly all of my rituals had fire as their focus. I would spend hours gazing into candle flames, trying to make the flame dance with my mind. Soon I was
96 • Chapter Two
delighted to find some success in making the flame die
down or pop back up again. I showed off to everyone who
would come and watch me put out the candles and then
grow the flame back again from the red smoldering wick.
My success made me focus more on fire elementals.
Pretty soon, I found myself less able to control the elemental I thought I had made to do my bidding. Instead of lighting a candle, some papers on my table would catch fire. Or candles would light while I was sleeping, which of course is very dangerous. I started developing some blisters almost
like burns on my palms. It happens that during a centering meditation, the palms should be the fire and water energy
vortices, but it became obvious that I was tremendously out of balance. I became scared about my lack of control over
the situation. I ended up solving the problem by learning to properly ground energy, and by never again going to such
ridiculous lengths to perfect those silly fire tricks.
Your magic can become less effective without equal
parts of all the universal elemental building blocks. You
may also begin to overwhelm yourself with an elemental’s
nature so that you start to have trouble with that element in your ritual space or your body such as burst pipes from water elementals or accidental fires from the salamanders.
Try to include other elementals in your ritual, at least in the circle casting, which will be discussed further below. If you love to do ritual work, try to alternate the elemental focus of each ritual you do.
Communicating with Elementals to Understand and Help Your Life • 97
Bless with representatives of the elementals
Blessing an object, space, or person can be done by intro-
ducing the thing to be blessed to symbolic representations of the elementals. The most common example is to burn
incense, which represents both fire and air, and to sprin-
kle holy water, which is salted water to represent both earth and water. Any object can become a magical charm by
simply sprinkling and censing it, and any person or place
can receive the blessings of the elementals in the same way.
By bringing the elementals to meet your person, place, or
thing, you draw their attention and show them that you
desire their presence and good will. Even if asking for the blessings of a deity or some other entity, it is best to also sprinkle and cense to acknowledge the elementals.
Elementals in a ritual context
Elementals are used, at least indirectly, in nearly every Western magical tradition, especially when casting a circle. The reason for the use of elementals in any circle is because the four elements together represent all the ingredients of the universe. When a circle is cast, it functions as another world between the worlds. As a microcosm, any circle casting
should include all four elementals. The number four itself represents a stable foundation in numerology. Stability is needed before you can achieve any sort of growth, transformation, or magic.
98 • Chapter Two
Seeing Elementals
Through the process of meditation or ritual invocation,
many will be able to see visions of elementals either in
the context of the magic circle, or in the mind’s eye. Others may not naturally be visual people, or may have a hard time catching sight of particular elementals. More about
connecting with the separate elementals is
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