posted July 30, 2005 10:02 PM              

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The four elements of antiquity -- earth, water, air, and fire -- dominated natural philosophy for two thousand years. The premise that everything was formed from these four elements was developed by the Greek philosopher Empepedocles of Sicily, and continued to be believed until the rise of modern science. Even today, earth, water, air, and fire are not bad symbols for the four states of matter -- solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Science has discovered new ideas, but in the field of Mysticism these elements are still important today, to illustrate the oneness of all. The ancient symbol is found after each element below. Some mystics insist that these four elements be placed on the temple and home sanctum alter. Some even go so far as to have earth-(sand), water and air from Egypt, to commemorate the origin of the Mystery Schools that later migrated to many parts of the world.

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Since the earth/water/air/fire concept is considered outdated.. wouldn't it be more accurate to categorise signs under the four states of matter? Earth signs being correlated to all that is solid matter. Water signs to all that is liquid. Air signs to all that is gas and Fire signs to all that is plasma.

definitions of plasma http://www.eltro.co.uk/plasma.htm http://www.plasma.st-and.ac.uk/What.html

posted August 12, 2005 12:15 PM              

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