Elemental Entity
Four elements were all it took for the world to be created, as well as maintained over the course of the millenniums.
What comes as a surprise to most, is that this idea, however simple, also implies a sub-theory that we sometimes disregard during our deep-thinking sessions.
Being part of this world, we too consist of those four elements in our core.
Doesn’t sound like much news, does it? Of course it doesn’t; nor should it, to be frank. It should however become food for thought once we break the barriers of our typical point of view that only focuses on the physical part, filtering out everything else.
Each and every element comes in both matter and spirit (or physical and mental form, if you prefer). Most theories, though, only shed light on the physical side of their connection, as well as on how humans were based on their combination in order to exist.
This doesn’t mean, in no case, that, over the years, the mental aspect of their significance was left untold, but it surely never got the attention it deserved.
There has also been much discussion about the fifth element that some accept as aether (spirit) — which is probably the gateway vehicle that most have used in order to avoid the connection of the elements with the human psychology. That’s the reason why, in this story, aether won’t be taken as the fifth part of the elemental circle but as the fusion of all four of the put together.
Now, if you raise your eyes just a few words above what you are reading write now, you’ll notice the use of the phrase elemental circle. These two words were yet another cause of numerous and endless debates surrounding the subject of the Elements, so, in order to avoid any misunderstanding, we will need a few symbols to sort this out.
In plain simple words, the four elements are widely projected and depicted as triangles, rather than parts of a circle. Their circle form was meant to symbolize the vital connection between them, where one can’t survive without the other. Their triangle form serves a different purpose; that of the elemental fusion.
If by “fusion” you did, in fact, think of aether, like we agreed you should, you are not mistaken. Although some consider it an individual element, others choose to adopt the same ideology that we did a few lines back. The one that takes aether as the combination of the four elements
“What does all that have to do with human psychology?”
The symbols’ connection with the human mind can be studied from two perspectives, just like their formation when depicted.
Circle Perspective.
How they connect with each other.
It’s easy to translate the circular connection of the elements in our minds. All it takes is keeping balance between all four of them equally. Once that’s done, you may let the rest to the elements themselves.
Remember,
It might be easy to move this theory from the physical world to the mental, but in practice, things are quite different.
After we analyze everything that each element stands for, individually, and then try to acquire all those qualities by making them part of our own selves simultaneously, it will be clear that “hard” may not even describe a friction of this procedure’s difficulty.
Triangle Perspective.
What they produce once connected with each other.
Once we make sure that the balance of the elements is a feat that is now achieved, we will find out what each element’s qualities produce when present. You can simply think of this as the “goal” that each element serves.
