Church of the Earth of NC

Written by Phoenix66 After my workshop at PPD, there were quite a few people who asked if I could post some of the information so, here is a somewhat condensed version.

Enjoy!

All done now!!!

Earth-Physical

      Earth is the realm of the Eternal Mother and as such, it's energy is feminine. It is the element of stability and growth, and is related to fertility, grounding and centering, money and prosperity, planting, harvesting, the home, and herds and pets.

Time: Midnight
Season: Winter
Direction: North
Tool: Pentacle
Colors:
    Shamanic-Black
     Elemental-Green, Brown
Associated Items: Drum, Bow, Stones, Soil, Sand,
  Salt, Tree Branch, Labrys (double-headed axe), Globe, Orb, Grain, Acorns, Cornucopia
Metal: Bronze
Zodiac: Capricorn, Taurus, Virgo
Rules: life, birth, growth, nature, money, food, prosperity, silence, wisdom, all agriculture, creativity,
canyons, caverns, chasms, rocks, caves, mountains,
trees, bones, the body, physical reality, the ability of life to sustain itself
The sense of touch.

General Invocations: gnomes, grain and mountain god/dessess, the sidh

>Sit with palms on the Earth to invoke Earth God/desses.

Air--Mental

Air is the unpredictable realm of the mind. It's energy is masculine.  It is related to the intellect, study, and communication, music and sound, weather magick and power raising.

Time: Dawn
Season: Spring
Direction: East
Tool(s): Wand, athame, sword, censer
Colors:
Shamanic: Red
Elemental: yellow, pastels
Associated Items: Staff, wand, athame, sword, feathers, incense, leaves, besom, smoking pipe, arrow, balloons, bubbles, kites, windmills, sails, fans
Metal: Copper
Zodiac: Libra, Aquarius, Gemini
Rules: thoughts and ideas, intellect, learning, the mind, flight, the wind, breath, towers, high and windy places
The mental plane
The sense of smell

General Invocations: faeries, sylphs, sprites, undines, wind god/desses

Fire--Spiritual

Fire is the realm of passion and transformation.  It's energy is masculine.  It is related to protection and banishing, sex and sex magic, purification, divination, personal energy and strength, the God and Candle magic.

Time: Noon
Season: Summer
Direction: South
Tool(s): Censer, wand
Colors:
Shamanic: White
Elemental: Red, Gold, Orange
Associated Items: Candles, all blades forged in fire, wand, red or orange stones, Claymore (two-handed sword) flint, ashes, fire wheel, torch, solar disk, spear
Metal: Gold
Zodiac: Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Rules: purification, destruction, energy, activity, motivation, quickening, heat, lust, life, passion, vitality, sexuality, flames, bonfires, combustion, inspiration, authority, volcanoes, eruptions, deserts, incandescense, metalwork, the masculine,the power of will
The sense of sight

General Invocations: hearth and smith god/desses

>Invoke Fire Spirits by throwing salt into flames

Water--Emotional

Water is the realm of the dream world; the psychic.  It is related to children and childbirth, pregnancy, emotional healing, purification and transformation, romantic love, intuition, manifesting, most spellwork, death and rebirth, past lives and new beginnings.

Time: Dusk/Twilight
Season: Autumn
Direction: West
Tool(s): Chalice/cup, Cauldron
Colors:
Shamanic: Grey
Elemental: Blue, Aqua, Black
Associated Items: Cup/Chalice, Cauldron, Bowl, pitcher, water, wine, waves, raindrop, snowflake
Zodiac: Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Rules: emotions fertility, sensuality, intuition, change, sorrow, compassion, receptivity, love, ecstacy, courage, mystery, dreams, daring, all bodies of water, marine life, psychic ability, the unconscious, the subconscious, the womb, the feminine
The sense of taste

General invocations: Merfolk, water sprites, undines

> Forms:
    
    Holy Water--rainwater, from sacred wells or
                      springs, natural + rosewater

     Shape Changing--Melted snow/ice (for changes
                               and transformation)

      Virgin Water--water that has never flowed thru
                           pipes--sea or lake water, well
                           water, springs, rivers, etc.

Spirit--Akasha--Aether

The fifth element is Spirit, usually called by it's Vedic Indian name--Akasha.

Spirit is in and of all the elements and it transcends them.  In Native American traditions, Spirit is honoured in the direction of above. Others assign it the direction of center.

Spirit is honoured not so much as a fifth element, but as the unifying force which animates all of the other elements.  

Use Akasha for transformation, transcendance, Astral work, and workings that relate to time itself.

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