Grimoire

The Five Elements: Part 1 - Earth

Earth is the one most closely linked with our physical world, and the densest of all the elements. It is the foundation on which the other elements, and is a receptive energy, helping us to accept responsibility and bringing to our attention limitations in our makeup. It is represented in the forms of burying objects in the earth, herbalism, and making images out of wood or stone. Spells that benefit from the element are business-related spells, fertility-related spells, prosperity-related spells, and stability-related spells.

* Represents: strength, abundance, stability, prosperity, wealth and femininity

* Gender: Female

* Direction: North

* Energy: Receptive

* Symbols: Rocks, fields, soil, salt, caves, clay

* Pentagram Placement: lower left

* Goddesses: Ceres, Demeter, Gaea, Mah, Nephtys, Persephone, Rhea

* Gods: Adonis, Athos, Arawn, Cernunnos, Dionysus, Mardyk, Pan, Tammuz

* Spirits: gnomes, dwarves, trolls

* Time: midnight, night

* Cycle Of Life: age

* Season: winter

* Colours: Black, Green, yellow, brown

* Zodiac Signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn

* Sense: touch

* Stones and Jewels: Rock crystal, emerald, onyx, jasper, salt, azurite, amethyst, quartz

* Magick Tools: Pentacle, Pentagram, salt, images, stones, gems, cords

* Metals: iron, lead

* Herbal: ivy, grains, oats, rice, patchouli, lichens

* Trees: Cypress, Honeysuckle, Jasmin, Lilac (some say Lilac is Water)

* Animals: cow, bull, dog, horse, ant, bear, wolf

* Instruments: drums and percussion

* Type Of Magick: Gardening, magnet images, stone (jewel divination, work with crystals), knot, Binding, money spells, grounding, finding treasures, runes

* Ritual Action: Burying, making clay effigies, planting trees or herbs

* Chant to Invoke:

"Here and now

I invoke the elemental force of earth

I call to the swirling dust

And dawn lit mountains,

To the farmer's field

and all the swaying trees

You that remains solid

You that teaches of quiet stability

You that holds us firm against your skin.

I call your body here to infuse my intention

With your boundless gifts.

I call you here to fashion the spirit cavern,

Root my will in your soil,

and ground my purpose in the stones

Boulder and gravel

Redwood and rose

Earth, I call to thee."