Nature Spirits

Nature spirits, or elemental beings are categorised depending on which of the four elements they represent: earth, air, fire and water.

There are four elements: earth, air, fire and water. Different elementals are associated with each different element: gnomes with the earth, sylphs with air, salamanders with fire, and undines with water. Different cultures call them different names: elves, dwarves, goblins, fairies, trolls etc.

Elementals:

Do not have a physical form but have energy.

Create matter and our physical bodies from the ether (or quantum field) and run all our daily processes, like cell creation, repair and recycling.

Can be controlled or influenced by human thought..

Are organised in hierarchies and their number is incalculable.

In Answering the Call of the Elementals, Thomas Mayer says we don't create our own feelings but feel the feelings of the elementals - like a radio receiver. Thus, the feeling of a beautiful view, comes from the elemental that lives there. She has been there a very long time. 'Mother Earth' is a clue that God may not be male.

It is interesting that Siddha, India's 5,000 year-old traditional medicine system, uses the three doshas of: vata, pitta and kappa to describe imbalances between the five elements: vata arises between ether and air, kappa between earth and water, and pitta between fire and water.

Sometimes we may see nature spirits as orbs or balls of light.

Elemental	Description
Earth	Earth spirits are gnomes like; and Brownies, dryads, elves, pans, pygmies, sylvestres and satyrs.
Air	Air spirits are sylphs. They usually have wings and are between a fairy and an angel.
Fire	Fire spirits are salamanders - we need them even to light a match. No salamander = no fire.
Water	Water spirits are undines - like Mermaids, sea maids. Water is sacred and many springs are famous for their healing powers. This is probably because they are structured water - water that is conscious and alive. There are several other names for structured water - see below.

References

Media	Author/Director	Title
Book	Thomas Meyer	Answering the Call of the Elementals: Practices for Connecting with Nature Spirits
Book	William Bloom	Working with Angels, Fairies & Nature Spirits
Book	Rudolf Steiner	Nature Spirits

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