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The Fifth Element
I will wrap up the subject of Elemental Magick with addressing the mystery of the fifth element. I have found wuxing to be the best model for explaining it. Pronounced wu-shing. It is Chinese alchemy/hermeticism for lack of a better parallel. In it, they do not use the element air as that corresponds to chi…
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Caring: An Essential Element in Living a Life with Purpose by Kitty Holman
At some time or another, we all stop the wheels of the daily grind and think to ourselves, “Why do we work?” or “Why do we study?” or simply “Why do we do anything at all?” These sorts of questions have plagued our civilization for thousands of years, and they speak to the heart of…
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Element of Corruption
Now let’s take the human lament out of it just for a moment, because this isn’t a humans suck class. Though some of my classes sometimes sound like that, it is never my intention. I like Dr Who’s message that humans are amazing. We just need time to realise it. Yes, even in their horridness.…
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Third Element
There is a third element. Call it spirit if you like. It is a principle of the impulse force, and it is what shaped the pattern that gave rise to your current spiritual inertia. It gathered the impulse energy to establish your inertial mass. It’s not really a construct. Bodies are by no means machines.…
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Element of Choice
How often have you taken an action that you failed to see turn out the way you like, but would have accepted a working solution instead of the outcome you got? A compromise? How often does refusal to compromise pan out the way we want it to? Again, the issue at hand is not judgemental…