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The Earth is seen as the very form or body of Life, and the heaviest
and darkest of the elements. The Earth is our Mother, the source
from which we come and to which we must all return, and the source of
the food which sustains us. Although we may associate the God with Earth,
in his form as Greenman, or the God of the Grain that is reaped or the
Stag who must fall, in order to feed the people, primarily the Earth is
the Goddess, the female principle, the fertility and substance of Life.
We seek the power of Earth for stability, abundance, growth, perseverance,
patience…we respect Her ability, if we are not disciplined in Her path,
to shift the sands beneath our feet, or even shake our very foundations.
The Elementals associated with Earth are the Gnomes. Other correspondences
of Earth include pentacles (as in pentagram, or the suit of pentacles in the
Tarot), diamonds (in a common card deck), Winter, north, cold and moist winds,
salt, negative (as in battery charge, as differentiated from "bad"), yin, the
Ox or Bull (Taurus), Virgo, Capricorn, Venus, Saturn, Ceres, the "earthy"
colors: green, russet, brown, black. Most commonly, the color green is used
to mark the North Watchtower in Wiccan ritual.
Copyright © 2000-2008
Maria Kay Simms
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THE CRAFT
Facts about The Craft
What are Wicca and Witchcraft?
The Wiccan Rede
& the Law of Three
The Pentagram
The Elements
Air |
Fire |
Water |
Earth
The Wheel of the Year
The Timing of the Sabbats
Samhain |
Yule |
Imbolc |
Ostara
Beltane |
Litha |
Lughnasad |
Mabon
Magical Moon
Maria Kay Simms' monthly column on
lunar and astrological events to
help you plan your magickal calendar.
Recommended Reading
Moon Tides, Soul Passages,
The Witch's Circle,
A Time for Magick,
Future Signs, and
Your Magical Child
by
Maria Kay Simms
Books on Spellcraft
Books on Wicca & related subjects
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