The Four Elements

Western tradition has described the universe as a system composed of four Elements that bring us stability, inspiration and dynamism. These are Earth, Water, Air and Fire. In magic, these Elements, in balanced amounts, are a both raw material and instruments, that need to be worked out for the realization of a wish. In the many forms they assume, the four Elements provide the energy needed for your application to reach the entities that allow its realization. 

To understand this system, it takes a bit of imagination ... Every object surrounding you, is the representation of one or several of the Elements that make up the world, for example, one for the material it is made of and an other for its intended purpose, like an arrow that is of the Earth Element by the wood of which it is made, and the Air Element by its flight to its target. Remember that the ancients lived very close to nature and that their classification was much more obvious. 
Anyway, you'll notice that the rituals require, most of the time, the presence of the four Elements, which then symbolize the material world. These are, in general, the flame of a candle (Fire), the incense or perfume (Air), a flower, a pinch of earth, an egg, a ribbon ... (Earth), holy water or a cup of ordinary water (Water).

Some of the information in this part has already been spoken of before because these are transcripts from some of my books. .

What you need to know before you start

One should not address any magic without knowing its elementary principles. Some general indications allow you to operate with awareness and understanding of the forces that you put in motion. You will become the magister, who is creating instead of enduring. These concepts are simple and compelling. A careful reading of the following chapters is the indispensable condition for your success, because nothing operates, in magic, without the mastery of ones actions.

Our relationship to love

If we, today, see a renewed emergence towards spirituality in the world, greater search of love and compassion, a greater quest for sexual freedom too, it is because the human being has concluded that the material alone is not enough to make him happy, and that all the fortunes of the world are not worth the fusion of a shared love. Money can not buy love. However, what you do with your body and your heart, how you send your vibration to another human being, the communion of mind that you establish with the person you love, is what makes life more beautiful. 
The chapters that will be presented to you here, the following weeks will give you all kinds of advice, attitudes and rituals to practice for the improving of your love life. Up to you, to make good use of it, to find and/or keep happiness!

Love, love,love...

A life without love is barren and infertile, not even worth to be lived. It is therefore understandable why men and women are struggling to find it, keep it, make it even stronger and more beautiful : the more there is love, the more there is happiness. And the accumulation of love is what makes the world a better place to live in.

But even if love is everywhere, love is still not easy to find. It is not easy to love and above all, to find someone to love you the way you would like to be loved. Moreover, if the excerpt from my book "The magic of Love" that I am presenting from now on, is devoted to the magic of romantic possession; it is because love and possession are often very closely linked together in the Western world, unlike the Eastern world where the values ​​tend towards non-attachment and more freedom for the two lovers. Our feeling towards the beloved is often exclusive, without concession, and the lovers hearts suffer from indifference or even the slightest moderation which makes them doubt.

It is indisputable, we like to possess the other and we want, in return, the total amount of passion the other is capable of. However, when this possessive attitude is not satisfied, it can bring about great suffering. A man or a woman can attain such a degree of suffering that life itself becomes unbearable because of their heartache. However, the possessing of the other is not a child's play. Of course, one must not deny ones amorous feelings : human beings are a little hunters... they like to conquer...

But one should not either, give primacy to only sex, which represents only one side of love. When one believe having met the person that one think is meant for him/her, and that this feeling is shared, then one have to try to find a balance that leads to equilibrium and satisfaction, then you have to struggle to preserve this blessed harmony. One of the magic lessons you will discover with the practice of the recipes and rituals, I will present in the following weeks, consists in the fact that one should love the other for his/her true self and for what one could bring to the relationship but also for the mirror effect the other project to us, transforming ourselves, reciprocally,into a "beloved one". This communion is one of the most beautiful things life has to offer.

Love is what we desire the most

We tend to believe that those who succeed in life are lucky ... and that those less successful have got " bad luck " or difficult " karma ". In reality, we are not born to be unhappy and there is not much to blame upon fate in the destiny that life offers us. Those who succeed are mostly the same people who act in general, and magic has always been one of their tools. Experience shows, in fact, that there are hardly any aspects of life in which magic hasn't been a part of. Love, health, money, work ... in all these different areas, it has its raison d'être.
Everyone according to his or her personality, possesses his/her own vision of happiness. For some, it passes through material realization, through professional or/and social success. But for many other people, it is love that prevails over all, thanks to shared emotions, it installs the balance and harmony in their lives and the effect is enough for the rest to follow and making everything fall into place. Love is not only the condition of happiness, it is also the creator of life and just as important as the air we breathe.

Magic emergeance...

Magic emerges from our very origins from the heavenly and earthly alchemy worked out by the four Elements (Water , Air , Fire and Earth). The practice of rituals and charms arose from the discovery of the cycles of the heavens through the moons and the seasons, when man wanted to master these energies and make them act for him. He then became the Magister ( the one who commands and becomes the teacher in return) .

At the time of ancient Egypt,which was a key period for magic, the initiated Pharaohs became demigods, the Magi were astrologers, scientists and doctors and no significant personality would never take an initiative before having ensuring that the period was favourable. Later still, how many great destinies haven't been built thanks to the influence of an insider, in the shadow of the Royalty ... The greatest personalities had the greatest magi. Unless it is the opposite, that the greatest magi made ​​the greatest chefs!

The world have evolved, both people and attitudes have changed. However, magic is still today in daily use, for those who need help to better succeed in their life, at any level of society. Even if some magical methods require an initiation to be put into practice, there are many other methods which, if practised consciously and following the rules, require no training and no special talent. Charms and spells, prayers and elixirs, have always been used by magi, sorcerers and healers who lived and practised their art in their communities.

The word "magic"...

appeared for the first time in the manuscripts Coronation of Louis (Coronement Looïs), a "chanson de geste" in english song of heroic deeds from the twelfth century, time of Crusades, chivalry, courtly love, but also superstitions and witchcraft-could that be why the word, nowadays, is often overused and associated with the wonders of legends? But well before the Middle Ages, we can find traces of multiple involvement of magic in daily life .  As early as for the primitive man, it was of paramount importance, gave rhythm probably to all events of their daily life and was articulated on natural cycles : such as day-sun and night-moon, the seasons, climate events etc...