Introduction
Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541 in Salzburg, Austria) was a Swiss-Austrian who have his main contribution as a mage, but unfortunately superstitious materialists atheists ignore and ridicule a it , and say meraly about his scientific works, that are considerable but his speciability was occultism that ought be focused studying his contents.
In the books “Secret Teachings of All Ages” and “The Four Elements and Their Spirits”, he explain about the elementals, who are they the spirits of the four elements: Air, Fire, Water and Earth, who might be understand they through a axiomatic idealist understanding of the different elements be as symbols for the different living emotions of Gaia as the mystical elementals.
A Axiomatic Idealist understanding of the mystical beings
Why mystical beings such as elementals, are they occult for us at our daily life? Where are the mystical beings in the forests when we walk? A Axiomatic Idealist explanation is based in the metaphysics of the World as Will and Representation for the german philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, used to understand what is the mystical beings though the Paracelso mysticism.
The World is an representation of a Subject who perceive a it with his eyes that see, ears to heard, noise to smeel and hands to touched, then the world it’s from the Subject his Representation as the screen of perception where as in it the forests and the sky, cities or the galaxie, then the physical reality a it. However, what is behind the screen of the perception from the Subject, where in it is the physical reality, it is his inner essence as the Will, being the feelings and emotions like love, fear and happiness, that not can be seen by the eyes, heard by the ears or touched by the hands, only felt, then the non physical Will is the thing in itself of the World. Therefore, the inner essence of the World is the Will as a flow of non physical objective feelings, emotions and thoughts that have their exterior appearence as the physical reality in the screen of perception of our eyes with forests, cities, and galaxies.
The physical reality of forests, cities and galaxies as the Representation is like the exterior mask used by the occult Will face of the feelings, emotions and thoughts. In others words, in the same way that i have my feelings and emotions and you have your feelings and emotions beyond my personal mind, beyond our personal minds what exis as the thing in itself it's a flow of non physical feelings, emotions and thoughts , then that a them the eyes don’t can see because a emotions isn’t seen, heard or touched as non physical feeling. Behind the illusory mask of the physicallity the true subterranean inner essence of the World it’s a flow of non physical living feelings, emotions and thoughts, with their own desires and thinking, being they the animist spirits or mystical beings from the Mythologies. However, we observe the non physical Will through the Representation or the physical reality that is the way that the non perceptible Will become perceptible to us. Then, the physical reality is the way that the Will show’s a itself to us through this mask of the physicality as Representation, and the Will is the thing in itself of the World, independent of the observation of our eyes, becoming the Will from the flow of emotions and feelings experiencied by the Will of the World that the eyes dont can see, to the physical reality of forests, cities and galaxies that the eyes can see.
We observe the Will of the World like if it wearing different masks as different representations for the observation of our eyes to the objective Universal Will, when independent of our observation the Will is the thing in itself that is purely felt as a flow of objective feelings and emotions from the Will of the World. In others words, behind the mask of the physicality of forests and cities or galaxies as the stuffs that the eyes see when observe the non perceptible Will of the World, representing as the physical mask a it, what exist in itself independent of our observation it’s purely the Will only felt, as a flow of living feelings, emotions and thoughts with their own desires and thinking who when observed by our eyes can be showed for us as the symbols for their will as the mythological mystical beings like gnomes and crypto monsters.
Therefore, the reason to why we not see mystical beings daily it’s very simply, its because the mask of the physicallity that us see as the symbolic representation for our observation to the Will of the World and it’s objective flow of non physical feelings, emotions and thoughts who are living, having they their own desires and thinking being they the mystical beings as the thing in itself independent of the observation from the human eyes, not is the best representation of the Universal Will, ignoring very emotions of the Will that not are a them represented, then still occult to ourselves as purely Will only felt not represented by the humans eyes, explaining why at a walk in a forest mystical beings are occult to us and cameras don’t can filming or photography a they because isn't capable a them to represent the Will in the form of images that the eyes can see. However, Spiritually high peoples can represent the Will of the World through a better mask that symbolizes the flow of living emotions and feelings (mystical beings) at a more accurate symbolic way in the screen of perception.
Mystical beings at the ancient and medieval times
For Peoples at ancient and medieval times, mystical beings are to they a fact daily of the life. But to modern humans the mysticism look ridiculous. Why a it?
When the materialist philosophy becoming domminant at the modern age through Descartes and Hobbes, flowed by the industrial revolution giving a materialist way of life, peoples forgotten the Will essence of the universe and believed meraly in it’s illusory mask of the physicality. It caused the illusion of the physicality become more strong and then not representing well the Universal Will, not being like in the past ages wich were had better representations for the living emotions and feelings of Will of the World where are represented them as perceptive mystical beings.
If has the meaning that if peoples become more spiritual, they will better represent the Will of the World and then see mystical beings as a better mystical mask with our eyes than the mask of physicality that us uses at modern times.
Elementals spirits
Traditional Religions between native american faith to ancient christianism or chinese traditional religion and buddhist shintoism, said about everything be living like the Earth or the Sun and the Moon and the Elements of nature, as a animist belief. We know that they are correct because in mystical experiences are felt be all living of the alleged “inanimate objects,” who are actually living beings, in others words they have their own will, being a good exemple for it the elementals spirits.
Elementals Spirits are they the inner will as the feelings and emotions of Gaia who uses the exterior mask of the natural elements when us look to their non perceptible Will with our eyes. Even being forgotten by humanity and ridiculed, they being the emotions of Gaia who uses the mask of the natural elements, make the natural world where us live, as the storms, rivers and oceans, the air that us breath, fire for us get hot and the forest where us walk, as the will who uses the mask of nature.
As this article is about the elementals, they can be understand as the living emotions from the Will of the Gaia who are her emanation from the Will of the World, as the subterranean will essence behind the exterior mask of nature elements “water, fire, earth, air” , being their inner essence as an flow of spirits or living emotions, feelings and thoughts organized as personalities who being non physical (a emotion don’t can be seen by the eyes) disfarce a themselves as elements of the nature for our eyes when us observe a they.
Water
A Mask that a Undines used for my mystical experience that i had with it.
The element water that the eyes seen is the symbol to humidity felt, in the surface is the calm feelings from the Universal Will , but also the chaotics as it's impulsive instinctive desires , and in the abyss of the ocean symbolize the deepth, gracious fear and contemplative silence from the Will of the World .
When the water like from the sea it’s calm, symbolize a lucid, relaxed and concentrated mind, while chaothic waters are the impulsive feelings from the Will, instinctive feelings and impulses, as the sea when has a storm, the desire of progress from the Will to gone beyond as the desire for innovation. The deepth is the scared but also fascinanting abyss of the Will of the World, being symbolized as dark water’s or sea monsters as the mask used by Leviathan who is the living emotion of fear of the Universal Will behind it, contempled by us it’s grace.
Being the subterranean living emotion of Gaia who uses the mask of be the natural water an mystical being as a elemental, they control a himself as this living emotion from her who are symbolized as the natural water for the observation or our eyes. In others words, a Elemental of the Water controls rain of the skyand storms, the ocean, rivers and aquatic beings, who by Paracelsus are named as Undines, who can bless for example fisherman who pray and giving sacrifices to they, or done natural disasters from the water as tsunamis and floods even like curses.
Air
The air is the symbol of the Intellect from the Will of the World, it’s thought who for example in the languague as a work of the thinking, Isn’t is like done for us humans who speaking in english but as an weird and a mystical symbolism in the communication with us, being understand the symbols asvthe key to the communication with the Will of the World. For who that understand the mystical symbolism from the Will of the World, it can give to the people mystical knowledge, revealing about it’s desires from our reality, being essential to mages and esoterics.
He are like a sword that cut what is stagnated to the borning of the new, being the werciless wisdom that done cruel stuffs to create excellent results, as the logos from the Will of of the World.
The Subterranean essence of the natural element of the air as the living thought from The Will of the World, as the mystical being Sylph who uses the air as his mask when observed by us, he can control a himself as it’s living emotion, then done strorms and tornadoes, drought or windstorm, blessing who pray to him like aviators or mountaineers.
Fire
Fire, is the symbol of the burning desire of Gaia, as her feeling of pleasure, but also to the destruction, the flame of love and intense emotion of the war.
Fire it’s the strong determination of the Will, such as the intense passion, who bless these that have the will of the power to achieving his goals but also to burn away weakness, as the intense the love to what it’s done.
The subterranean essence of the natural element of fire it is the living emotion from the Will of the World who are named as Salamander, what is a it his exterior mask used when observed by the humans eyes.
Earth
Earth, is the symbol of what is felt when we walk in a forest as his life, but also protection and stability, as the soil that protect, sustains and developt, as the basis where are build the life, being the symbol a it for the conservation and the development through the tradition.
Traditionalism, such as fertility and health are them features of the elemental of the earth, who bless peoples who pray for him, with for example good harvests ande health, creating a land for the happiness.
The subterranean essence of the natural elements of the earth is the living emotion from the Will of the World, who are represented as when the non perceptible will become observed by our eyes - YES a THEY. The Gnomes!
Elementals and Magic
Magic, as a remote action without any physical connection, it's about the interaction of feelings to each othet from the Subterranean Universal Will behind the illusory mask of the physicality where in it everything is connected in the sam holistic whole, what might a people done a action as human will determined, to a another human will through emanating a determined feeling that will cross like through an bridge the Universal Will unti his target, as a interaction between the subterranean feelings without any physical connection from the exterior illusory mask of the perceptive reality.
Then, through elementals spirits, it is called a this practice as elementary magic, where the mage interacts with the living feelings and emotions from the Gaia who don’t are physical then not can be seen by the eyes but when they choose manifest a themselves done a it through a mask when which it become represent by our eyes that a they observe as the non perceptive feelings to perceptive mystical beings. The interaction it's done with the mage praying, sacrificing gifts and treating the elementals spirits well, that is showed a they as the mask of nature , in this way being blessed the mage by these spirits. Pagan religions of peoples worshipping the nature are they actually doing a it for the spirits who are they the living emotions of Gaia behind the mask of the natural reality.
However, has also the apotheosis of the mage on the elementals spirits, through the integration of the will of the mage with the will of Gaia, him being unified a her will as the emotions of the mystical elemental behind the mask of the natural reality, then through sharing the power of her will can control emotions from her that are them the elemental spirits, in this waw done storms and winds, floods and Fertility and health for the plantations for example.
How you can feel mystical beings
You already asked why our ancestors lived in a world among mystical beings like demons, angels, elemental spirits and monsters, but now in the modern world them looks that disappeared? What is the explanation and how you can feel mystical beings such as the ancient folks had did that?
The explanation is very simple: Now we live in the most materialist, degenerate, and egoistic times of the human history as the Liberal Westernized World. How it do affect us interaction with mystical beings? Because being egoism and material vicious overrated while does altruistic values and purity looks as ridiculous, happens of the egoism do imprisons us on our ego, then we became blind and ignorant of the objective and animated feelings of the Universal Will as the mystical beings, then only empathic and spiritual peoples can feel them while for the mundane remains occults.
How you can feel mystical beings is clear then:
Is need just to be a empathic people for then your mind to be open for the objective feelings or spirits of the Universal Will, when do a meditation towards them as the living sensations.
For example, If you want to be connected and get a communication with elemental spirits, sit on a natural place like a forest or river and through empathy do a meditation towards the kinds of feelings as the elemental spirits who you want communication. If is wanted a interaction with elemental spirits of fire or the Sun what you need do is imagines burning feelings as a destructive and aggressive fire, and for water spirit get imagining the feeling of humidity and think be on a aquatic place like a river, ocean or thunderstorm, and earth elementals feel the sensations of arbored earth. In this way, you will to be connected with the objective spirits as the living feelings as burning, humidly and earth sensation of the Universal Will for to be get his wished communication, through them as living feelings does manifestating a themselves as perceptible mythological beings of the folklore as symbols for your vision while do a meditation.
Conclusion
Understanding the will of Gaia through a rational axiomatic idealist metaphysics, the nature as the exterior mask of her inner feelings and emotions that are the mystical elementals spirits, felt need be well cared, giving to ecology as a daughter of esoteric elemental magic a mystical important meaning.
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