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42 Creating Circles & Ceremonies 3. Calling the Quarters T he Four Directions By Oberon Zell-Ravenheart After the Circle is cast, the next step in a ritual is “Calling the Quarters.” In the HOME Tradition, any member of the Circle may be asked or volunteer to call one of the Quarters, and this is one place where our kids (and newcomers) often take important parts. The Magick Circle, like a clock face, is also a map of time and space. As such, it has four cardinal points of the compass: North, South, East and West. Each of these points has special associations, or correspondences, which we call upon to remind us of where and when we are. Each of the Directions is associated with one of the four Elements: East=Air, South=Fire, West=Water, and North=Earth. The words of the callings (which may be in the form of chants and songs) are based on these correspondences, so familiarize yourself with them (see facing). T he Elements By Oberon The four Elements of magick are not the same as the 100-plus atomic elements of chemistry. The Elements of magick are Earth, Water, Fire, and Air, known to non-magickal people as solid, liquid, plasma, and gas. All matter in the universe exists only in those four states, which were first identified as the basis of all life and being by the 5 th -century BCE Sicilian philosopher Empedocles. This concept was an essential teaching of Aristotle (384-322 BCE) and the Pythagorean Mysteries of ancient Greece, and has formed the basis of many systems of magick, such as those from the Middle East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, as well as Hermetics, Alchemy, modern occultism, Ceremonial Magick, Witchcraft, and Wizardry. It is the most widely used conceptual model in the world, and is the foundation of the Enochian magickal system, the Tarot, astrology, the seasons, and the Magick Circle. The ubiquity of this concept means that the most magickal tool you can have is a simple candle: the hard wax candle itself is solid, or Earth; the flame is plasma, or Fire; the melted wax is liquid, or Water; and the smoke is gas, or Air. Many powerful spells need nothing but a candle and your Will to make them work. Furthermore, each Element is imbued, as is everything in the universe, with the non-physical essence of the Divine, which we generally call Spirit. Just as each person is a unique manifestation of the Divine, so is every animal, every plant, every ecosystem. So Spirit is often considered to be the fifth Element—distinguishing living beings from dead or inanimate objects. Energy, of course, is neither an Element nor a state of matter, but matter and energy can be converted into each other, as Einstein pointed out in his famous equation: E=Mc 2 . We’ll talk more about energy when we get to the section on “Raising the Power.” There are also magickal creatures or spirits associated with each Element. These are called Elementals. The Air Elementals are Sylphs, and they look like winged fairies. Fire Elementals are Salamanders, and they can take any shape and size, but mostly they appear as flaming lizards or dragons. Water Elementals are Undines, and they look like mermaids. And Earth Elementals are Gnomes, which are stout, wrinkled little people who live underground. You may visualize these Elementals as you call their respective Quarters. There are also animals, both mundane and magickal, as well as Archangels, associated with the Quarters. In recent years, however, dragons of different colors and attributes have become
Book I: T he Magick Circle 43 DIRECTION / Wind ELEMENT (State) MUDRA ELEMENTALS RULERSHIP COLOR (Lakota) ANIMAL (Lakota) (Mythological) ARCHANGEL ALTAR TOOLS TAROT SUITS COURT CARDS PLAYING CARDS CELTIC TREASURE SABBAT SOLAR MIDPOINT ZODIACAL POINT SEASON / Glyph TIME OF DAY WEATHER STAGE OF LIFE HUMAN AGE BODY ANALOG ATTRIBUTE FUNCTION SENSE CARDINAL SIGN MUTABLE SIGN FIXED ALCHEM PROCESS METALS JEWELS INCENSE PLANTS TREES GODDESSES GODS Magick Circle Quarter Correspondences by Oberon POWER of MAGUS East / Eurus Air (Gas) Sylphs Tempest, storms, winds, mind, intellect, learning, wisdom Yellow Yellow Eagle Eagle Gryphon Raphael Wand & Censer Wands (Rods) Knights Clubs ♣ Spear of Lugh Ostara Spring Equinox 0° Aries Spring Dawn Windy Birth Infancy Breath Intellectual, joyful Thinking Smell Libra Gemini Aquarius Evaporation Mercury, Aluminum Topaz, Chalcedony Galbanum Pansy, violet, yarrow, primrose, vervain Aspen Aradia, Arianrhod, Aditi, Nuit, Ourania Enlil, Hermes, Shu, Thoth, Vaya, Zeus To Know South / Notus Fire (Plasma) Salamanders Flames, lightning, Sun, volcanoes, energy, spirit, will Red White Lion Mouse Phoenix Michael Athamé & Candle Swords (Blades) Kings Spades ♠ Sword of Nuada Litha Summer Solstice 0° Cancer Summer Noon Hot Growth Youth Spirit (aura) Spiritual, potent Feeling Sight Aries Sagittarius Leo Combustion Iron, Gold Fire opal Olibanum Garlic, hibiscus, nettle, pepper, onion, mustard Almond (in flower) Hestia, Pelé, Vesta, Brigit, Sekhmet Horus, Hephaestus, Vulcan, Loki, Agni To Will West / Zephyrus North / Boreas Water (Liquid) Earth (Solid) Undines Ocean, tides, lakes, rivers, springs, love, sorrow, emotions Blue Black Serpent, whale Bear Dragon Gabriel Chalice & Water Cups (Chalices) Queens Hearts ♥ Cauldron of Dagdha Mabon Autumn Equinox 0° Libra Autumn Dusk Rainy Death Maturity Blood Emotional, fertile Intuition Taste Cancer Pisces Scorpio Solution Silver Aquamarine, Beryl Myrrh, Onycha Lotus, fern, seaweed, water plants, melon Willow Aphrodite, Amphitrite, Mari, Tiamat, Yemaya Poseidon, Llyr, Dylan, Neptune, Ea, Oceanus To Dare Gnomes Mountains, caverns, stones, vegetation, wealth, creativity Green Red Bull Bison Unicorn Uriel Pantacle & Salt Pentacles (Discs) Pages Diamonds ♦ Stone of Destiny Yule Winter Solstice 0° Capricorn Winter Midnight Cold Decay Old age Flesh & bones Physical, safe Sensation Touch Capricorn Virgo Taurus Precipitation Lead Quartz, rock salt Storax Ivy, comfrey, apples, grains: oats, wheat, etc. Oak Ceres, Demeter, Mah, Gaea, Rhea, Nepthys Cernunnos, Dionysos, Adonis, Pan, Tammuz To Keep Silent
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