9-13-2017
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aggrippa’s book one begins with explaining the elements – there is a lot of information that tells how the 4 elements relate to each other. It’s a little hard to follow the information simply by reading, and I have drawn the information up onto a page for reference.
Essentially, fire and earth are the primary elements, with water and air being derived from aspects of fire and earth. Even with this distinction, all 4 are seen as base elements.
Each of the four is described with aspects: brightness – darkness, thinness – thickness, and motion – quietness, that Agrippa orders from darkest, thickest, quietest (earth) to the brightest, thinnest, most active (fire).
This is interesting and I will refine my ‘cheat sheet’ a bit to help me better see the relationships
Chap. iii. Of the four Elements, their qualities, and mutuall mixtions.
| Earth | Water | Air | Fire |
| Dry – Cold | Cold – Moist | Moist – Hot | Hot – Dry |
| Contrary to Air | Contrary to Fire | Contrary to Earth | Contrary to Water |
| Heavy (passive) | Heavy (passive) | Light (active) | Light (active) |
| 2 Earth / 1 Fire | 2 Fire / 1 Earth | ||
| Darkness | Darkness (from Earth)
(twice as bright as Earth) |
Darkness (from Earth)
(twice as bright as Water) |
Brightness
(4 times more bright than Air) |
| Thickness | Thickness (from Earth)
(3 times more thin than Earth) |
Thinness (from Fire)
(3 times more thin than Water) |
Thinness
(twice as thin as Air) |
| Quietness | Motion (from Fire)
(4 times more moveable than Earth) |
Motion (from Fire)
(4 times more moveable than Water) |
Motion
(3 times more moveable than Air) |
Three Books of Occult Philosophy, or of Magick; Henry Cornelius Agrippa
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