The angels of the four elements
The Angels of the four elements are servants of God who can help us spiritually...
"Angels or earth and water"
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'Although the holy living creatures (Leo, Taurus, man Aquarius and Scorpio or eagle) frequently appear in Christian art in drawings, paintings or frescos, in illuminated manuscripts or in stone carvings round the doors of churches, they have hardly ever been properly explained. Very few people have any notion of the wealth of meaning in these four figures.
The holy living creatures are the angels of the four elements, the very highest expression of the matter we find condensed and solidified in the tenth sephirah, Malkuth. The source, the roots, of matter are in the world above, very close to God, for matter is of divine origin, and on that level of purity and subtlety we can have no knowledge or conception of it, for it is one with the spirit. The discoveries of contemporary physical sciences lead to a perception of ever subtler degrees of matter, and it is more than likely that physicists will soon find instruments that will enable them to observe the structure and movement of etheric matter. Of course, it will never be possible to observe astral and mental matter. Although we can work with the astral and mental dimensions of matter, we cannot see them, and no instrument can ever observe them.
The angels of the four elements are God’s servants, and we should ask the Lord to send them to us so that they may help us in our spiritual work.
Within each of us are seeds of evil, and these seeds always manage to find the conditions they need to grow and expand and put obstacles in our way. This is why, when disciples reach a certain phase in their evolution, they are given the task of penetrating into the deepest recesses of their subconscious and, with the help of the angels of the four elements – the angels of earth, water, air and fire – of burying, drowning, scattering and burning any seeds of evil that still remain within him.
In everything we do, whatever it may be, there is always at least a trace of one or more of the elements, and it is thanks to their presence that we continue to be alive and active. The principal occasion for contact with all four elements is at meals, for the four states of matter – solid, liquid, gaseous and igneous – are present in food. This is why meals are an excellent occasion to strengthen our bonds with the angels of the four elements and to ask them to communicate their virtues to us. Ask the angel of earth to give you firmness and stability, for it is he who provides the base; without him nothing can survive. Ask the angel of water for life and purity, the angel of air for intelligence, subtlety, rapidity, and the angel of fire for the light and fire of divine love.'
"Angels of air and fire"
Digital illustration generated and composed
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"Angels or earth and water"
Digital illustration generated and composed © Editions Prosveta S.A.
(click to enlarge)
'Although the holy living creatures (Leo, Taurus, man Aquarius and Scorpio or eagle) frequently appear in Christian art in drawings, paintings or frescos, in illuminated manuscripts or in stone carvings round the doors of churches, they have hardly ever been properly explained. Very few people have any notion of the wealth of meaning in these four figures.
The holy living creatures are the angels of the four elements, the very highest expression of the matter we find condensed and solidified in the tenth sephirah, Malkuth. The source, the roots, of matter are in the world above, very close to God, for matter is of divine origin, and on that level of purity and subtlety we can have no knowledge or conception of it, for it is one with the spirit.
The discoveries of contemporary physical sciences lead to a perception of ever subtler degrees of matter, and it is more than likely that physicists will soon find instruments that will enable them to observe the structure and movement of etheric matter. Of course, it will never be possible to observe astral and mental matter. Although we can work with the astral and mental dimensions of matter, we cannot see them, and no instrument can ever observe them.
The angels of the four elements are God’s servants, and we should ask the Lord to send them to us so that they may help us in our spiritual work.
Within each of us are seeds of evil, and these seeds always manage to find the conditions they need to grow and expand and put obstacles in our way. This is why, when disciples reach a certain phase in their evolution, they are given the task of penetrating into the deepest recesses of their subconscious and, with the help of the angels of the four elements – the angels of earth, water, air and fire – of burying, drowning, scattering and burning any seeds of evil that still remain within him.
"Angels of air and fire"
Digital illustration generated and composed © Editions Prosveta S.A.
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In everything we do, whatever it may be, there is always at least a trace of one or more of the elements, and it is thanks to their presence that we continue to be alive and active. The principal occasion for contact with all four elements is at meals, for the four states of matter – solid, liquid, gaseous and igneous – are present in food. This is why meals are an excellent occasion to strengthen our bonds with the angels of the four elements and to ask them to communicate their virtues to us. Ask the angel of earth to give you firmness and stability, for it is he who provides the base; without him nothing can survive. Ask the angel of water for life and purity, the angel of air for intelligence, subtlety, rapidity, and the angel of fire for the light and fire of divine love.'
Text taken from the book "The Fruits of the Tree of Life - The Cabbalistic Tradition", chap. 7 "The Four Elements".
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