Prelude to the Primordial
In this series Primordial Powers, I offer my experience and perspective in regards to the Primordial Elements. Weaving esoteric concepts, cultural expressions, and the feminine technologies, with practical everyday correspondences.
You may be familiar with much that’s offered and I encourage you to comment with your experiences, perspectives, and insights! This is certainly a community and I welcome various outlooks! It is my intention to assist the collective by illuminating practical tools that can be used to integrate a more multidimensional reality, as well as inspire you to be playful, curious, and imaginative when exploring these realms!
Loosening the structure of Western programming:
What makes a world view widely accepted? What is the measure of credibility? How does a personal account compare to credibility? What are the systems that create the criteria for credibility? What is their purpose? Their function? What is their history? What is the purpose of science if it is disconnected from the energetic realms? Who are the grandchildren of sacred information? What makes an institution credible? Who were these institutions created for? What is a daykeeper? What is an oral tradition? Is it merely passing on a lineage through sharing stories or is there a frequency embedded in such a transmission? Does the world view of colonialism, which has raped the planet of her resources, decimated and indoctrinated whole civilizations, get to distort, judge, and misinterpret the world views of the people they’ve oppressed?
pri·mor·di·al
/prīˈmôrdēəl/
adjective
existing at or from the beginning of time; primeval."the primordial oceans"
Although this definition of primordial is technically accurate, it lacks a certain… je ne sais quoi. Nuance, body, depth, perhaps. Throughout the years, I’ve developed a personal relationship with the Primordial Elements. I’ve allowed them to teach me, refining my capacity to collaborate with them. I encourage you all to develop this relationship as well. It’s something about experience and first-hand accounts, that’s really down played in our society. Let my sharings act as sparks for your remembrance. Empowering you to explore these relationships for yourself. This is your encouragement to really engage with the elements on your own. Allow them to teach, transform, refine, and heal your relationship to our planet and ourselves.
In my perspective there are 5 core primordial elements. Before I get into them, let me say that I know there are more elements than that. I’m aware of alchemical teachings and the periodic table. However, throughout cultures across the globe and through time, there is a constant reverence and acknowledgement of 5 elements. These cultures have held spiritual, mental, physical, and practical importances for these energies. I personally feel that all other elements exist within these essential energies and are expressions across the spectrum of how these core elements interact with each other. Yet, in the end (or beginning?), it can be distilled to these 5 manifestations.
The 5 core elements are:
Water
Fire
Earth
Air
Ether/Space
*this is also the order that we will delve deeper in future posts.
What we’ll be focusing on:
Astrological correspondences
Varying cultural perspectives + their resonance in the esoteric
My personal relationship with these realms
My vision for how we can heal our collective relationship with these elements
Exercises for collaborating with each element and becoming their student.
In addition to these topics, I intend to provide additional content to accompany each offering. This content is layered and I want to honor the complexity of it by incorporating mediums that feel cohesive with the expression of each Element.