Basics of Elemental Magic Spells

This article is a quick look at elemental magic and its absolute basics. Many who want to practice or do practice magic use elemental spells for everyday wellness, control and protection. Elemental symbols that are used for magic, natural magic or magic studies  can appear in alchemical, magical and folk magic writings as traditionally four types:

• Gnomes, Earth, Dirt
• Nymphs, Water, Crystals
• Sylphs, Air, Feathers
• Salamanders, Fire, Candles

Earth
This is the element that stands for grounding/earthing effects including all forms of nature, money, prosperity, growth, rules/laws and responsibility. If you want to represent earth on your altar, you can use a pentacle, stones, or a bowl of earth or rock salt. For earth spells, crystals and herbs are often used since they are natural items directly from the earth.

• Earthing is an essential part of all ritual and magical work. We use it to return any excess energy raised but not released during our work, thus allowing those energies to be returned to the powers of the Earth and the Universe.
• Grounding is a way to connect with the Earth. We use it to draw energy from a pure source. We also use it to purify energies we draw from ourselves and from other sources.

Water
Water energies are often used in spells for love, fertility, friendship, healing and sleep. But spells don’t often call for actual water. Crystals like aquamarine and moonstone make great “water” additions, as do herbs like lilac. A chalice is the usual altar tool to represent the element of water. If you do use water in your water spells, try to use naturally collected rainwater.

Air
The qualities that air represents include ideas, inspiration, creativity, intelligence, travel, freedom, new beginnings and mental clarity. If you want a spell for any of these ideas, you should incorporate air into your magic. Items like feathers, bells, incense and quartz all have air attributes.

Fire
Candle spells are the most popular kind of witchcraft spell, and are a good example of using fire. Fire should be used for spells involving passion, energy, strength, creativity and anger. Items for fire include candles as well as volcanic rocks or glass and the athame. Fire spells usually involve candles, but not always.

• An athame or athamé is a ceremonial double-edged dagger.

This article is intended to educate you in the absolute basics of elemental magic. INPHO does not practice or subscribe to any occult practices. Use information provided here upon your own risks.