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Origin Period2360 BCE to 320 BCETradition: Aristotelian physics: the four elements and the quintessence 1Well-attested500 BCE to 400 BCETradition: Greek natural philosophy: the four roots of Empedocles 1Well-attested Place of Origin1Akragas in Sicily, where Empedocles wrote, and the philosophical schools of the Aegean and of Athens. 1Well-attested Attributed Author / Compiler1Empedocles of Akragas, who names four roots; Aristotle, who assigns each its pair of qualities and adds the fifth, heavenly substance. 1Well-attested Origin of the Name1Old English fyr, from a Germanic root shared across the Germanic languages, ultimately from the same Indo-European root that gives Greek pyr. 1Well-attested Meaning in the Attesting Source1Hot and dry. In this physics fire is defined by its pair of qualities and by its natural motion upward, not by temperament, will or passion.Tradition: Aristotelian physics: the four elements and the quintessence 1Well-attested Associated With30CarnationType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets the carnation to Fire, matching the solar rulership he gives it.CedarType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets cedar to Fire, matching its solar rulership.ChrysanthemumType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets the chrysanthemum to Fire, matching its solar rulership.EmpedoclesType: historicalfigureHoldsWell-attestedOne of the four roots of his physics, the earliest statement of the four element scheme the West went on to inherit.EuropeType: continentHoldsWell-attestedThe fire triplicity governs the northwest quarter of the inhabited world.JudgementType: tarotHoldsWell-attestedIn the Golden Dawn Kabbalistic attribution, Judgement is assigned to the element Fire by way of its Tree of Life path.MichaelType: archangelHoldsWell-attestedNutmegType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets nutmeg to Fire, which reads the warmth of the spice rather than the Jupiterian rulership of the herbals.Philosophus (Golden Dawn)Type: initiatorygradeHoldsWell-attestedPhilosophus is the fire grade and completes the elemental series of the First Order.RedType: colorHoldsWell-attestedThe Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn assigns red to Fire in its elemental colouring, used for the fire wand, the fire triangle and the invoking pentagram of fire. The attribution is a nineteenth century ritual convention of that order, not an inheritance from classical sources.SalamanderType: mythicalcreatureHoldsWell-attestedThe salamander is the creature of the fire element in the Paracelsian scheme, and the association passes from there into ceremonial magic.SnapdragonType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets the snapdragon to Fire, matching its martial rulership.SunflowerType: plantHoldsWell-attestedCunningham's magical herbalism sets the sunflower to Fire, matching the solar rulership.The Eighteenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Eighth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Eleventh CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Fifteenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Fifth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Fourteenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Fourth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Ninth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Seventeenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Seventh CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Sixteenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Sixth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Tenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Third CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Thirteenth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedThe Twelfth CallType: enochiancallHoldsWell-attestedYangType: polarityHoldsWell-attestedFire, one of the two light and rising elements that make up the masculine signs. Add More to This Comparison
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