Comments on: The Colors of the Four Elements http://unurthed.com/2009/08/17/the-colors-of-the-four-elements/ Tue, 15 May 2012 07:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The colors of asana « Unurthed http://unurthed.com/2009/08/17/the-colors-of-the-four-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-5380 The colors of asana « Unurthed Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:39:23 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=709#comment-5380 [...] Compare with the coloration of the Classical four elemental processes (see previous post): [...] [...] Compare with the coloration of the Classical four elemental processes (see previous post): [...]

]]> By: PolyMathicus http://unurthed.com/2009/08/17/the-colors-of-the-four-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-3942 PolyMathicus Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:56:22 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=709#comment-3942 The fundamental tenet of hermetic science, namely that ultimately there is only ONE SUBSTANCE, holds true: the same substance is condensed (earth), liquefied (water) , rarefied (air), and combusted (fire). As for colors, I think it is proper to leave both White and Black out of the 4 elements equations, as they are not properly colors. Black and White PREDATE colors, they are the basic duality of the world (Yin-Yang). This state of affairs is apparent in photography: sometimes black & white is MORE, not less: colors add "flavors", but also dis-tract from the main play, the polarity Black White. However, it is also true that the four elements appear by mythosis of this primeval duality: Black-Black (E), Black-White (W), White-Black(A), White-White (F).. PS keep posting, good job... PMac The fundamental tenet of hermetic science, namely that ultimately there is only ONE SUBSTANCE, holds true: the same substance is condensed (earth), liquefied (water) , rarefied (air), and combusted (fire). As for colors, I think it is proper to leave both White and Black out of the 4 elements equations, as they are not properly colors. Black and White PREDATE colors, they are the basic duality of the world (Yin-Yang). This state of affairs is apparent in photography: sometimes black & white is MORE, not less: colors add “flavors”, but also dis-tract from the main play, the polarity Black White.

However, it is also true that the four elements appear by mythosis of this primeval duality:
Black-Black (E), Black-White (W), White-Black(A), White-White (F)..

PS keep posting, good job…
PMac

]]> By: A Picture of the Four Elements « Unurthed http://unurthed.com/2009/08/17/the-colors-of-the-four-elements/comment-page-1/#comment-3719 A Picture of the Four Elements « Unurthed Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:09:25 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=709#comment-3719 [...] in microscopic terms, the reference to men, whose highest earthly member is nous (fire) [see following post], translates into an overlapping of the circle of the four elements by a higher circle of which [...] [...] in microscopic terms, the reference to men, whose highest earthly member is nous (fire) [see following post], translates into an overlapping of the circle of the four elements by a higher circle of which [...]

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