The Element of Earth
The Earth element rules material and sensual matters; matters of the physical body and material needs and desires. This includes money, health, property, and matters of fertility.
Earth Magick
Earth energy is utilized in magic related to gaining prosperity, protecting material objects, gardening, familiars and pets, growing, nurturing, conception, fertility, growth, wisdom, luck, gambling, money, employment, birth, death and rebirth.
Earth Healing
Earth Energy is cold and dry and its opposite, Air, is moist and warm.
If the patient is feeling spacey, light-headed, hyperactive, unstable and has difficulty concentrating, there may be an imbalance requiring the addition of more Earth energy. Earth energy is grounding and stable.
An excess of Earth energy may be the culprit if the patient if feeling stuck, heavy, lacks initiative or energy. In this case use the opposite energy of Air to help balance the energy.
The element of Earth corresponds to the excretory organs and digestive system, skeleton and joints, muscles and skin, the sense of touch, the thyroid glands and the throat.
Earth Symbols
The energy of Earth often corresponds to the energy of the planets Venus, Jupiter or Saturn, the signs Taurus, Virgo and Capricorn are all Earth signs and the Pentacles suit in Tarot corresponds to the Earth element.
Earth can be symbolized by the colors green, black or brown, by just about any stone or mineral, especially coal and salt. Earth’s metal is lead, but this is not recommended for use near food.
Earth Plants
Earth plants often grow close to the ground and/or produce a significant starchy taproot. Other Earth plants produce nourishing fruits, nuts and grains that strengthen the body. These plant allies often have an earthy or dusty fragrance that is not considered pleasant by all sniffers.
Earth Foods
Earth foods tend to be nourishing, comforting and leave one feeling relaxed and sedate. Most grains, nuts and root vegetables carry Earth energy, as do mushrooms.
Food
Kitchen Witch Corner
Almond
Prunus amygdalus or Prunus dulcis Wild almonds contain toxic levels of cyanide, which are accompanied by a bitter taste. Yet early almond growers isolated non-toxic strains and began cultivating them sometime between 2000 and 3000 BCE. The word almond comes from the French allemande, itself derived from the Greek amygdala which gives us the species name of the […]
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Amaranth
The amaranth plant produces a very attractive flower head whose tiny seeds can be eaten as grain and whose leaves may be eaten as greens. Amaranth was and is an important grain in the Aztec and Incan cultures. Its common name comes from the Greek for “unfading” in reference to its longstanding blooms which represent […]
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Allspice
Allspice berries grow on a tree native to the West Indies. They smell like a combination of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves and may be used used as a substitute for any of these herbs. Allspice has been used to make fragrances for men. The Mayan people used allspice as an embalming herb. Allspice berries are gathered green and dried […]
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Alfalfa
Alfalfa has been cultivated for animal fodder for centuries. Its high nutritional and caloric value, perennial habit and ability to regrow after being chopped down repeatedly makes it a useful and sustainable forage plant and hay crop. A legume, it is also useful as a nitrogen-fixing cover crop, improving the soil its grown in. Alfalfa […]
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Walnuts
The walnut is a majestic tree that provides food and shade to those who truly appreciate them and garden-killers that produce a giant mess of stinky fruit to those who don’t. Walnut trees can be grown from walnuts and squirrels plant them often when they fail to collect their entire winter stash. Walnuts are not […]
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