Air, One of Nature's Four Basic Elements

I was inspired to write this article because of a picture Iremoving toxins and impurities from the air, the sea
took of a butterfly taken on my land in one of myand the land.
gardens. I noticed a beautiful blue light trailing theElemental spirits cannot be destroyed by frosser
butterfly, was intrigued, and asked a well known authormaterial elements such as fire, air, earth, and water
on spiritual matters for her opinion. I was told the bluebecause they are etheric in nature. However, they are
light was the energy of Dom, the elemental Master ofnot immortal. They live a very long time, 300 to 1,000
the air spirits. I consider myself a spiritual person butyears (never seeming to get old), and when their work
really knew nothing about air spirits so I did a littleis finished they are absorbed back into the ocean of
research and found it to be quite interesting.spirit.
Air is one of the four basic elements of nature (Fire,The nature spirits of Air are called sylphs (Earth is
Earth and Water are the other three). Within each ofgnomes, Fire is salamanders and Water is undines).
the four elements are nature spirits that are theThe sylphs find disturbances in the air currents and
spiritual essence of that element. Ancient myths andquickly work to restore harmony. Their activities are
theories say that these four elements were sent tomanifest in the gathering of clouds, in the blowing of
the earth to bring about order, linking humankind tothe wind, the downpour of rain and the formation of
nature.snow. They are also responsible for the growth and
Elemental spirits exist in the ethereal world which runsmaturity of all plant life.
parallel to our own. They are living entities oftentimesThe sylphs are sources of light that produce inspiration
resembling humans in shape. They are made up ofand feed the mind. They are drawn to those who use
etheric substance that is unique and specific to theirtheir minds, particularly those on creative arts. It is
particular element. They live, propagate off spring, eat,generally thought that they are attracted to poets and
talk, and sleep. They can be seen or felt intuitively orartists and instills them with visions of spiritual beauty.
seen through the lens of a camera.They can help us with our spiritual and mystical
The elementals serving on planet Earth materializedevelopment. Sylphs startle us into seeing and thinking
whatever they pick up from the thoughts and feelingsin new and exciting ways.
of mankind. They help us as much as they can by