Re: [BardonPraxis] Re: Soul Mirrors and the Elements - EARTH

[Amberlyn <amberlyn@...>]

Hi Martin,

I am glad that you thought my posts were thought-provoking. In truth, I 
found writing them was very thought-provoking for me as well <g>.

> This is interesting; your approach to breaking down the 'nature' of
> traits here seems to be based greatly on semantics/linguistics.

I did this only to shed some light on the nature of each elemental 
characteristic, and because many of these words relate to Soul Mirror work. 
You are correct in that an element and its nature is purer than language 
alone (IMO). In other words, I am not saying the linguistic descriptions 
cover the element in total, but through language (English is native to me), 
we might come to understand an element from a mental perspective. I first 
sensed the elements through feelings and sensations. Language helped me put 
words to what I felt. Other languages may likely have other words to 
describe these characteristics. That's fine.

> For example, you talk about
> someone being 'headstrong' and say that this is a trait of fire
> within earth. But what about 'hotheaded'? Is that fire simply
> because of the implication of heat?

Remember that Earth is the combination of Fire, Water, and Air. It 
contains, or involves all of the three elements, in its Form. Therefore, 
any of these elements may be expressed in Earth, but given Form, still 
belong to Earth.

Hotheaded implies a tendency towards unthinking boldness and haste, to me. 
I might initially place this under Air (mediating Fire) because of the 
mental process (or lack thereof), and place it in a Black Mirror. I say it 
is mediating Fire because I think the word describes the state of mind, and 
only the proclivity toward action (Fire). But that's only MY opinion <smile>.

> The Spanish translation
> of 'hotheaded' would be 'exaltado' which has no connection with
> heat; would a Spaniard then find it as easy to classify this trait?
> The Spanish word for 'mulish' would be 'trozudo' but there is no
> connection with a mule, it simply means stubborn... so languages
> which may not have as many synonyms might also have shorter soul
> mirror lists ;-)

I really cannot comment too much on this, as I am not Spanish <smile>. 
Speaking per my intuition, I would think exaltado would still be attributed 
to Air, and trozudo, still attributed to Earth, in terms of Soul Mirror 
Traits. Subbornness has several Earth characteristics inherent within the 
concept, language aside.

Discussing pure elements might be approached somewhat differently. My 
recent posts were meant to help with Soul Mirror traits and their 
attributions to the Elements. I am still working Step 1, and did not wish 
to get into Elementals just yet...

Amberlyn