Dear Rawn, Thanks so much for your answer, which corresponds exactly to the question I was trying to formulate :-) Thanks also to the other friends who gave me some really useful pieces of advices, although at another ...level :-) There replies were also accurate answers which helped me a lot, for reasons I don't want to bother you with here. Cheers Alain --- Rawn Clark <rawnclark@...> wrote: > Dear NB, > > Sorry for the delay in replying -- I was out of town > from Monday through > late Wednesday and am only now getting caught up. > :) > > >> In Rawn's comments on IIH, I read in the "Theory > Section": > <<The magnetic Fluid *gives form* to the > Electric force>> > Taking this literally, meaning that the creation > deriving from the > Electric force takes actual shape through the > influence of the magnetic > Fluid, is it possible to infer that Water gives form > to Fire ? << > > In that passage, I was speaking mainly to the idea > of the polar > opposites of "force" and "form", which the Fluids > represent. At that > level of Philosophic constructs, then yes, Water > does give form to Fire, > but in the context of the three planes wherein all > four Elements work in > unison, I would phrase this differently. In that > context, Water is the > "tendency toward Form" and Fire, the "tendency > toward Force". In other > words, Fire releases the Elemental composite from > its binding of Form > and Water increases its binding to its Form. > "Shrinking" or > constricting something is the same as *condensing* > its form. At a > molecular level for example, cold slows down the > bouncing of atoms off > each other and the distance between the atoms > decreases (i.e., the form > condenses and constricts); whereas, heat speeds up > the bouncing and this > increases the distance between the atoms, expanding > the form. > > My best to you, > :) Rawn Clark > 23 Oct 2003 > rawnclark@... > rawn@... > http://www.ABardonCompanion.com > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BardonPraxis > http://E.webring.com/hub?ring=arionthebardonwe > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > BardonPraxis-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com