Ophiel
Regarding the four worlds (and the tetragrammaton) and the four suits, I think it is [mostly] agreed that the suits are assigned:
Wands - Fire
Cups - Water
Swords - Air
Pentacles - Earth.
However, the ORDER of these four, as expressed in the Tetragrammaton as Y-H-V-H, [ Atziluth (Archetypal), Briah (Creative), Yetzirah (Formative) and Assiah (Active)] seems to be open to interpretation, regarding their order of descent. I think most modern Kabalists (and correct me if I'm wrong here) place the order as I've listed them above, Fire and Water symbolizing the active/passive, expansion/contraction principle, Air as a medium, and earth as manifestation.
However, I've seen other occultists place the order as:
Fire/Air/Water/Earth, and possibly Air/Fire/Water/Earth.
According the GD ritual tradition, East is Swords, South is Fire, West is Water and North is Earth. Traditionally, ritual starts in the East, making this order Swords (Air) - Wands (Fire) - Cups (Water) - and Pentacles (Earth.)
Can we discuss the order of the elements here, as they relate to the four worlds, which means, how in a sense they evolve and filter down 'here.' I know that all elements are really a mixture of all four and it is the dominant proportion of the one that gives it the predominant characteristics of that element.
Wands - Fire
Cups - Water
Swords - Air
Pentacles - Earth.
However, the ORDER of these four, as expressed in the Tetragrammaton as Y-H-V-H, [ Atziluth (Archetypal), Briah (Creative), Yetzirah (Formative) and Assiah (Active)] seems to be open to interpretation, regarding their order of descent. I think most modern Kabalists (and correct me if I'm wrong here) place the order as I've listed them above, Fire and Water symbolizing the active/passive, expansion/contraction principle, Air as a medium, and earth as manifestation.
However, I've seen other occultists place the order as:
Fire/Air/Water/Earth, and possibly Air/Fire/Water/Earth.
According the GD ritual tradition, East is Swords, South is Fire, West is Water and North is Earth. Traditionally, ritual starts in the East, making this order Swords (Air) - Wands (Fire) - Cups (Water) - and Pentacles (Earth.)
Can we discuss the order of the elements here, as they relate to the four worlds, which means, how in a sense they evolve and filter down 'here.' I know that all elements are really a mixture of all four and it is the dominant proportion of the one that gives it the predominant characteristics of that element.