Water is majestic. It is the source of all life. From the very beginning of evolution; the salty water of the sea started the beginning with its one-cell organisms that eventually gave way to the evolution of humans. Water continues to be a source of creation. The salty waters of the womb hold the meager beginnings of all human life. The rain causes the greenery to grow, and the fruit to blossom and produce. It has many feminine attributes. Water in a warm bath can calm the tension of the day, and warm and cold water can be applied to wounds and ease pain. Water can be very healing. There is a dark side to water as well. Water in storms can flood the earth and kill. The water that in one second is soothing can turn deadly, causing one to drown. Water, just like the Mother, has a dark side. People of our religion sometimes neglect to look at the dark side of the Goddess but She does exist. She is a mirror of her children, She, like us, is many faceted. Humans are not completely good, or completely evil—but a combination of the two; She is as well. Water is reflective, just as the Goddess is reflective of the elements and spirits of the earth plane and beyond. The moon that represents the maiden, mother, and crone is also reflective in nature—reflecting the masculine rays of the sun. There is a theme of duality in all that exists—good and evil, masculine and feminine, perfect and imperfect. Water is cyclical as well, flowing from the stream, to the river, and finally to the sea. Life is cyclical, the moon phases, the rotation of the earth. Water as an element when focused on religiously lets us be reflective of our every day lives, think of new endeavors, analyze where we have been and where we are going, to cope with our imperfections, and strive to let our actions be more good than evil. Spells performed with this element, in my opinion, are most successful when the above is kept in mind. Spells for safe journeys, changing behaviors, creative energy, planting, female relationships, weather, understanding mean people, ancestral searching, and healing do well when water is a major focus.

Note: Excuse the absence of paragraph breaks, however water is so interconnected with everything that I found it hard to break up.

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