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dedication then, Earth, Air, Water, Fire, and Spirit. This initiatory path relates
self, and the essence of Being. This is a workable system but not the true order
of the elements, which would be better stated as earth, water, air, fire and
spirit. As you can see, the difference between natural order and initiatory order
is the intellectual and emotional aspects. The only real reason for the change is
the thought that one must have some intellect in order to control and/or
harness their emotional being. We all have problems at one stage or another,
but these are things that we must overcome to be true Adepts. So, for our
purpose here we will look at the elements in the natural progression. Then we
will discuss why the natural order is a far better way to follow. We will finish
Lets look at another way of grasping why this is the natural way. Were born
into this world and the first thing we learn is the basics of our body, to crawl
then walk, recognize items and people. We learn the basics of the elements that
we are now in. This could be considered the element of earth. Emotional
development, or the element of water, kicks in and we start to learn the things
such as food, toys and people that we like or dislike, whether we like ourselves
or not. Whether we control our emotions or our emotions control us. We learn
little older it is time to enter into the element of air, Knowledge. Our intellect
begins to develop we learn the basic knowledge or our time and country. We
begin to develop our intellect in the direction that our Will leads us. Somewhere
along the way we begin inquiring, of our own volition, religion and/or
It seems that the general consensus of the Pledge/Dedication is that it does not
belong to any one of the elements. In fact it does and should be attributed to
aspirations to obtain this goal or union with the essence of God, or in truth to
we are already one with God. Now this union with God is your union with your
higher-self or that self which is perfected in God. For none of us can perceive