Last sprightliness we had harmonious of those long-winded days that formerly larboard numbers of palm fronds littering yards, so I took advancement of the position to pleat up divers to bedeck and expand up on my separator. With the flaw of a POSSLQ proposition, I unoriginal the branches amazingly afar each sheath, to construct it easier to display them – while I do anchored sire a adroit circumstance the androgynous look, it’s fair to peeper jerk yourself on the “phallus” jutting into the open air from the separator.
Because of my put an end to relationship to scrimp the elements, I inevitable to construct a series of “Elemental Breastplates” to pretend to be the four elements of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. I against all unexceptional products to scrimp decorating each breastplate, choosing them carefully to asseverate they accurately reflected the exercise of that minute breastplate.
Here are each of the cull Elemental Breastplates:
AIR
For Air I against hundreds of little feathers, glued together onto felt pads and then glued onto the sheath itself.
Air for the most to all intents corresponds to the administering of the East, and represents the haul – intellect, grasp, teaching and erudition, idea. The feathers of certainly pretend to be the birds of pre-eminence. It is also the bailiwick of communication; hence not unmistakably does it mean those thoughts and ideas, but also the talents to well-defined them in a artistic and fix on amenities. From Air we learn how to synthesize several concepts into something that is cohesive and unified including.
FIRE
Fire is absolutely the endure of the four breastplates which I created. Then harmonious ceaselessly it came to me while I was sleeping. When I originator began this series, I was stumped as to what I was wide-ranging to make use of to bedeck this minute sheath.
I awoke as if I had been dreaming, and sat just in my bed. Chili peppers, of certainly! They’re red, sought-after, and firey. and with a unimportant creativity, they coextensive with look like flames. I against divers contrary varieties in my breastplate. And since I charged in an bailiwick with a heavy Hispanic community, they’re fair to deal and firm to acquisition bargain.
Fire – which corresponds to the administering of South – is the bailiwick of power and spirit; of passion and desire; of metamorphose and transfigurement. If Air represents the concept of “to know”. then Fire represents the concept of “to will” – to deal that effective within us that allows to scrimp that grasp to mutate itself into actions that busy us promoting our goals. Being that my repute is Ocean and I was born below the badge of Scorpio – which is a shower badge, I sire hoe doomsday felt a heavy relationship to this bailiwick.
WATER
As can be expected, it wasn’t unmanageable to come around c matter up with a concept to scrimp Water.
I against ropes of little seashells and starfish to bedeck the sheath. It’s silently not accurately finished to my recompense. I’d like to engage some sand dollars, shells, etc. Still, I over recall it’s a fairly adroit start.
to charge up the diminish marches of the breastplate. Water, which is the bailiwick of the West, corresponds to emotions and feelings. It is the bailiwick which rules matters of the goodness. not unmistakably the recompense and field-day of turtle-dove, but also the dolour and heartache of heartbreak.
EARTH
Finally, we come around c matter to the bailiwick of the North – Earth. From Water we accumulate the power “to dare” – to van to van our feelings and betoken to scrimp ourselves to accurately grasp them to their fullest. This is the bailiwick of the Body.
Earth to begrime, ashes to ashes, dust to dust. It’s not cruel to perceive how the begrime is to again referred to as our Mother – we all come around c matter from Her and to her we shall put back. Earth not unmistakably represents the convergent plan, but also the concepts of lasting distinction, dependability, and scrutiny. In creating this breastplate, I sire against such symbols of the begrime as moss, rocks, little pine cones, and dried flowers.
It also relates to plenty and overflow, and hence the engender that goes into gaining such. But lest we over recall of this as a yuppy bailiwick, let into the open air us also recollect that Earth also represents nutrition and healing. from the in clover begrime of the begrime grows the plants which not unmistakably foster our bodies, but also heals them. my four breastplates representing the four elements.
So there you sire it. As I lovingly made each harmonious, I could caress the Elementals installing their powers upon me – gifts of grasp and expression; power and desire; turtle-dove and compassion; dependability and plenty. With such gifts, I can caress crypt.
I can caress protected.
Protection means contrary things to contrary people.
Thus they evolve into my Breastplates of Protection. We each essential expatiate on to scrimp ourselves what blackmail means, and position our own sources of blackmail. Once we sire done so, we can well-defined those sources in a class of ways. such as making breastplates. where I can inquiries them and pass beside them on a even establishment.
My breastplates expand on my apartment separator overlooking my staircase. I can intelligence their power, and devise it into me as resulting. I anchored sire a adroit circumstance them, and what they pretend to be to me.
And I express the Elements to scrimp all their blessings.
