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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 528857" data-attributes="member: 141">And here I thought I was so clever, citing the Timaeus.  The really embarassing thing is, I have a B.Sc. in Mathematics, and really should know my terminology better.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek!    :o"  data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" />   Oh well, I'll just pretend it was a typo.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> Back to the elements:Let's consider the three element model (as outlined in the first post).  Let them be the three axes of a cube.  Each element has two energies- let them be the opposite faces of the cube.So an "energy cube" might have elemental fire as the vertical axis.  The energy "fire" will be the top face of the cube, and lightning will be the bottom face.  The horizontal dimension might be water: cold on the right, acid on the left. The depth dimension would be air: force in front, and sonic on the back of the cube.Where all the forces meet (in the centre) is the positive energy pole- negative energy surrounds the cube.The cube symbolizes earth, which is not an element, but the mixture of the three elements and six forces which comprise everyday life.A cube has 12 edges- they could correspond to the 12 signs of the zodiac.  The eight corners of the cube correspond to the 7 planets, and the "eight planet" is free will.  (The stars influence- they do not determine.)  So we have astrological influences in there too.</blockquote>

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