Spiritmasters and De Occulta Philosophia...

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Heres a little something for the Spiritmasters out there who are looking from something to kill time with. Its very old, very heavy language wise but, pretty interesting:

"...Thirdly they established Angels as Ministers for the disposing of those things which are below, which Origin calleth certain invisible powers to the which those things which are on earth, are committed to be disposed of. For sometimes they being visible to none do direct our journeys and all our businesses, are oft present at battles, and by secret help do give the desired successes to their friends, for they are said, that at their pleasures they can procure prosperity, and inflict adversity. In like manner they distribute these into more orders, so as some are fiery, some watery, some aerial, some terrestrial; which four species of Angels are computed according to the four powers of the Celestial souls, viz. the mind, reason, imagination, and the vivifying and moving nature;

Hence the fiery follow the mind of the Celestial souls, whence they concur to the contemplation of more sublime things, but the Aerial follow the reason, and favor the rational faculty, and after a certain manner separate it from the sensitive and vegetative; therefore it serveth for an active life, as the fiery for a contemplative, but the watery following the imagination, serve for a voluptuous life; The earthly following nature, favour vegetable nature; moreover they distinguish also this kind of Angels into Saturnine and Jovial, according to the names of the Stars, and the Heavens; further some are Oriental, some Occidental, some Meridional, some Septentrional; Moreover there is no part of the world destitute of the proper assistance of these Angels, not because they are there alone, but because they reign there especially, for they are everywhere, although some especially operate and have their influence in this place, some elsewhere..."

That's from 'De Occulta Philosophia, Book 3, Part 1'...

Incase it hasn't been discussed, elementals find a lot of their 'divine' roots in the philosophy of alchemy and it's merger of religion and ritual magics. Everyone has heard of alchemy. Terms like the 'philosopher's stone' .. eternal life.. transmuting lead into gold.. etc etc..'Magicians' can feel free to read more here if they see fit:

De Occulta Philosophia - Wikisource