Are we made of the 5 elements, Earth, Water, Air, Fire, and Spirit?

Question

Some are easy to understand. Our body is made of a portion of chemicals, Earth. We are of course 80%
Water. We must have Air to breath. And if one accepts the spiritual, which the material comes from, Spirit.
But what about Fire? Is the electricity that flows through
the synapses in our brains and through our nervous systems, to make our muscles move and have physical
sensations the element of Fire?

Anthony Silva

Answer 1

I thought there were only 4 elements... minus Spirit.

I dabble in those four.

Answer 2

The Pancha Bhoothas are huge sized or tremendous quantity count number and power. The Greeks have said those 5 aspects that characterize all the animate and inanimate count number. evaluate a seed. it really is planted in earth. Earth element. It regenerates and shoots out the stem and leaves. For those shoots, stems and leaves 'area is needed'. area is one element. For the upward push of the plant water, sunlight's warmth, air for oxygen or carbon dioxide, subsequently warmth and air are required and are aspects. that is the muse of the Greeks. the historic Indians developed a metaphysical frame of mind for the 5 aspects. that is the sum and substance of Dr. Gautam Chatterjee and some others. The Panchabhoothas of he Greeks is actual and that of the Indians is metaphysical. The Pancha Bhoothas are said even interior the Marabial of Tholkappiam of the Tamils. The Rig Veda mentions about those 5 aspects. yet this isn't the starting place interior the Rig Veda. it really is because of the 4 Pancha Bhootha temples are in Tamil Nadu and one is at Kalahasthi on the border between Tamil Nadu and Andhrah Pradesh.

Answer 3

Depends on what you believe, but recently the four elemental forces long held as being those that formed life, earth, air, fire and water have actually been related to the four main states of matter. Those being Solid, Fluid, Gaseous and Plasmic (for plasma, which is a kind of super-heated gas that flows more like liquid).
There is debate over the exact proportion of water in the human body, you'll find references for anything between 70% and 80%.
The elemental forces generally are noted in this order:
Fire (The creation element), Air (The knowledge/communication element), Water (The emotion element) and Earth (The productive/nourishing element).
As for spirit, you'll have to work that out yourself.

Answer 4

Eh, in an Occultic sense, all things perceptible are made of the elements.

Everything, including physical fire [which has the seed of water within].

Physially, the elemnts manifest in this manner in the human.

Earth is the physical body [Bones, and other "Dense," pieces.]. Air is the intellect [ Lungs, and logical parts of the brain] . Water is the emotional [Blood, fluids, emotional parts of the brain] and fire is the spark of sentience and locomotion [Nervous system].

SPirit is an odd element, in that it gives birth to fire, so it can be viewed as "God," but not an normal part of the body. Spirituallity is contacting this.

Answer 5

Eastern Philosophy - Chinese
Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water

Western Philosophy
Earth, Air, Fire, Water, Aether

Aether (light-bearing) Is this what you call Spirit?

Anthony Silva again - shows up quite often on here.

Answer 6

Indeed we are of sorts.

We are made up of the earth by carbon. The bible says we come from the dust even and creation of the earth.

We are killed by the flood of Gods wrath (symbolic of the great flood or death itself) or we are baptized and saved. (with the sinful nature being killed off instead)

Air and spirit you can lump together because the greek word for spirit in the NT literally means "wind" and we indeed have our spirit and Gods people have the Holy spirit.

Fire could be described as the fire that God is going to put to each of our work as Jesus described. Good work will withstand the fire like good steel and poor or non-existant work will be burned up as well as the person. (eternal punishment)

Answer 7

Yes, fire would be represented by the electricity that is within our nervous system, though many belief systems believe that Spirit represents fire. Ancient pagans really hit the mark on so many things that we are now "proving" with science.

Answer 8

Yes, electricity is considered a part of the fire element. So, yes, you are right we are made up of the five elements.

Answer 9

These are not elements. The first four are chemicals and the last one is pure fantasy. You know some of us came out of the dark ages a few centuries ago. Get with the program.

Answer 10

Yes, our electrical system could very well be considered the fire in our bodies.