> catherine yronwode wrote:
>

>> My sensations of the elements are grounded in the nature of the foggy
>> weather where i live and the way i approach gardeing. They do not accrod
>> with traditional European models completely

>

>> Fire -- hot and dry
>> Water -- cold and wet (cold, cold cold Pacific Ocean)
>> Earth -- warm and wet (chocolate cake soil, gold ridge soil) except in
>> summer, when it is warm and dry
>> Air -- cold and wet except in summer, when it is warm and dry

>

>> I know, not symbolic, just dull and reality based.

>
>
> In your previous post you used the phrase,
>
> "important part of my mnemonic magical work"
>
> That's not "symbolic?"
>
> You also said,
>
> "I still work with the elements, though -- but i now value a number of
> other symbol systems just as much, each with its own symbolic truth and
> its own favoured set of sacred numbers"
>
>
> What does "working with" mean to you?