Here the order is as follows: Darkness-Flame-Water-Intention-Chaos-Darkness. This cycle has
many functions. One of them is to correct and transform. When an Element becomes too strong, it
can be reduced from the previous one, in the order of the pentagram. Thus the too strong Flame is
controlled by the Darkness. Excessive Water is reduced by the Flame. Excessively aspired
Intention is calmed by Water, etc. If we have the opposite case: one Element is too weak - then we
must strengthen it, through the previous one in the Circle of Elements. Thus the weak Chaos is
intensified by the Flame. Insufficient Flame is amplified by Intention. Darkness increases
Intention, and so on. In the next chapter, we will see how the Five Proto-Elements can be related
to a system of qualities, and then it becomes clearer how we can influence these phenomena
through the Circle of Creation or the Pentagram of the Elements, depending on whether we want
to increase or reduce. These principles of operation of the Proto-Elements are universally valid for
all spheres of life and the Universe as a whole. Therefore, the main skill that the Apprentice of
Magic should develop is to notice the Five Proto-Elements and their manifestations and
consistency in everything he observes. Thus he acquires the Key to all the Doors throughout the
Universe.
THE SIX FUNDAMENTALS IN MAGIC ART
The Six Fundamentals of Magic Art are Memory, Knowledge, Power, Will, Imagination,
Concentration. Memory unlocks Knowledge. Knowledge generates Power. Power gives birth to
the Will. The Will generates the Imagination. Imagination (creativity) generates Concentration.
Concentration penetrates the Memory. This is the Circle of the Six Fundamentals.
The Six Fundamentals inscribed on the Pentagram of the Five Proto-Elements look like this: