THE COSMIC ELEMENTS
The cosmic elements, as their name implies, are the foundation of all reality. For through their various combinations they form all of what is known and unknown, seen and unseen.
TYPES OF COSMIC ELEMENTS
TANGIBLE vS. INTANGIBLE
The sixteen cosmic elements are divided into two groups: tangible and intangible.
TANGIBLE COSMIC ELEMENTS
These eight elements are so named as they have a very obvious nature and understanding to them. It’s easy to see darkness, feel the air, smell the crackling fire, and so forth.
The elements found in this category are: air, darkness, earth, fire, ice, light, magma, and water.
INTANGIBLE COSMIC ELEMENTS
These eight elements are harder to place and notice in general, sometimes having a very slight or subtle affect on things. Good and evil are not so much detected as experienced, for example, space and time are the same way with the others more or less being the same.
The elements found in this category are: chaos, death, evil, good, life, order, space, time.
OPPOSING COSMIC ELEMENTS
Some ancient titanic mystics adopted an ordering system to further classify the elements into another group for study. These ancient wisemen first noticed a seeming system of opposition between the elements when it came to their pure form and function. Speculation has long been indulged on the topic but suffice to say this seems to be a part of most of the cosmic elements. This opposition is not necessarily hostile (after all nothing could have been created from mixing them together if they were) just diametric in their nature and function in general, which in turn, can also work against their opposing element in various ways.
The only exception to this rule is with the cosmic elements of space and time, which do not have any real known or even theorized opposition to each other, not even sharing a complimentary nature, being more independent elements all their own.
AIR / EARTH
DARKNESS / LIGHT
FIRE / ICE
ICE / MAGMA
CHAOS / ORDER
DEATH / LIFE
GOOD / EVIL
A Closer Look
ELEMENTAL BREAKDOWN
Each of the sixteen cosmic elements are explained in some detail below, sharing thier plane of origin along with aspects they embody, and the symbol used to represent them.
AIR
Tangiable Cosmic Element
Color: Pale Gray
Symbol: A stylized gust/breeze
Plane of Origin: Avion
Aspects
Air, Wind, Weather, Clouds, and Lightning.
CHAOS
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Purple
Symbol: Open black circle with eight arrows coming out of it
Plane of Origin: Anomolia
Aspects
Chaos, Entropy, Disorder, Change, and Madness.
DARKNESS
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: Black
Symbol: A black circle
Releated Plane: Umbrium
Aspects
Darkness, Shade, Shadow, Twilight, and Night.
DEATH
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: Charcoal Gray
Symbol: Skull sans lower jaw
Releated Plane: Mortis
Aspects
Death, Decay, Sickness, Dissolution, and Destruction.
EARTH
Tangiable Cosmic Element
Color: Umber
Symbol: Stylized mountain range
Plane of Origin: Boda
Aspects
Earth (sand, soil, clay, etc.), Rock, Gems, Metals, and Minerals.
EVIL
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Silver
Symbol: A snake rising from its coiled position
Plane of Origin: The Abyss
Aspects
Evil, Wickedness, Corruption, Cruelty, and Vice.
FIRE
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: Amber
Symbol: Stylized flames
Plane of Origin: Ardori
Aspects
Fire, Flame, Combustion, Heat, and Ash.
GOOD
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Gold
Symbol: An open hand
Plane of Origin: Paradise
Aspects
Good/Goodness, Kindness, Mercy, Virtue, and Grace.
ICE
Tangiable Cosmic Element
Color: Aquamarine
Symbol: A stylized snowflake
Plane of Origin: Galicia
Aspects
Cold, Frost, Liquid Ice, Solid Ice, and Snow.
LIFE
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Cream
Symbol: An ankh
Plane of Origin: Bios
Aspects
Life, Health, Healing, Vitality, and Restoration.
LIGHT
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: White
Symbol: A white circle
Plane of Origin: Illumina
Aspects
Light, The Visible Light Spectrum, The Invisible Light Spectrum, Incandescence, and Radiation.
MAGMA
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: Orange
Symbol: Stylized volcano
Plane of Origin: Igneah
Aspects
Lava, Magma, Volcanoes, Igneous Rocks, and Sulfur.
ORDER
Intangiable Cosmic Element
Color: Bronze
Symbol: Balanced Scales
Plane of Origin: Simetra
Aspects
Order, Progression, Development, Advancement, and Rationality.
SPACE
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Violet
Symbol: A lemniscate.
Plane of Origin: The Expanse
Aspects
Space, Dimensions (length, height, width, depth, distance, etc.), Gravity, Weight, and Force.
TIME
Intangible Cosmic Element
Color: Azure
Symbol: An hourglass.
Plane of Origin: Chrona
Aspects
Past, Present, Future, Time, and Age.
WATER
Tangible Cosmic Element
Color: Blue
Symbol: Three wavy lines
Plane of Origin: Aquila
Aspects
Fresh Water, Salt Water, Moisture, Steam, and Fog/Mist.