Our Advent candles are of the colors of the 4 elements: earth, air, fire, and water. During these 4 weeks before Winter Solstice, we honor these elemental realms, which represent stages of spiritual evolution and levels of being. It is about Spirit coming down to the world of matter; the Word becoming Flesh.
We started with Air, and lit a blue candle representing the air and the sky:
Air is the highest level. It is the realm of thought. Everything starts with an idea. We placed an angel in the manger, to represent the star in the heavens that guides us, and which represents our ideals and our highest truth. It is this truth that comes down into denser levels of being, and eventually is born into the material world. Also, angels are depicted with wings, like air creatures such as birds:
We sang the Advent song ("O Come O Come Emanuel") then we lit the first candle, blue for Air, and recited "Winter is dark yet each tiny spark brightens the way to Christmas day. shine little light and show is the way to the bright light of Christmas day." then we sang "see the little candles shining shining bright O how we love to see their light."
Then we read a story honoring Air.
It was taken from the book Winter Tales From Poland by Maia Wojciechowska. It was called "Seven Black Crows," and illustrates what happens when you are not careful what you wish for. It shows the power of an idea...for good or for ill. It also features crows, birds of wisdom and the air.
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