The Fire Elementals

I would like to focus on a particular type of fire elemental who is especially dear to my heart, the Salamanders. For many years I have worked with these beautiful beings that exist in every flame for both my personal development and healing work. Every time you light a candle, you will find the consciousness of a Salamander within. For they are part of the flame; its essence in truth.

The word salamander comes from the Greek word, salambe, which means fireplace. Today, we know of salamanders as the small newts that live in wet areas, the polar opposite to the original meaning. However both varieties do look similar with their slim, lizard-like forms. As well as finding Salamander in flames, they also live amidst volcanoes and their lava. The great Alchemist, Paracelsus, wrote about fire salamanders in the 16th century saying they could be found in St. Elmo’s fire as well as in small balls of light during weather storms.

Salamanders can help us maintain our ‘inner storms’ when we tend to explode due to emotions or situations! Their energy, just like fire, is both destructive and constructive in its expression. When invoked, fire elementals can help us to burn away and purify all that no longer serve our highest good while supplying the creative force to build the new. In practice, I have found Salamanders to be a wonderful aid when one is looking for more enthusiasm, courage, willpower, and to be more daring! I remember a few years ago when I started to work with Salamanders regularly that all of sudden I dyed my hair bright pink, and on the same day, got up in front of a whole room of people to sing and dance! Now if you know me, this is not my usual way of be-ing, but wow, was I amazed at the daring confidence and courage I had gained from our fiery friends!

If we ask them, Salamanders can help us to maintain a positive, happy attitude about ourselves, as well as awaken our spiritual senses, particularly clairvoyance. They do this by transmuting in their fiery energy any perceived fears or illusionary concepts so we can ‘see’ clearly in any given situation. As well as stimulating and strengthening our auric field so we can more easily recognise spiritual forces within our lives.

On a physical level, Salamanders assist with maintaining the body’s circulation and core temperature, as well as regulating a balanced metabolism. On an energetic level, I have seen many times over that individuals with a sluggish metabolism are often those going through periods of self-doubt, lack of self-love and/or deep change. If this resonates with you, perhaps ask the fire elementals to boost your confidence and healing through any transitions in your life, and hopefully this should in turn boost your metabolic rate to its optimum level.

Salamanders can also be invoked to help detoxify your body, or in any healing practice to aid any positive transitions that may take place. For this purpose, light a candle and ask the Salamander within it to bless your intentions for healing. Another interesting tip that I do frequently is to light a candle at the end of each day asking the Salamander within to clear any unwanted energies in my body replacing them with creativity and strength. You could adapt this to suit your own intentions. Be creative, and remember to thank the Salamander when you blow out the flame. You may find that every time you give thanks to the fire that the candle wick doesn’t smoke as it would before. Try this out and see for yourself! I find it forms a lovely confirmation that you have been communicating with the elements.

You may also wish to do the following energy healing meditation that I wrote with my Salamander guide. From the results of the doing this meditation within my healing group, I am sure you will find it very interesting! The focus of this mediation is energy healing, but you could adapt it for any of the following intentions that fire elementals can help with: boosting confidence, creativity, courage, change, success, passion, leadership, power, personal fulfilment and freedom.

Until next month, elemental blessings to you...wishing you a fun-filled February in the company of our nature friends!

Love and support always, Calista x

Energy Healing with the Fire Elementals

In this meditation, you will be attuning yourself to the element of fire and asking to meet your own Salamander fire guide. Enjoy this transformative journey with them as you clear anything that is no longer serving in return for increased well-being and heightened energy.

This meditation is best done when you are feeling relaxed and in a place where you won’t be disturbed. All you will need is a candle, which you will light, and the intention to clear/shift/release/transcend what you feel is necessary for you at this time...

• Sit comfortably facing your candle. Take some deep breathes to relax your body and mind.

• When you are ready light your candle asking the fire to bless your intentions for healing.

• As you gaze in to the flame, feel yourself becoming one with it. Breathe in its warmth and power with each breathe as you attune yourself to the flame.

• Keeping your gaze within the fire, think about anything you wish to release or clear from your being. Perhaps emotions or situations that no longer serves your path, fears, ties or hurts; anything really that you wish to let go of. As you think of them, bring them forward. Resolve anything that may be attached to these feelings/situations, perhaps offering forgiveness, compassion, love or gratitude to where it may be needed.

• When you feel ready let anything you wish to release pass from you to the fire with a deep exhalation. Breathing out these energies and giving them to the fire for purification and transcendence. Take as long as you need here; breathing out and letting go, breathing in and letting love and strength fill you in return..

• Enjoy your confidence grow with each healing breath, feeling the power and the strength of the fire fill you. If you feel ready ask for your Salamander guide to make themselves known to you. Open your heart to see/sense/hear or know of their presence as they come forward within the flame. It may take time to see your guide but know that they are with you and are helping with your healing intentions.

• Get to know your guide; asking them any questions you may have perhaps about them or for any healing guidance to aid your life.

• When you have finished communicating thank the Salamander and the fire for their help. Blow out your candle with love and gratitude enjoying the renewed sense of freedom and well-being within you.

• Ground your energy with a drink of water or something to eat. Write down your insights to aid future communications!

© Calista 2012
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