

They also seem to act as portals and swirling water before scrying helps me get into a trance state.Īnnwyn Water Priestess Blessing using the Alchemical Glyph for water. To me the spiral represents the very essence of water in its liquid state. We have all watched water swirl down a drain, in a lake, at the beach and other random places. There is something about the nature of the spiral that speaks of water. I have drawn millions of them sometimes purposefully for magic but mostly absent mindedly I doodle them here and there. Spirals have fascinated me since I could hold a pencil. So, I am sure you can see why this works as a Water Symbol. This then connects with the three phases of water, the water alchemical glyph, and spirals another symbol associated with water. Then I attach the three spirals evenly around the triangles at the points of each corner. In my own practice, I see these three spirals as a representation of the 3 phases of water, (4 th being the center point) First, I am sure to orient the center of the triskele so that it is in the shape of a little downward-pointing triangle, which is the alchemical glyph water. Most often you will see the triskele in reference to the Celtic three worlds Land, Sea and Sky. However, it is one that I connect with water. Traditionally this symbol does not represent water. This is a powerful symbol for me, I also used it in the logo for the Water Magic Course, and I tend to incorporate it into another symbol I connect with water, one example is in the Triskele which we will be discussed below. I also use it in visualizations and often through vision journeys, it will become a doorway to the subaquatic realms. I will often draw this symbol in blue and use it in mojo bags, dream pillows, and water spirit contact. I do this by pointing the thumbs towards each other and forming the downward point of the triangle with my pointer fingers, having them meet at the tips. I have drawn it in the sand, created it out of rocks, sticks, drawn it on paper, carved it in candles and created it with my hands in a gesture. This particular symbol is one that I use very often in my practice. Earth is a downward-pointing triangle with a line through the bottom 1/3 of the triangle and water is a simple downward-pointing triangle resembling a vessel that holds water (ok it’s a loose representation, but its how I learned to remember which one was which) Fire is an upward-pointing triangle, Air is also an upward-pointing triangle with a line through the top 1/3 of the symbol similar to the letter “A”. Each of the elements have a type of triangle that represents them. These symbols originated in Western Alchemy and Hermetics and use a system of triangles to denote which symbol belongs to which element. Alchemical Symbols or Glyphs are old but very simple symbols used to represent the elements Earth, Air, Fire, and Water.
