how do I know which element I am?
The first lesson of POWER is to understand this phrase and apply it to everything: KNOW THYSELF When you see things happen to you repeatedly, sequences of events, encounters, exchanges experiences you will see a pattern emerging. If you are luck you will even have people affirm for you your gut feeling, or intuition. I know because of all sorts of reasons, but the best was when I went to this gathering. I had distanced myself from the group and was watching their fire ceremony. They were throwing all these prayer bundles into a pyre of juniper and the vibe was terribly depressing. Everyone is from california and so are vegetarians, anti drinking, drugs, smoking so I would often have to dive behind a circus tent to spark up when the rest of the group was off following the Grand Pooba around. It was on one such occassion that I was smoking when I thought to try a little smoke magic. I was on a little hillock overlooking them about a hundred feet away. I was concentrating using my cigaret
