here's the beginning of the article by Liam Heneghan....
"In the 5th century BC, Greek philosopher Empedocles proposed that the living world emerges from the combination and separation of the four elements: earth, fire, water, air. The interaction of these elements, he said, is governed by two opposing divine forces: Love, which harmonizes the elements into unity; and Strife, which dissolves them into multiplicity. These two forces operate in an eternal cycle of creation and destruction—and in the balance between the two, the natural world endlessly flourishes and decomposes."
Emergence Magazine - Newsletter ~ The Eternal Cycle
by Julie
Jun 23
Article from Emergence magazine today ~ To read full article click ...
here's the beginning of the article by Liam Heneghan....
"In the 5th century BC, Greek philosopher Empedocles proposed that the living world emerges from the combination and separation of the four elements: earth, fire, water, air. The interaction of these elements, he said, is governed by two opposing divine forces: Love, which harmonizes the elements into unity; and Strife, which dissolves them into multiplicity. These two forces operate in an eternal cycle of creation and destruction—and in the balance between the two, the natural world endlessly flourishes and decomposes."