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The 4 elements (earth, water, air, fire) formed the ladder of the
own, the highest-heavenly fire, God. The elements were the material for the whole universe. The air
above the moon was considered as the 5 th element, called ether. The angels are arranged in a definitive
order, 3 main orders are: highest is contemplative, consists of Seraphs, Chembs and Thrones. Second is
more active- Dominations, Virtues, Powers. Third-the most active-Principalities, Archangels, Angels,
they form the medium between the angelic hierarchy and man. Each order of angels had to regulate one
of the spheres-primum mobile, the fixed stars and planets. Nature is a direct and involuntary tool of God.
Elements: the Earth, centre of the universe (cold and dry), the Water (cold and moist), the air (hot and
moist), the Fire (hot and dry). The elements were always mixed and in a war with each other. Man's
anatomy corresponded with the physical ordering of the universe
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