Types of energy: Air
Air is highly associated with the mind and all mental faculties and pursuits, such as academics, business, and communication. It is an element that can take many forms: the gentle and warm summer breeze, the blunt gale that feels like a punch, the cutting cold autumn wind, or the massive storm that tears a town apart.
Air destroys in the same way it heals: it tears everything apart. When the wind whirls through, nothing is left in its wake. All is scattered and torn, tossed carelessly by the skies. But in small doses, air can gently weave through, pulling away at rotted structures, revealing the dead and damp, and showing us the truth behind things we could never see before.
When fire burns away the impurity, air can blow away the ashes, leaving nothing at all in its wake. Call a little air in to stale situations to freshen things up. Focus on the situation, then inhale deeply with your stomach. Exhale, and imagine you are a great airy god blowing new life and vitality in to the situation.
Air can transport your spells. Call upon its powers to send your spells to far-off locations, or help you find hidden things (air touches all). Light incense or obtain a feather and use that as a focus object to call the energies of air to you. Channel air and add it to your spells. With a dash of fire, your spell will arrive at its target in no time.
Air pulls and pries. It rattles weak doors and blows through damaged walls. When you call air in to your corner, it can show you where your strengths and weaknesses lie. Talk to the winds and the breezes and ask them to show you some personal thing you can work on.
Air can carry you far. It can get you places. When you have your eyes on the prize, air can lift your wings and take you there. Just be sure you have enough earth to get down again when you are where you want to be. Use images of birds in your spells to help move something to where you want it to be.
When it comes to mental pursuits, air is like a sword, cutting through all that stands in its way. Use representations of steel weapons and all on the powers of air to improve your mental prowess, support your education, or gain knowledge.
Where air flows, energy goes. Hang small paper charms up in a breezy space. As the winds blow through, they will read your wishes and carry them out in to the world.
Combined with fire, air can quickly get out of hand. The two should be carefully paired. Just enough earth can properly ground air so that things come down to earth and manifest once they have flown high enough. Water and air is a potent combination with a great power to destroy.