Wu Xing: The Five Elements
The “Gross” Five Elements…are used to explain, classify, and characterize all natural phenomena. There are four primary laws of universal cycles in Five Element theory (creating, controlling, invading, and insulting). The original nature of the “True” Five Elements, however, exists as pure elemental light within the Wuji.
The five elements (Wuxing) represent the five manifestations of Qi transformation. They elements can have energetic qualities of Yin or Yang.
- Fire
- Earth
- Metal
- Water
- Wood
The Five Pure Lights
“When Yin and Yang divided, the Five Pure Lights shot forth; spontaneously born from the infinite space of the Wuji, they appear as rays of light that came before the creation of the world.”
The five pure lights are the underlying subtle and divine energies of the five elements whose transformation into spirit, energy, and matter precedes all creation. The prenatal development of the human body depends upon the collection of these energies, which become the prenatal Wu Jing Shen (five original spirits).
Ref: Chinese Medical QiGong Therapy Vol. I (Jerry Alan Johnson)