Val sat down on the floor. "Forgive me if you already know this, but I want to make sure we are on the same page. Elemental shape magic is the magic of channeling fundamental energies through movement. As you follow the shapes associated with these energies, and as you impress your intentions in your motions, your body becomes a conduit for magic, allowing you to cast spells. You already know of one shape that is essential to magical geometry: the circle, representing a boundary. The next important shape is the triangle, representing change, which forms the base for the symbols of the elements". He drew with his finger on the floor: with the light that flowed from his fingertips, he drew six triangles within circles arranged in two rows of three each, the top row with their point up and the bottom row with their point down. He gestured at the first column - "Fire", he said, pointing at the upright triangle; "Water", he said, pointing at the inverted triangle. He drew a little line crossing the tips of the two middle triangles: he pointed at the top one - "Air" - and the bottom one - "Earth". For the last column, he added a dot within each triangle's apex: "Light" and "Darkness".

"The cosmos can be thought of as a balance of these fundamental energies. You will learn one basic spell for each element; through this course, you will learn how these energies relate to your sensibilities, and how can you harness them.