"In the beginning there was only the Spirit.

The Spirit created the Ether from the Void, and the Spirit saw, that the Ether was good.

It had potential, yet it had no real existence.

And so, the Spirit divided it into four parts.

He shaped from the Ether the Fire, and He created the lesser spirits from the light of the Fire, and gave them Thought and Will, the first two aspects of the Fire.

He saw that the Fire was good.

But the first and greatest of the lesser spirits turned from the Spirit to the Void, and many followed him.

And so the Fire became tainted with the Void.

Then, the Spirit shaped the Water from the Ether, to give a material reflection to the light of the Fire. The Spirit was above the Water, seeing all it's depths, both Time and Space, the first two aspects of the Water.

He saw that the Water was good.

But from the Fire, the light of which the Water reflected, the Taint also touched the Water.

And so the Water became tainted with the Void.

The Spirit shaped the Air from the Ether, to give Motion and Stasis to the reflection in the Water, the first two aspects of the Air.

He saw that the Air was good.

But from the Water the Taint touched the Air.

And so the Air became tainted with the Void.

The Spirit shaped the Earth from the Ether, to contain all the unshaped possibilities left in it, after the creation of the other Elements, giving Life and Death to the material world, the first two aspects of the Earth.

He saw that the Earth was good.

But as He used the Air to further shape the Earth, the Taint touched it from the Air.

And so the Earth became tainted with the Void."

/White Canon I. Canons of Origin 1,1-20/