Creation of the World

Before creation itself there was the Seed of Vitality- it predated the earth and sea and heaven when all was dark and empty. Cloaked in darkness and filled with remnants to bring forth life, the Seed hatched from four corners: fire emerged from the north, earth solidified in the east, water rained in the south, and air breathed in the west. The most natural elements surrounded the Seed in perfect harmony, then they expanded for 18,000 years. And in those 18,000 years, the earth gave the Seed a protective coat, a body; the water filled its deepest valleys, and the wind screamed between the mountains. Fire was the only element to descend from the Seed, rising alone and expanding faster and larger than all else. Soon it became a ball of shimmering light in the Heavens, where it fertilized it with light.