Bastiaan Baan worked as a teacher in the Netherlands before being ordained as a Christian Community priest in 1981. From 2013 he was the director of the Priests’ Seminary in North America before returning to the Netherlands in 2019. He lectures widely, and has written many books, including Lord of the Elements and Old and New Mysteries, both published by Floris Books.

• What is matterThe path through the elements in the mystery centresLord of the elementsElemental beingsGenesis and the four elementsThe elements in the New TestamentJohn the alchemistThe elements and the sacramentsThe School of Chartres and the goddess NaturaElemental beings in natureNatural disastersSeeing with other eyesElemental beings in art and scienceThe role of the angelic hierarchies and the adversary powersNew developments and experiencesElemental beings in future

'Baan presents us with a rich and lively narrative… [he] gives us many helpful and practical ideas on how to approach nature in a Christ-filled way … This book can enable us to take a positive step towards our right destiny as human beings. It can be used as a friendly guide and source of encouragement so that each of us can find the courage to stand upright, free from the bonds of materialism, balanced between the earth at our feet and the heavens at our head.'-- Perspectives

Bastiaan Baan worked as a teacher in the Netherlands before being ordained as a Christian Community priest in 1981. From 2013 he was the director of the Priests’ Seminary in North America before returning to the Netherlands in 2019. He lectures widely, and has written many books, including Lord of the Elements and Old and New Mysteries, both published by Floris Books.

• What is matterThe path through the elements in the mystery centresLord of the elementsElemental beingsGenesis and the four elementsThe elements in the New TestamentJohn the alchemistThe elements and the sacramentsThe School of Chartres and the goddess NaturaElemental beings in natureNatural disastersSeeing with other eyesElemental beings in art and scienceThe role of the angelic hierarchies and the adversary powersNew developments and experiencesElemental beings in future

'Baan presents us with a rich and lively narrative… [he] gives us many helpful and practical ideas on how to approach nature in a Christ-filled way … This book can enable us to take a positive step towards our right destiny as human beings. It can be used as a friendly guide and source of encouragement so that each of us can find the courage to stand upright, free from the bonds of materialism, balanced between the earth at our feet and the heavens at our head.'-- Perspectives

Bastiaan Baan worked as a teacher in the Netherlands before being ordained as a Christian Community priest in 1981. From 2013 he was the director of the Priests’ Seminary in North America before returning to the Netherlands in 2019. He lectures widely, and has written many books, including Lord of the Elements and Old and New Mysteries, both published by Floris Books.

• What is matterThe path through the elements in the mystery centresLord of the elementsElemental beingsGenesis and the four elementsThe elements in the New TestamentJohn the alchemistThe elements and the sacramentsThe School of Chartres and the goddess NaturaElemental beings in natureNatural disastersSeeing with other eyesElemental beings in art and scienceThe role of the angelic hierarchies and the adversary powersNew developments and experiencesElemental beings in future

'Baan presents us with a rich and lively narrative… [he] gives us many helpful and practical ideas on how to approach nature in a Christ-filled way … This book can enable us to take a positive step towards our right destiny as human beings. It can be used as a friendly guide and source of encouragement so that each of us can find the courage to stand upright, free from the bonds of materialism, balanced between the earth at our feet and the heavens at our head.'-- Perspectives