"Uiler" <uiler_1@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3f28e2d5@clarion.carno.net.au...
> 5parrowhawk wrote:
>
> > Frank White wrote:
> >> Let's see...
> >>
> >> Water, fire, wood, metal, and light.
> >>
> >> Aren't those the Eastern elements?
> >>
> >> FW.  Talking off the top of his head.
> >
> > Off-hand I haven't seen Light as an element (except in Squaresoft
> > games). Void, OTOH, is a bona fide element AFAIK.
> >
> > - 5parrow
>
> The 5 Chinese elements are water, fire, wood, metal and earth.
>
On the other hand, when Musashi wrote the Book of Five Rings, his
"Rings" (elements) were Air, Water, Fire, Earth and Void.

               Chris Mattern