Tomer Willardson

From a scientific viewpoint, the idea of five elements is symbolic rather than factual. Today, we know that matter is made of atoms and subatomic particles, not just Earth or Fire. But ancient cultures weren’t wrong in spirit — they tried to explain complex natural processes with what they observed. Fire could stand for energy, Earth for matter, Air for gases, Water for liquids, and Space for the unseen forces that connect everything. If you look at it that way, the ancient model foreshadows modern physics in a very abstract sense.