[maryz]

what's you take on these elemental spirits.

I believe they'd be the "spirits" of water, earth, air and fire -- hallmarks of animism. A Muslim once told me that the Arabs were animists before Mohammed.

[caww]

Ephesians 4:14-15 “We must no longer be children, tossed to and fro and blown about by every wind of doctrine, by people's trickery, by the craftiness and deceitful scheming. By speaking the truth in love we must grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.”

The 'elemental spirits' are seen in various categories. Universal, earthy, spiritual in nature,....Astrology, magic, pagan worship, traditions of men, demonic influences and the like,... which were prevalent at the time of Collossians writing. But all point to “winds of doctrine” (see verse above)