The Way of Four: Create Elemental Balance in Your Life

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Summary: Wonderful, useful book
Review: Air, Fire, Water, and Earth. The author tells us that they are *everything* and she shows us how to take advantage of that knowledge.

I love the nature exercises and meditations, which seem deep and real. I love the quizzes, which are fun and informative. There's humor (like why each element gives flowers), there's practical tips (like home decorating for the elements) and there's magic.

Deborah Lipp's book The Elements of Ritual, was for Wiccans and was very structured. But The Way of Four is for everyone, really--Pagan, Wiccan, or New Age--and is very do-it-yourself.

Five stars.

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Summary: There is no other book like this one!
Review: The information and the way it's presented is valuable to any Pagan, not necessarily Wicca.

If you follow a path that includes the elements in any way then this book will open a whole new world for you!

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Summary: Create Balance With The Elements
Review: This book shows you how to create balance in your life using the four elements: air, fire, water, and earth. The author shows you how to experience and "feel" each element for yourself through guided meditations and conscious ritual. Also included in the book are a variety of cutom-made quizzes and checklists to help you determine which element/s are abundant or lacking in your life. Quizzes and checklists include What I Like About Myself and The Elements In Daily Life, where the reader assesses the elements in home, clothing, art, work, and so on.

Perhaps the neatest aspect to this book is that the author has amaassed a comprehensivehas perfume/cologne database listing the primary elements for popular fragrances. (For example, Happy fron Clinique is Water, while Tommy for men is primarily Air.)

I am not a Pagan or Wiccan (I'm a "New Ager"), so the "spells", rituals, and pagantalk were lost on me. Still, even those not of the Pagan traditions will find value in consciously learning how to promote balance in life. For example, I'm primarily Airy and knew this from both my astrological chart and from intuition. My weakest element, by far, is Earth. (This "air head" needs grounding sometimes!) So I appreciated the practical help this book affords so I can consciously add elements into my life to remind me of the need for balance.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go collect some rocks...

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Summary: Finally, but...
Review: Wonderful material/subject, but wish there was more intelligence and a higher minded approach. By the way, what is this craze all of a sudden about the elements?Altea's (a whole lot better), Goddess Signs, Magickal Personalities, and The Way Of Four? Looks like some of these publishers had a few flies on the wall.