The Way of Four: Create Elemental Balance in Your Life

by Deborah Lipp

Book Overview

Earth, Air, Fire, and Water--not only are these elements the building blocks of the universe, but also potent keys to heightened self-understanding. The Way of Four helps you determine which of the four elements are prominent and which are lacking in your world using a variety of custom-made quizzes. It includes a multitude of methods to incorporate and balance the elements in your environment, wardrobe, and even your perfume. This is a fun and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738705411
• ISBN13: 9780738705415
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An excellent book

I am fairly new to Wicca and I can say that I didn't know what to expect from a book written by a traditional point of view. I received it in perfect condition and I started reading immediatelly. I am very satisfied by the quality of the book and the writer's style. She is very informative and specific. She gives plenty of information and the total is solid and full of helpful ideas. It is obvious that she knows well her subject and it is an excellent tool for someone who wants to work with the elements. I would recommend it without hesitation to anyone who wants to seriously work with the elements. If you are looking for just superficial work don't buy it but if you are truly ready to discover yourself and the elements by hard (and sometimes fun) work then this is the book for you.

Perfect once again !

Deborah Lipp once again writes a book we can all learn from. From a newbie to a elder of the craft. I highly recommend this book.

Understanding the Elements for Themselves and Within

After reading this book I feel that I have a much firmer grasp on the concepts related to each element and their balance with each other. I thoroughly enjoyed the quizzes throughout to better understand how the elements are coming through me and my lifestyle. I found that to be most enlightening. The book was very well written, and has wonderful exercises for bringing any of the elements into your life more, as well as attuning with any of the elements.

Balm Fro Modern Life

Deborah Lipp has done an excellant job of providing practical and easy to follow ideas on how to restore and maintain a sense of balance including easy to understand assessments of our balance. This book focuses on balancing the four elements-earth, air, water and fire in our homes and our daily lives. In this regard the book is very enriching offering ideas for decorating and rituals that enhance our appreciation of our lives and our world. This book reminded of Thomas Mores books on reestablishing a sense of enchantment in our lives. Given our modernistic focus on being productive and being acquisitive this book is a counterbalancing force to the excesses and deficiencies in our modern world which tends to impoverish and disenchant our daily experience.

Wonderful, useful book

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.