Balance Your Earth, Air, Fire And Water - Natalie Harte
(Article originally published in The Llewellyn Journal.)
Balance is an elusive quality that we all strive for, and the New Year is a particularly good time for us to start fresh in this arena. As pagans, the essence of our beliefs is captured by the notion of balance—the balance of the seasons, of light and dark, night and day, death and rebirth, god and goddess, body and spirit. One of the main ways this is reflected is in our use of the elements in ritual—invoking each in their quarter, and honoring them in turn. But the elements are important for more than just ritual. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, when present in complementary amounts, help to keep us steady, healthy and whole.
Balancing the elements is the theme of Deborah Lipp’s enjoyable and insightful book, The Way of Four. Not only does she take a serious look at the elements, their history, and their roles in our life, but she makes it fun with quizzes and fills it with practical suggestions for finding balance.
http://kajama.com/balance-earth-air-fire-water/
Balance is an elusive quality that we all strive for, and the New Year is a particularly good time for us to start fresh in this arena. As pagans, the essence of our beliefs is captured by the notion of balance—the balance of the seasons, of light and dark, night and day, death and rebirth, god and goddess, body and spirit. One of the main ways this is reflected is in our use of the elements in ritual—invoking each in their quarter, and honoring them in turn. But the elements are important for more than just ritual. Earth, Air, Fire, and Water, when present in complementary amounts, help to keep us steady, healthy and whole.
Balancing the elements is the theme of Deborah Lipp’s enjoyable and insightful book, The Way of Four. Not only does she take a serious look at the elements, their history, and their roles in our life, but she makes it fun with quizzes and fills it with practical suggestions for finding balance.
http://kajama.com/balance-earth-air-fire-water/