4 Types of Sentences & Elements?
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Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
There are four types of sentences: Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Declarative. To me, it seems we can easily assign these to the four elements:
Imperative is Fire; showing the command, reflecting Will.
Exclamatory is Water; demonstrating emotion.
Interrogative is Air; representing the questioning of reason.
Declaritive is Earth; determining stated facts.
I'm wandering if this may be an interesting way to help interpret the sentences of the Holy Books? May be interesting to see. Each of these four types of sentences seem to easily relate the the four elements.
Love is the law, love under will.
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@Daegal said
"I'm wandering if this may be an interesting way to help interpret the sentences of the Holy Books? May be interesting to see. Each of these four types of sentences seem to easily relate the the four elements.
"Indeed! Or perhaps as a way of structuring ceremonies for the elements!
When addressing the four quarters, you could use the sentence type for each, perhaps as addressed to the Angel or guardian of that quarter.
For example(just brainstorming here, I love the idea. Us Gemini's love speech..):
"Micheal, guard me from the wicked and bring the fire of God's will upon the shifting sands of time.
Gabriel, your calls beckon and guide me through illusion and onward to Love.
Raphael, what is the call on the wind? Where shall the fair current take me?
Uriel, Truth is afoot."
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@Diluvium said
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@Daegal said
"I'm wandering if this may be an interesting way to help interpret the sentences of the Holy Books? May be interesting to see. Each of these four types of sentences seem to easily relate the the four elements.
"Indeed! Or perhaps as a way of structuring ceremonies for the elements!
When addressing the four quarters, you could use the sentence type for each, perhaps as addressed to the Angel or guardian of that quarter.
For example(just brainstorming here, I love the idea. Us Gemini's love speech..):
"Micheal, guard me from the wicked and bring the fire of God's will upon the shifting sands of time.
Gabriel, your calls beckon and guide me through illusion and onward to Love.
Raphael, what is the call on the wind? Where shall the fair current take me?
Uriel, Truth is afoot."
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Yes! That's a great idea I hadn't thought of! It would be great for ritual structure. I'm a Gemini as well so I get you lol. I really like your examples - hell I may use them! Be interesting to try it in ritual and see how it feels. Thanks for the feedback!
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@Daegal said
"Thanks for the feedback!
"Thanks for the idea!
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Interesting,
and what of the Fifth? Does it have a place?
Some sentences can be interpreted differently, and the sentence alone does not tell us difinitvely which category it may be in, and we have to use the context clues to determine it's real, or implied meaning.How about the trinity, compound, complex and simple sentences...I can see that as Horus, Nuit and Hadit....
@Daegal said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
There are four types of sentences: Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Declarative. To me, it seems we can easily assign these to the four elements:Imperative is Fire; showing the command, reflecting Will.
Exclamatory is Water; demonstrating emotion.
Interrogative is Air; representing the questioning of reason.
Declaritive is Earth; determining stated facts.
I'm wandering if this may be an interesting way to help interpret the sentences of the Holy Books? May be interesting to see. Each of these four types of sentences seem to easily relate the the four elements.
Love is the law, love under will."
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@Veronica said
"and what of the Fifth? Does it have a place? "
Silence. The Quintessence is Silence.
@Veronica said
"How about the trinity, compound, complex and simple sentences...I can see that as Horus, Nuit and Hadit...."
I like that. I see the mechanic. It would be interesting, following Daegal's original idea, to run through Liber AL and see if those sentence types are prevalent in their(possibly) corresponding chapters..
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@Veronica said
"Interesting,
and what of the Fifth? Does it have a place?
Some sentences can be interpreted differently, and the sentence alone does not tell us difinitvely which category it may be in, and we have to use the context clues to determine it's real, or implied meaning.How about the trinity, compound, complex and simple sentences...I can see that as Horus, Nuit and Hadit....
@Daegal said
"Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
There are four types of sentences: Imperative, Exclamatory, Interrogative, and Declarative. To me, it seems we can easily assign these to the four elements:Imperative is Fire; showing the command, reflecting Will.
Exclamatory is Water; demonstrating emotion.
Interrogative is Air; representing the questioning of reason.
Declaritive is Earth; determining stated facts.
I'm wandering if this may be an interesting way to help interpret the sentences of the Holy Books? May be interesting to see. Each of these four types of sentences seem to easily relate the the four elements.
Love is the law, love under will."
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Good question! Well hell if I know lol! I would say that we can say Spirit is then found in the mixture of them all, as is found in the idea of the elements anyway; the 0 that binds them.
I love your idea about the other various types! I'm wondering though just how far one could go without it becoming impracticle and combersome. In regards to determining the element of questionable sentences, Id say we could probably use the most apparent or probable, or of course if it works then the result that seems to fit best if on the fence.
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@Diluvium said
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@Veronica said
"and what of the Fifth? Does it have a place? "Silence. The Quintessence is Silence.
@Veronica said
"How about the trinity, compound, complex and simple sentences...I can see that as Horus, Nuit and Hadit...."
I like that. I see the mechanic. It would be interesting, following Daegal's original idea, to run through Liber AL and see if those sentence types are prevalent in their(possibly) corresponding chapters.."
Exactly! Very interesting ideas. Since the majority of sentences seem to be declaritive, Id say IF this works, it would be in a limited manner useful in particular instances of import. For example, the very first or last sentences or those otherwise significant. "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law." = Fire, as an imperitive. Fitting.
