“. . . .the Shining Ones are conceived of by we Silver Elves as spirits who have progressed through the process of evolution. And in doing so and through great effort and devotion to development of their being and quite often personal sacrifice on the behalf of others, the Shining Ones have ascended into the subtler yet more expansive dimensions of spiritual being.”
The Shining Ones for the elves and elfae folk are the equivalent of what most people think of as angels, or what Tolkien would have called the Ainur, which consisted of the Valar and the Maiar. Tolkien’s is a somewhat simpler derivation of the Angelic Hierarchy in traditional Christian angelology, consisting of Seraphim, Cherubim, Thrones, Dominions or Lordships, Virtues or Strongholds or Authorities, Principalities or Rulers, Archangels and Angels. Note, angels are the lowest of the hierarchy with Seraphim being the highest.
We say the Shining Ones are similar to angels . . . except, instead of the Shining Ones being individuals who were created by some god as is (like in both Tolkien’s and the traditional Christian view) and are thus never changing and are merely representing powers that are obedient (for the most part) to their god’s will, the Shining Ones are conceived of by we Silver Elves as spirits who have progressed through the process of evolution. And in doing so and through great effort and devotion to development of their being and quite often personal sacrifice on the behalf of others, the Shining Ones have ascended into the subtler yet more expansive dimensions of spiritual being.
So it is that we could interact with the Shining Ones in the way many religious folk communicate with their chosen or inherited deity, saint or angel through the use of prayer, burning candles, creating a magic table (what most folks would call an altar) and so forth, pleading for their intercession into some aspect of our lives. And waiting and trusting an having faith that they will help us.
From an elven point of view, praying is merely a form of spell casting, although generally with a more whiny and subservient attitude rather than the more confident and will-backed power that is generally used in conjuration. The religious use of magic is along the lines of oh please won’t you do this and the magical view is more we have confidence that this will be done and in your ability to do it. At the same time, we Silver Elves are rather fond of candle burning, magic tables set for various purposes and gifts to the spirits that we seek a relationship with. This is rather like the fact that if we are invited to someone’s house to dinner we might bring a dessert or a bottle of wine, or if we invite them, as we invite the Shining Ones into our lives, we provide the meal for them as our honored guests. We wish to reciprocate for their positive influence in our lives and let them know that we appreciate them and seek closer union and friendship.
Of course, one could use our book An Elfin Book of Spirits and evoke or invoke the Shining Ones who are listed in that tome in an informal fashion or use ceremonial magick (see our Book of Elven Magick, volume 1 & and also volume 2) in order to draw their attention to one’s life, one’s struggles and one’s aspirations. And we Silver Elves have certainly done this in our lives and continue to do so from time to time when need, vision or purpose arises. We are essentially elven hedgewitches (see our book Elven Hedgewitchery And Found Magic) and our magic is very eclectic, impromptu and ad hoc most of the time.
Ultimately, however, the Shining Ones are not interested in our prayers nor are they all that interested in our devotion to them. They are not interested in having their egos fanned. Rather, they seek to encourage us to develop the powers and skills that they have obtained, or one’s similar that are suited to our individual natures. We do this by following their example, devoting our own energy to making our own lives better and the lives of those around us and most importantly attempting to develop our own s’elves in every conceivable way.
It is this concerted attention to improvement, combined with regular and consistent practice and action, that best connects us to the Shining Ones and truly draws their attention toward us and their blessings upon us and our lives. Prayers and incantations, evocations and invocations are not ineffectual entirely, they simply tend to be less effective than direct action. In some ways, for the Shining Ones, they are like commercials one might see on television or even a billboard or even that one gets in one’s snail mail or email that most of which gets immediately consigned to the trash.
Real action, on the other hand, makes the Shining Ones stand up and pay attention. Just as we tend to pay attention to those we see who are actually doing something. Even if they are not doing it entirely well, we are inclined to watch and perhaps moved to offer suggestions as to how to do things better if, indeed, we have any or know what we are talking about. For there are those in the world who are ever eager to give advice about things of which they have little or no knowledge at all. The Shining Ones, however, have been through it all thems’elves and they know what they are talking about and have the power to back up their advice with energy.
Make progress in your own spiritual life, dear Kindred, which is to say the life of your spirit, empowering yours’elf in every positive way and the Shining Ones will surely pay heed, nod their approval and do what they can to assist you. And then signs, blessings and magic will just seem to come your way, seemingly by accident, although this will be no accident at all. Synchronicities will occur as they do when one is on their true path and following what we elves call The Elven Way.
‘Te ata arae eli,’
(Arvyndase for ‘Be one among us’),
The Silver Elves
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If you enjoyed the article above on the Shining Ones, then you may also enjoy reading:
Who Are the Shining Ones That the Elves Speak Of?
https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2018/08/who-are-shining-ones-that-elves-speak-of.html
“Elfin can be found on a high hill, a low valley, a wild wood, a dusty lane, a flowered meadow, a secret niche, a quiet beach, here, there and everywhere we are, for we are elven true.”
—The Silver Elves
And if you enjoyed this article above, then you may surely enjoy our book THE SHINING ONES!
THE SHINING ONES:
The Elfin Spirits That Guide You According to
Your Birth Date and the Evolutionary Lessons They Offer
The Shining Ones don’t really guide our lives individually but rather offer us lessons in magic and evolution as individuals, which is to say they have many students but tailor their teaching to the needs, aspirations and visions of each one. They are teachers who offer instruction and the courses you are offered are based in part on the day you were born, the period of the month and the month you were born in. Or really, you were born on a certain day because you are assigned to a certain required course. If you wish to further you relationship with those High Elven spirits who have gone before us, this book will help show you the way.
In reading this book, you will find that there is both a Shining One for each month, as well as a Shining One for each ten degrees of the zodiac, as well as a Shining One for each degree. Be sure and read all three of these that are associated with your or your loved ones particular birth date. For some excerpts and more about this book, please go to: http://silverelves.angelfire.com/HAshiningones.html
“To traditional magicians, spirits are either demons to be compelled or powers to be implored; but to we elven the spirits are our friends, colleagues and kin, who are not only inclined to help us, but also easily persuaded to do so.”
—Ancient Elfin Knowledge
And for your Magic evoking or invoking the Shining Ones . . . . An Elfin Book of Spirits: Evoking the beneficent powers of Faerie by The Silver Elves
An Elfin Book of Spirits:
Evoking the beneficent powers of Faerie
An Elven Book of Spirits contains 360 spirits with their sigils (sigil drawings are included) and descriptions that help one understand their powers and how they can best be magically evoked for one’s positive use and benefit. We Silver Elves find that this book is one of, if not the most, valuable magical references of Elven Shining Ones for our magic.
Excerpt below from page 11 of An Elfin Book of Spirits:
How This Book [An Elfin Book of Spirits] Came to Be
“Back in 1981 we were thinking about moving to California from Florida where we were living at the time. We wanted a spirit to help us do this but didn’t find one that seemed appropriate to our needs among those in the grimoires and books we had at the time. Zardoa went searching for the right spirit in the Elfin realms of the astral and imaginal planes of being and encountered Migrashea, who was the first spirit from this book that we called and who, within six months, had us successfully relocated in California.”
“Migrashea introduced us to Zorafina whose expertise is bringing the right people together and she guided us to other spirits as we needed them. But it wasn’t until 1985 that we decided to create a grimoire of spirits for our use. Again, Zardoa went exploring on the subtle planes looking for spirits with Zorafina as a guide. However, as before, he didn’t merely look for every spirit he encountered to put in the book but had a list of talents, abilities, powers and needs and looked for the spirits who could best fulfill them. In most cases, as in life in consensual reality, one spirit led to another and most of the spirits were found by reference and introduction from other spirits.”
“We cannot say that we have called and utilized the services of every spirit in this book, however, in the past thirty plus years we have called well over a hundred of them (there are 360 in the book in all) for various purposes and have found them to be in every case both reliable, absolutely trustworthy and effective in their efforts on our behalf.”
You may read more about An Elfin Book of Spirits here on our website (table of contents and an excerpt included) and find it for sale on Amazon USA here and on Amazon UK here.
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“The Elves say: There is only one path that one has come, but many ways that one might go.”
—Elfin Knowledge of the Eldars
We Silver Elves invite you to join us on Facebook on our “Elf Sayings from the Silver Elves” page where we post a new inspirational elf saying each day!
“Light shines in the hearts of the elfae and pours through their eyes into the world, leaving stardust everywhere.”
—The Silver Elves
Many people ask us which Silver Elves books to begin reading first and so we say, which ever sounds right to you, follow your elven intuition, as there is really no right order in which to read them (you may view all 50+ of these on our author Amazon page here for the USA and here for UK)! But if you would like a suggestion, you may wish to begin with one or more of these books listed below:
1. Through The Mists Of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven This is our most popular book and one we highly recommend reading by anyone interested in elves and the elven way.
2. The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones This is a companion book to Through the Mists of Faerie, but may be read in any order. It is also a very popular book and a good one to start with.
3. The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage Into Faerie
4. The Book of Elven Magick, The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves, volume 1, explores the Elven viewpoint concerning magick and the world, and traditional spiritual and religious myths. It covers all the color magicks, the tools of magic, and gives magical ceremonies that may be adapted for use by modern elves, magicians, and faerie folk. The Book of Elven Magick, The Philosophy and Enchantments ofthe Seelie Elves, Volume 2, continues the progression of the color magicks and proceeds on into the nature and establishment of the Elven Vortex/Coven, using mudras and tattoos in magic, using mantras in magic, our theories on calling the directions/dimensions, magical words of power, and much more. It is the completion of and companion to volume 1.
“We elves see ours’elves as actors in a play conceived by the Divine Magic in which extemporaneous improvisation is greatly encouraged.”
—The Silver Elves
We also suggest that if you have questions about the Elven Way and being an elf, then you may also wish to read The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path. If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about modern elves, then you will surely find The Magical Realms of Elfin to contain many of your questions answered and it will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to the magical realms of Elfin.
“May star shine light your path even in the midst of day.”
—Olde Elven Saying wishing that one will be guided by the Shining Ones even when one is emmeshed in the hustle and bustle of the world.”
And now for a bit of Elven fun!
We invite you to come to our website and enter our elven forest and go through the Elven Tree of Life Eternal to explore your magical nature (it’s free and completely private). It is set up somewhat like a choose your own adventure book and a fun way to explore your specific magic while all roads lead to Elfin. Then return to “the Eald of the Silver Elves home page” at any time you wish by clicking the “home page” link at the top of any page you happen to be on. You may enjoy other pages on our website including reading some of our Magical Elven Love Letters or taking our Elf, Fae or Otherkin Survey and we will happily gift you a beautiful narrative about your magical tribe (this is not an automatic response but instead is especially written for you based on your responses and our own elven intuition).
Enter here the Elven Tree of Life Eternal
We also offer this same experience in book form: The Elven Tree of Life Eternal: A Magical Quest for Our True S’Elf.
The Silver Elves invite you to come join us in some of our elven and magical otherkin Facebook groups where you will find our elven-faerie-fae otherkin community interacting and sharing The Elven Way:
The Magical Books of the Silver Elves — https://www.facebook.com/groups/539205916250397 — And if you would like to find out more about our 50+ The Silver Elves books on The Elven Way, please do join us! We have discussions about our Silver Elves books as well as about Elven and Otherkin philosophy, elven lifestyle and the Elven Way. If you have read our books and would like to discuss them with us, this is the place to come join in the discussions and ask also questions. And please do come share here in this group your own creative elven works of art, music, writing, crafts, or whatever you do to manifest Elfin in your life in your own way, as well as your thoughts and feelings about living the life Elfin.
Elven Home — https://www.facebook.com/groups/1712981718807166
This is an enchanting and private place for all elfae folk to share in cozy comfort. Feel free to share anything elfae related, and please do share (with images when you can) all about your own Eald (Elven Home) and the special aspects of it that make it your own enchanting elfin space.
Elven Life and Magic — A group for fae folk of all kinds.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/629491797123886
Elvish Magical Chat — Posting and chatting all about elves, faeries, pixies, and magic!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/307775362744491
The Faerie Circle — A group for the magical elfae folk. Be ever blest!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1025483294180077
Elf Witches of the Mystic Moon — A place to share your magic and enchantment with other elf witches!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/806583242768352
Faerie Craft —This is a group to share your elven and fae creations, and yes you are welcome to advertise your elfish/faerie crafts.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/395403367195312
I Heart Elven Magic —For those who love Elfin Magic.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2215672296
Feasting With the Elves (having fun sharing elven recipes and healthy eating) — https://www.facebook.com/groups/597948240617006
United Otherkin Alliance —
https://www.facebook.com/groups/328253710566869 This is an alliance for Otherkin/ Therians, where elves, faeries, dragons, kitsune, gnomes, hobbits, merkin, pixies, brownies, nymphs, driads, niaids, valkyrie, vampires, devas, fauns, unicorns, animal kin and all manner of Faerie Folk gather and come together! This group is open to anyone who wishes to be part of a congenial group of Otherkin.
The Elven Way — This group creates a place for people to learn about the Elven Way and for Elves, Otherkin, and their friends to have a fun gathering place to enjoy each other’s company and share things on the path. It is open to anyone who wishes to learn about the Elven Way and friends of such.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/165938637423212
Nature & the Unseen Realms with the Elves & otherkin. A spiritual journey —
https://www.facebook.com/groups/196916350335537
Elfin Faerie Lore — For Faeries and Elfin Folk. This group is for sharing elfin faerie lore, magic and life as Fae,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/975038062512421
Silver Elves Embassy — This is a place of rest and gathering together to relax and share our stories, dreams for the future, and magic of our elfin adventures. We Silver Elves also share here in this group some of our own magical tales and adventures that have lead us to further embrace the Shining Ones.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/206231890276255
Attention Dear Kindred! Come listen to the elves speaking Arvyndase!
Have you always wanted to hear elves speak in Arvyndase, the magical language of The Silver Elves? Come listen as Zardoa speaks Arvyndase (SilverSpeech) and Silver Flame translates! Just published our first You Tube video in our new The Silver Elves channel. And we would love it if you would please subscribe, like and comment! https://youtu.be/unUkxT9QbNE
“The Elves say: The mind is a prism, the spirit pure light, when the spirit shines through the mind it creates a rainbow.”
— The Silver Elves
And don’t miss reading more about our newest book published May 31st, 2020:
BEYOND DEATH: The Elfin Book of the Dead, Ascending towards the Faerie Realms through Progressive Incarnations
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/06/05/beyond-death-the-elfin-book-of-the-dead-ascending-towards-the-faerie-realms-through-progressive-incarnations
And you can find all 50+ of The Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on Amazon here:
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Touch this star above, Dearest Kindred, for an Elven Blessing!
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The Silver Elves Blog 
July 6, 2020 at 7:36 pm |
“The religious use of magic is along the lines of oh please won’t you do this and the magical view is more we have confidence that this will be done and in your ability to do it.”
A very timely post as I have been meditating on these exact thoughts for the past few days.
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July 6, 2020 at 9:20 pm |
SO glad it rang a bell with your own thoughts, dear Sister!
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