Does time flow differently in Faerie?

“. . . . while time doesn’t materially flow differently in Elfin, although that is surely possible in some instances, we do experience time in a different way. We have, for the most part, slowed ours’elves down and thus experience time as moving like a gentle creek flowing calmly toward the river. It is subjective time, certainly, and it takes a shift of perspective to perceive, but then that’s quite a bit of what Elfin, Faerie and magic are all about anyway, experience the world and life in a whole Other way”

     In The Fellowship of the Ring, when the members of the fellowship are taking sanctuary in the elven realms of Lothlorien, some of them note that time seems to flow differently there but other members of the Fellowship point out that the difference is not actual but subjective. That is to say it is not that time is flowing differently but that it feels different when one is in Elfin or Faerie.

     This idea that the Faerie realms move at a different rate of time is quite traditional in Faerie lore, where a person can be in one of the Faerie realms for what seems like days or weeks to them and then return to their normal world to discover that years have passed by. Where has the time flown, is the usual reaction.

     And there is some indication, according to the theories of Special Relativity, that time does flow differently in certain instances according to one’s frame of reference and one’s velocity so that time slows near to a stop when one approaches the speed of light. That being the case, we might think that the Faerie realms are somehow vibrating faster than the normal realms of Man. This may, in part, explain how it is that time seems to move so quickly in the realms of men, or at least, why they are always in a hurry to get things done before time runs out on them.

     Our sisters of the Elf Queen’s Daughters (see our Silver Elves books titled Elf Magic Mail, volume 1 and 2) sometimes noted that they vibrated at a different rate of speed than the normal folk. This being the case because they were more efficient in some ways and yet more laid back at the same time. And yet, we think this is primarily a matter of a frame of reference than an actual difference between our elvish time or our time in Elfin and that of the normal folk and their world.

     The fact is that among we elven, time moves both very quickly and very slowly. On the one hand, there is the idea that time flies when one is having fun and we elves are nearly always having fun so that when one leaves Elfin or Faerie, or Lothlorien for the members of the Fellowship, it seems as though it has happened far more quickly than they would wish. For one most often wishes they could stay in Elfin forever. We know we feel that way, especially when we are with our true kindred.

     Simultaneously, when one is in Elfin, one is so absorbed into the energy there that it frequently seems as though time isn’t passing at all. One lives in a sort of timeless bubble insulated from the pressures of the world and its energies that are ever urging one to hurry, hurry, hurry. In the normal world, one is ever rushing about to get nowhere and being ever busy doing nothing of significance while accomplishing very little. It is all, as Shakespeare pointed out, Much Ado About Nothing.

     In Elfin, even quiet slow seeming moments are cherished. It all gets done and yet there is no hurry and not much need to accomplish anything save what one desires to do. Sometimes, our artists are filled with passionate energy and most true artist do seem to be elfae types really but mostly we are just cruising along quite delighted to be together. What is more important than that really?

     And because we elves are generally calmer about nearly everything than men and the normal folk, we are in less of a hurry and therefore less likely to make mistakes that make everything take longer, having to do it all again. And when we do make mistakes, they are often artistic mistakes that we incorporate into what we are doing. This makes us more efficient for the most part and we often get more done in less time because we are not really in a hurry. It’s a bit of a paradox but then most things concerning Elfin, Faerie and we elfae folk ours’elves are.

     So, we are led to conclude that while time doesn’t materially flow differently in Elfin, although that is surely possible in some instances, we do experience time in a different way. We have, for the most part, slowed ours’elves down and thus experience time as moving like a gentle creek flowing calmly toward the river. It is subjective time, certainly, and it takes a shift of perspective to perceive, but then that’s quite a bit of what Elfin, Faerie and magic are all about anyway, experience the world and life in a whole Other way.

Kyela,
The Silver Elves
https://silverelves.angelfire.com

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And if you enjoyed the article above, then you may surely enjoy these articles also by The Silver Elves on the subject of the Elfin and Faerie Realms:

1.) When Faerie Returns Will There Still be a Race of Men? And Are Elves Halflings, Part Mankind, due to Manifesting in Human Bodies?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/07/19/when-faerie-returns-will-there-still-be-a-race-of-men-and-are-elves-halflings-part-man-due-to-manifesting-in-human-bodies

2.) Are We Elves in these Modern Times Related to the Tuatha de Danann and the Sidhe? And What Are Elven Spiritual Genetics?

https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/are-we-elves-in-these-modern-times-related-to-the-tuatha-de-danann-and-the-sidhe-and-what-are-elven-spiritual-genetics/

 

3.) Did the Tuatha de Danann live in a Mirror World?

https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2022/04/did-tuatha-de-danann-live-in-mirror.html

If you have questions about the Elven Way, Awakening, 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. We also suggest our volume 2 in this series of questions and answers:

Manifesting Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 2 ; and The New Dawn of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 3 ; and Visions of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 4

Just click on these links above and read what questions are discussed in each book. If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about modern elves, then you will surely find these books on awakening and living the life elven and otherkin to contain many of your questions answered and either or all four books will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to abide in the magical realms of elfin and in manifesting elfin in your daily life.

“May star shine light your path even in the midst of day.”
—Olde Elven Saying by The Silver Elves meaning: “wishing that one will be guided by the Shining Ones even when one is enmeshed in the hustle and bustle of the world.”

. . . And to learn more about the Elven Way and magical path of the elves, you may enjoy reading: The Elven Way: The Magical Path of The Shining Ones

“The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown
illuminated by the glow of the elves.”
(From the cover below)

 

Please do come join our elven and otherkin groups on Facebook, dear Kindred! Here is our vision for the groups as a virtual community:

For those wishing to join our many Silver Elves groups for Elfae and also friends of Elfae on Facebook, here is fairly complete list below of ones that we administer: You are all invited to any and all of them! We envision our 16+ Elfae Facebook groups as all connected (so in a way all one big elfae community group) and so going from one to the other is like meandering or flying around and being in a large elven community. It is like beautiful and enchanting large multi-story house that is inhabited by a number of elfae groups: (bottom floor has three private groups inside: The Elven Way and also Feasting with the Elves with a big kitchen and dining area for chatting, along with the Elven Home group); and (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art). There are also lots of large enclosed or screened in porches off the main house (where you will find: Magical Books of the Silver Elves, Elfin Faerie Lore, Elven Life and Magic and We Adore Elves); there are also two gazebos, one is outside in the front lawn for Elvish Magical Chat and the other is in the back yard for I heart Elven Magic; an open circle outside around the bonfire to the side of the house for the Elf Witches of the Mystic Moon group; a quaint tree house out front for Elfae Tree Folk to meet; a faerie circle that is a bit beyond the back of the house in the forest for The Faerie Circle group to meet; and at the front gate is a cozy elfae cottage for those first entering to be greeting in the group Silver Elves Embassy. There is also a path from the house that wanders down to the creek and goes through where the group Nature and the Unseen Realms with the Elves and Otherkin meet and also that leads to meeting places for United Otherkin Alliance and its private sister group. So please do come join us in any and all of our groups:

The Magical Books of the Silver Elves — https://www.facebook.com/groups/539205916250397 And if you would like to find out more about our 70+ 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.
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Elven Home — https://www.facebook.com/groups/1712981718807166This 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.
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Elfae Tree Folk— https://www.facebook.com/groups/499002196782965 A place to share anything about the beloved trees that we elfae love so very dear and about life as a tree folk. This group is for you to spread your elven light through the day & the night and the forest.
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Elven Life and Magic — A group for fae folk of all kinds posting their magic and how they manifest living as an elfae. https://www.facebook.com/groups/629491797123886

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Elvish Magical Chat — Posting and chatting all about elves, faeries, pixies, and magic! https://www.facebook.com/groups/307775362744491

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The Faerie Circle — A group for the magical elfae folk. Be ever blest!https://www.facebook.com/groups/1025483294180077

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Elf Witches of the Mystic Moon — A place to share your magic and enchantment with other elf witches! https://www.facebook.com/groups/806583242768352

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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

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I Heart Elven Magic — For those who love Elfin Magic. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2215672296

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Feasting With the Elves (having fun sharing elven recipes and healthy eating) — https://www.facebook.com/groups/597948240617006

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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. And its sister private group: *United Otherworld Friends https://www.facebook.com/groups/UnitedOtherworldFriends

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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

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Nature & the Unseen Realms with the Elves & otherkin. A spiritual journey — This is a very active elven and otherkin group posting those generally unnoticed realms and wonders of Nature. https://www.facebook.com/groups/196916350335537

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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

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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 share some of our magical tales and adventures in this group that have lead us to further embrace the Shining Ones. https://www.facebook.com/groups/206231890276255

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We Adore Elves — This group is just a little hideaway for us to all come share our love for elves and elven and our elfin-faerie creativity as we manifest Elven in our lives. https://www.facebook.com/groups/Elfae

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Also do look for our other elfae groups on Facebook: Elfae Spirituality Group, Elfae Tree Folk, and Elfin Faerie Lore.

“Often when we tell people we are elves,
they assume that we are joking,
and we allow them to think so,
but we are what we are and what we are is elfin.”
— The Silver Elves

 

 

And Now for a Bit of Elven Fun!

Enter here the Elven Tree of Life Eternal

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. If you find yourself circling in particular realm, then this is perhaps important to recognized as part of your magical Nature. Then, when you feel you would like to exit our elven forest, please do 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).

“Some wander into Faerie not knowing what they seek,
just that something draws them here of which they cannot speak,
and as their eyes do sparkle with the wonder of it all,
memories of a world deemed lost upon their thoughts do fall.”
— The Silver Elves

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