Finding Faerie: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 8

Finding Faerie:
Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path,
Volume 8

(Note: You need not read the first 7 books in this non-fiction series about being Elven and the Faerie Realm before reading this one, but if you have questions that are not answered in this volume 8 then you may find all your questions answered in other books of this series.)

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We Silver Elves are happy to announce the publication of our book Finding Faerie:
Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 8!!!

In FINDING FAERIE, we Silver Elves continue with a volume 8 of our question and answer series addressing numerous questions about elves and faeries and about living the Elven Way. In this book we address with an elven perspective some questions that have been posed to us throughout our 45+ years of following the elven spiritual path and sharing with the world that we are elves in soulful spirit that have incarnated in human bodies.

Finding Faerie explores questions often asked about the magical realms of Faerie and Elfin; the types and characteristics of elves, elfae (a word we Silver Elves coined some decades ago to include elves and all other fae of the Faerie Realm) lifestyle, values and culture; Faerie realm magic and magical studies; The Faeries and Otherkin; and some miscellaneous topics from an elven perspective. Some of the specific questions answered in Finding Faerie are (there are over 100 altogether in the book): Does time flow differently in Faerie? Is there evil in Elfin and Faerie? Does the moon have its own Faerie Realm? Are we elfae descended from nature spirits, the dead or minor gods of antiquity? Do some elfae live in the sky realms? Is it a law of Faerie that if a normal human offers we elfae a bargain, we have to accept it no matter how poor or unjust the trade may be? Is there a Wheel of Fortune in Faerie that only kindness turns? Are the words of power in Faerie the words of love? Is there one king over all kings in Faerie? If a human eats human food after eating faerie food and stops eating faerie food, can they escape from Faerie? Are there as some say five branches to the elven race, being aquatic, gray, high, dark and wood? Do sea elves live beneath the sea? Do we elves have high born and low born? Do we elves have a keen sense of hearing? Are we elves able to communicate with each other telepathically? Are we elves animal whisperers? Do elves sleep? Do we elves become adults after a hundred years? Do we elves have infravision? Do we elfae have the power to make ours’elves invisible? Are we elfae compulsive dancers? Do we elves smoke? Are elven vortexes (covens) hierarchical? What do we think of those elfae who wish to ‘war’ on humanity? Do we elves like to travel around in flocks? Do crosses banish us Elven? Do we elfae tend to live in bands instead of as couples? Are all elves proficient at swordplay and archery? Are we elfae notably conservative and opposed to innovation? Can you break curses with an elven star? How do we Silver Elves cast magical spells? Is one of the secrets of Faerie magic to wish well? How do you know when a sign or omen is genuine? How do you keep your magic from having negative effects on others? What is the difference between Willing and Wishing? Are we elves magic by nature or do we need to do magic? How do you recognize when a stranger is also otherkin? Do faeries die? Does a four-leaf clover allow one to see elfae? If a tree sprite leaves its tree and walks among humans will it become human, unable ever to return? Are the Therians and other animal folk magical beings? Is Sylvan the language of dryads and pixies? Are elfae older than the oldest gods of mythological record? Did we elves teach the trees to speak? Are we elfae the caretakers and guardians of the dead? Are those who manifested as elfae and then leave the Elven Path and never return really elfae?

Most often, a person has questions as one tries: to decide if one is ones’elf an elf, faerie or is some otherkin; to understand what it means to be an elf and how one might know of one’s elfin nature; to understand one’s experience of having an Elven Awakening; to determine how elven magic is alike or different from that performed by other spiritual groups; and to learn about how elves live and relate to mankind and otherkin. In the first seven volumes of this question and answer book series, we covered numerous questions on the above topics, including a section about which of our Silver Elves’ books to read on various interests about the Elven Way, our magic and about being elfin. So, if you are curious about modern elves and faeries, particularly about The Silver Elves (as we do not speak for all elves as elves are quite a varied and independent folk), then you will surely find many of your questions answered in Finding Faerie. If you do not see all the questions that you have about the elves addressed in this volume 8, be sure and check the first seven books in this series, as your questions may well be included in those books (see (also see The Magical Realms of Elfin, volume 1; Manifesting Elfin, volume 2; The New Dawn of Elfin, volume 3; Visions of Elfin, volume 4; Elfin Rising, volume 5; and Illuminating Faerie, volume 6); and Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk, volume 7).

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Dancing toward the dawn in our magical language Arvyndase),
The Silver Elves
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“When we hear you laughing in the distance,
we release all our resistance,
and edging closer we hope you’ll see
that we are kindly folk faerie.
And if you join us, soon you’ll know
that elvish magic in you grow,
and blossom forth adore the world
and thus our elfin flag’s unfurled.”

Is there a connection between the words Ferry and Fairy?

Fairy (or Faerie) and Ferry are homonyms in as much as they have the same pronunciation but a different meaning. However, while their meaning is clearly distinct, Faerie or Fairy (spelled with a capital “F”) or in some cases Faërie, indicating a place or realm and a people (generally spelled with a lower case “f”) and Ferry denoting a boat for passage across water, we Silver Elves still sense a harmony between them.

When one of us elves was very young, we used to take the ferry across the Chesapeake Bay to visit our grandparents, usually very late at night, and that was a bit mysterious and magical. Although, we were quite wee elves at that time. We were at that age when nearly everything is mysterious and magical. There is some lore that states that we elfae folk cannot cross over water. The same thing is sometimes said regarding vampires, but Dracula overcame this limitation when he traveled to England from Transylvania (meaning across the forest) by sleeping in a coffin that contained the soil of his native land. Surely, if we elfae were limited in our ability to cross running water, we would have figured out we could just put some soil in our pockets or the bottom on our shoes to cross streams and rivers, etc.

And what about mermaids and nixies and selkies and sea sprites and other fae of the waters? Clearly, they can cross water and the selkies, taking on humanoid form can cross land as well. So, that bit of lore doesn’t seem to actually apply to us. Although, it may come from a sense of territoriality, since rivers, streams, etc. were commonly used as territorial boundaries in the past and even in some cases today. If we are seen as being like many animals and like men as well for that matter, not being able to cross running water may indicate that we’d be passing out of our own clan territory if we did so. It wasn’t that we couldn’t cross the water but that conflict would surely develop if we did.

You can find this idea of we elfae having territories in such works as Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Kingdoms of Elfin, in Marie Brennan’s Onyx Court series, The War for the Oaks by Emma Bull and many of Holly Black’s books about we elfae folk as well as other books, many of which follow the legends of we elfae as having winter and summer courts that are in perpetual, as well as seasonal, conflict. Notice how, in The Fellowship of the Ring, the Nazgul who were men who had become powerful dark spirits, in other words had been transformed into Unseelie fae, were unable to cross the river and enter the Realm of Rivendell due to that elvish realm’s powerful magic that repelled them with the waters of the river rising and flooding them away.

On the other hand, we should be aware that we fae folk are often associated with death and in some Celtic lore, Faerie is the land of the dead where people went to live until they died there and then returned to another life on Earth. And it is common as well in mythology for those who die to be seen as being ferried (faerie-d?) across a river to be taken to the land of the dead. We find this prominently in Greek mythology, which also gives us tales of fauns, satyrs, dryads, nixies and myriad other fae folk. But note also Hel, the goddess of the dead in Norse lore, and her boat of the dead that her father Loki uses in the battle of Ragnarok when the trolls, giants and other ancient gods confront the warrior gods of the Aesir and attempt to overthrow them. And notice, also, the tradition among the Norse of sending warriors to the other world in a burning boat, which would be a type of ferry in a sense as well. You can also find, in the beliefs of the Dayak people of Borneo, a ship that conveys people to the land of the dead and a boat that conveys souls to the land of the dead in Egyptian lore.

But even more germane here, we should consider that when King Arthur died or was severely wounded (the tales differ in this regard), he was ferried to Avalon on a small boat by the women/witches/fae of that island to be healed, one of whom it is said was his sister Morgan la Fay (Morgan the Fae).

Water is traditionally symbolic of the mystery of creation and thus of birth, death and resurrection. However, it is also associated with purification and redemption and with fertility and growth. Carl Jung viewed it as a symbol for the unconscious elements of the psyche. The ferry crosses over the water conveying one to another land, a land that is separated by water or the unconscious or by death. It is not too much of a stretch to presume that it may very well be we elfae folk, we faerie, who do the ferrying. To enter Faerie, one must ferry or cross the unconscious realms of being, the realms of the unknown and be transformed (as death often represents transformation) and arise again in a new land. A land that is not only different from whence we came, but in which we are changed as well. The portal to Faerie then would be a ferry. Which is to say, to enter Faerie we must be transformed. And this is to say transformed as soulful spirits. A transformation of our inner nature or, in truth, a purification of our nature so we become more of who were truly are.

When we die, we change our bodies, but our spirits remain the same. This is one of the meanings of the concept of karma. We carry who we are from one incarnation to another. The very purpose of coming into material manifestation is that here we can consciously transform, hone and empower our spirits. To enter Faerie, we need to transform as spirits, as individuals, as people. Changing bodies is transubstantiation, the altering of the body and its essence. To enter Faerie, we need to change who we truly are, not necessarily what we look like. To enter Faerie, we must become faerie, which is to say more truly fae. Then Faerie will recognize us as one of its own and embrace us readily.

It is rather, in that way, like buying a new car. One can get a totally new vehicle, but that doesn’t make one a better driver. Getting into Faerie isn’t about getting a new vehicle but about becoming a better driver/enchanter. One that is better able to perceive the Faerie world and all of us who are a part of it. And then one discovers, as we and others of our kind have through the ages, that we have been here all along.

Kyela (the elven word for ‘love’ in our Silver Elves magical language Arvyndase),
The Silver Elves

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Elven Blessings dear Kindred!

Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 7

Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk:
Answers to Questions About Being an Elf
and Following the Elven Path, Volume 7
by The Silver Elves

We Silver Elves are so very happy to announce the publication of our 71st book Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk. Our 71 books are on elfin life and magic, elven oracles, our elven language Arvyndase, and living The Elven Way, and we know you will find Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk both wondrous and helpful reading on your path to manifest the magic of Faerie in your life. Please read more below about this 7th in our series of elven question and answer books, including the table of contents. (You do not need to read the first 6 volumes before reading this volume 7, but you may well enjoy them quite a lot and you can also find them all on Amazon.)

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In REFLECTIONS ON THE FAERIE AND ELFIN FOLK, we Silver Elves continue with a volume 7 of our question and answer series addressing the numerous questions about elves and faeries and about living the Elven Way. In this book we address with an elven perspective some questions that have been posed to us throughout our 45+ years of following the elven spiritual path and sharing with the world that we are elves in soulful spirit that have incarnated in human bodies (also see The Magical Realms of Elfin, volume 1; Manifesting Elfin, volume 2; The New Dawn of Elfin, volume 3; Visions of Elfin, volume 4; Elfin Rising, volume 5; and Illuminating Faerie, volume 6).

Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk explores further questions about who the elves are, faerie lore and faerie folk, elfin magic, otherkin and their ever diversifying kintypes, elven culture and lifestyle, and a host of miscellaneous topics about elves and other fae. Some of the specific questions answered in Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk are (there are over 100 altogether in the book): What is unique about being an elf and the Elfin community? Why do we elves seem like contradictory beings, old and young at the same time, sad and filled with delight? How do you know your elfae memories/beliefs are truly yours and you aren’t subconsciously pulling things from pop culture or other sources of media? What are Tolkien elves vs. other elves? Do Elves always have long hair? Do we elves recognize each other when we first meet, even if we’re total strangers? Who are the true elves? Does rh negative blood signify the elven bloodline? How tall are elves? Are we elves associated with Atlanteans and Lemurians? Do you need to be in Nature to be attuned to your elvish soul and spirit? Are we fae, like men, descended from apes? Is faerie lore fading from the world? Are fae agreements always tricky? What is Fete, Fate, Fee, Fée Fae? Can Faerie Mounds pop up anywhere? Do we elfae kidnap midwives from mankind? Do faeries come from children who died unbaptized? Are eccentrics and odd people, changelings? Are tales of fae based upon the displaced Picts, Britons and Celtic tribes? What is the association of we fae with whirlwinds? If one drinks a faerie drink, will one turn into a faerie? Does bread and salt ward off Faeries? Will turning your pockets inside out keep the faeries away? Can we fae turn leaves into gold? Is Faerie a Perilous Realm? Do we elves need to do magic? Does magic underlie the nature of reality? When is the best time to do magic? Is it okay for those, other than Silver Elves, to use our elven magical language Arvyndase? Do elf witches have a relationship to Hecate? Are there eight signs in the Elven Zodiac? Can your elven soul be stolen? Are Demonkin a valid kintype? What is our reaction to Fictionkin? What are our thoughts on Machine kin? What do we think of Plant-kin? Are the faeries all now gone due to the encroachment of cities? Were the Celts faerie folk? Is there a connection between the words Ferry and Fairy? Are the ethereal and  astral realms different? What is the elven lifestyle in the modern world? What is the best way to dress to express one’s elven identity? What do we think of cultural appropriation? Is the Elven calendar based upon the solstices, equinoxes and mid points? Do elves raise our boy and girl children the same? Does a person who spends a long time with ‘the faeries’ become a faerie? What do we Silver Elves  think of the Unseelie Code? Did elves invent makeup? Why don’t we publish our The Silver Elves books through a major occult publisher?

Most often, a person has questions as one tries: to decide if one is ones’elf an elf or is some otherkin; to understand what it means to be an elf and how one might know of one’s elfin nature; to understand one’s experience of having an Elven Awakening; to determine how elven magic is alike or different from that performed by other spiritual groups; and to learn about how elves live and relate to mankind and otherkin. In the first six volumes of this question and answer book series, we covered numerous questions on the above topics, including a section about which of our Silver Elves’ books to read on various interests about the Elven Way, our magic and about being elfin. So, if you are curious about modern elves, particularly about The Silver Elves (as we do not speak for all elves as elves are quite a varied and independent folk), then you will surely find many of your questions answered in Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk. If you do not see all the questions that you have about the elves addressed in this volume 7, be sure and check the first six books in this series, as your questions may well be included in those books.

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Arvyndase for “Dancing Toward the Dawn”),
The Silver Elves

Table of Contents ( for Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk)

Chapter 1: Who Are the Elves

What is unique about being an elf and the Elfin community?

Why do we elves seem like contradictory beings, old and young at the same time, sad and filled with delight?

How do you know your elfae memories/beliefs are truly yours and you aren’t subconsciously pulling things from pop culture or other sources of media?

Tolkien elves vs. other elves?

Are we elves tricksters?

Do Elves always have long hair?

Do we elves have perfect teeth?

Do we elves recognize each other when we first meet, even if we’re total strangers?

Who are the true elves?

Are the Ancients  of Final Fantasy Seven, elves?

Does rh negative blood signify the elven bloodline?

How tall are elves?

Are we elves associated with Atlanteans and Lemurians?

Are all fae really feral elfae?

Do you need to be in Nature to be attuned to your  elvish soul and spirit?

Are we fae, like men, descended from apes?

Do we elves talk to our fruit  to see if it is ripe?

Can a dwarf become an elf?

Are we elfae children sized?

Chapter 2: Faerie Lore and Faerie Folk

Is faerie lore fading  from the world?

What do we Silver Elves think of the idea that  the elven avenger will come?

Do you always have to be careful in making bargains with the fae? Are fae agreements always tricky?

Fete, Fate, Fee, Fée Fae?

What are elven boots?

Another look at Changelings

Does Faerie exist in shows that aren’t about faeries and elves?

What is our reaction to the series The Rings of Power?

Are elvish writings always filled with hidden meaning so one can interpret them ten different ways

Are we Silver Elves ‘in the fairies’?

Can Faerie Mounds pop up anywhere?

Do we elfae kidnap midwives from mankind?

Are we fae folk opposed to fishing?

Do faeries come from children  who died unbaptized?

Are Faeries associated with Mummers?

Are eccentrics and odd people, changelings

Is it true that if you throw a rock with the wind  the faeries can never hurt you?

Do we elfae have a fae funeral for every human funeral?

Are tales of fae based upon the displaced Picts, Britons and Celtic tribes

What is the association of we fae with whirlwinds?

Are we fae as ‘thick as grass’?

How do we view the tendency of many to see faeries as little people with wings?

What is the connection to we fae  and wearing red?

If one drinks a faerie drink, will one turn into a faerie?

Does bread and salt ward off Faeries?

Will turning your pockets inside out keep the faeries away?

If a person is being pixie-led, can you bring them back  to normal reality by saying their last name first?

Is it true that faeries cannot  cross running water?

Do we elves replace normal humans with wood or a pile of sticks?

Are we fae thieves and freeloaders?

Is Krampus an elfae being?

Do faeries flee if you curse at them?

Can we fae turn leaves into gold?

Is Faerie a Perilous Realm?

Chapter 3: Elfin Magic

Do we elves need to do magic?

Does magic underlie the nature of reality?

When is the best time to do magic?

Is it okay for those, other than Silver Elves, to use our elven magical language Arvyndase?

Does the end justify the means? Should One do wicked magics in order to achieve  something wonderful?

Do elf witches have  a relationship to Hecate?

Are there eight signs in the Elven Zodiac?

Are wizards always malicious?

Should magicians be politically neutral?

Must a Black Magician kill another practitioner to be initiated?

Can you reduce a curse by spreading it?

Must you wear a protective  amulet all the time?

Can your elven soul be stolen?

Chapter 4: Otherkin

Why do various otherkin use –kin  to describe their kintype

Do gnomes all have long pointed noses?

Does land and territory unite elves, while dwarves are united by their clans?

Are Demonkin valid?

What is our reaction to Fictionkin?

What are our thoughts on  Machine kin?

What do we think of Plant-kin?

Who is the Boogeyman in Faerie lore?

Chapter 5: More on the Faerie Folk

Are the faeries all now gone due to the encroachment of cities?

Were the Celts faerie folk?

Is there a connection between the words Ferry and Fairy?

Are the ethereal and  astral realms different?

Are people’s warnings about getting involved with the fae a form of cultural and racial prejudice?

Chapter 6: Elven Culture and Lifestyle

What is the elven lifestyle in the modern world?

What is the best way to dress to express one’s elven identity

Do we elves value music, poetry  and tales more than food?

Do elves have a contemptuous dislike of conversation with humans?

Are Oct. 1, May 1, Halloween and some day in February called Faerie’s Eve special to we elfae people?

What do we think of cultural appropriation?

Do we elves refer to the sun as she?

Is the Elven calendar based upon the solstices, equinoxes and mid points?

Is Beryl an elf stone?

Do we elfae hang around graveyards at night?

Do elves raise our boy and girl children the same?

Chapter 7: More about Elfae (Elves and Other Fae)

Does a person who spends  a long time with ‘the faeries’  become a faerie?

Is October 1st a well -known  Faerie Day?

Do we elves mock men  with everything we do?

Did we elves ever have walled cities?

Do we elves do ‘elfsplaining’?

What are elf dots?

What do we  Silver Elves  think of the Unseelie Code?

What do we  elves think of the Squirrels?

Did elves invent makeup?

Do elves hate water as cats do?

Why don’t we publish our The Silver Elves books through a major occult publisher?

end of Table of Contents ( for Reflections on the Faerie and Elfin Folk)

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For some further reading on the Elven Way, we suggest:

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.”

(quote on the top of the book cover of The Elven Way)

THE ELVEN WAY: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones describes the Mystical, Magical, Spiritual Path of the Elf folk and their connection to the Shining Ones, those supra-dimensional beings who are our guides, guardians, ancient kindred and the source of Elven enlightenment. The Elven Way takes the reader beyond the field of the known and lays the road into the forest of unknown, revealing new, wonderful and exciting secrets about the world of Magic, the Path of the Elves and the rich Elven heritage. This book is about High Elven Spirituality and Magick, the philosophy of the Elven Way, and the teachings of the Elves. It is written for all elves and all those interested in learning more about and following the Elven Path, for advanced Elven adepts and magical folk of all kinds. The Elven Way reveals much about the Shining Ones, who are the ancient elves and our guardians, our Eldars, who are highly advanced and divine beings that help and protect the modern Elven folk today. It explores both the psychological and the spiritual component of the Elven folk and the development of this component! The Elven Way provides a vast reservoir of knowledge about how this world is arranged and how it works, who the elves are, and what is the Elven Spiritual Path!

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“The Way of the Elfin awakens our heart,
it quiets our mind and that’s just the start,
it stirs our spirit and deepens our soul
and weaves its magic to make our lives whole.”

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 Homegroup); (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art); and (in the attic is the Elven Oracles Group where group oracle readings are always being shared). 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 placesfor 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 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.
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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, Elven Oracles Group, and Elfin Faerie Lore.

 

Are tales of elfae based upon the displaced Picts, Britons and Celtic tribes? And what is the association of we elves with whirlwinds?

    

“. . . .we elfae are ethereal beings in the sense that we are energetic beings or spirits but that we also have and had a material manifestation, as most ancient tales about us proclaim. We were and are real people with a genuine culture (diverse though it is) rather in our way like the ancient Celtic tribal peoples, whom we Silver Elves, at least, and surely others of our kind, embrace as our ancient elven kindred along with many other tribal peoples of ancient days. . . . “

     There was a suggestion posited in Barbara Rieti’s scholarly accumulation of faerie tales in Strange Terrain that stories about us elfae are actually based upon people’s encounters with we elfin folk back when we were displaced from our homes and forests at those times that we were incarnated as Picts (pict-sidhe/pixie), Britons and other Celtic tribal peoples. And those folks may have been physically smaller than the mannish invaders and thus arises the idea of us being little or wee folk. Or perhaps, in fact, we were overcome by them because they had some bit of technological superiority (such as steel/iron) or merely overwhelmed us with their vast numbers as happened to the First Nations People of the Americas. For while we believe in birth control, the normal folk don’t really seem to do so. Since they tend to be dominator cultures that lose many of their people in war, they ever seek to breed like crazy and keep their numbers up. It is all more cannon fodder to their minds.

This, by the way, is an attempt to take we elfae folk and therefore fairy tales away from being considered as mere fiction or ‘tall tales’ into the realms of actuality which lends validity to our culture to the minds of some folk. This notion posits the idea that we are and were real people, whose tribes have been mostly forgotten having been in many cases subsumed by other cultures that came to dominate us. However, it would mean we elfae had a real and genuine presence in the ancient world and still do today even though our culture goes predominately unrecognized and often ridiculed in the modern world.

Certainly, the fact that this would tend to give validity to our culture would be appealing to those modern elfae who often seek to prove the genuineness of their elfae being by declaring a bloodline lineage to the Scythians or other elfae tribes of old. For our own part, we Silver Elves see ours’elves as elven spirits that can be born into any particular bloodline we choose that will prove effective for our quest in any chosen incarnation. However, we don’t deny the idea that there were real elvish fae peoples, upon which the myths, legends and tales are based, that are our spiritual if not always genetic ancestors.

And while fiction and tall tales obviously do exist in the world, many stories of ancient peoples are passed on from generation to generation about real encounters with those peoples that get exaggerated and hyperbolized and even mythologized over time. This can be seen somewhat in the fact that many of the various people relating true accounts of we elfae folk and encounters with us are merely reporting the same tale over again only slightly altered. They frequently report it as a true tale although they didn’t themselves experience the encounter but heard of it from someone else who told them it was true. The fact that their tale is in essence and often in detail nearly identical to other tales that were presumable experienced by others is merely to say that sometimes the same sort of thing happens more than once and that oral history, which is what these faerie tales are, is often passed on in a long tradition that gets altered slightly with the teller’s memory and sometimes fancy.

Certainly some, perhaps many, tales about we elfae folk are made up. But it is our opinion that many of them, even those that have been made up out of ‘whole cloth’ as the saying goes, have been created from elven silk and velvet, lace and the gossamer weaves of Faerie. This is to say that they didn’t come entirely out of nowhere. Although, if someone wishes to believe that these tales come from pure air, we would remind them that we elfae folk, especially the faeries, are seen as being airy creatures. This point of view accords well with that of those who think that we elfae folk are mere ethereal beings.

For our own part, we’d say that we elfae are ethereal beings in the sense that we are energetic beings or spirits but that we also have and had a material manifestation, as most ancient tales about us proclaim. We were and are real people with a genuine culture (diverse though it is) rather in our way like the ancient Celtic tribal peoples, whom we Silver Elves, at least, and surely others of our kind, embrace as our ancient elven kindred along with many other tribal peoples of ancient days.

So, are tales about us based on authentic stories passed down about Picts, Britons, Gauls, Celts, Scythians, Bretons, Daione Sidhe, Tuatha de Danann and others? Yes, they are. For we elfae are, we have been and by the grace of the Divine Magic, we will continue to be very real.

What is the association of we elfae with whirlwinds?

Some of the individuals that Barbara Rieti interviewed for her accumulation of fairy folklore tales in Strange Terrain suggested that there was a connection between we elfae folk and whirlwinds, which when we were children our parents referred to as ‘dust devils’. The idea that we elfae are linked to whirlwinds would give us an association with the djinn of Middle Eastern lore, who are also supernatural beings and thus, to our minds at least, linked to the Faerie worlds. Although, if you wanted to have Faerie as a subcategory of a greater category of Supernatural, just as we consider Elfin as a subdivision of Faerie, we quite understand.

We for our part view djinn as being a sort of faerie folk of the Middle Eastern cultures and we might note two things in reference to this. The first is that djinn are often viewed as being demonic beings in the same fashion that Christianity declared for long ages that we elfae folk were really demons. Although, we should point out that Islam holds that the djinn can find redemption through Allah, just as any other soul can and thus the djinn are not necessarily evil in the Islamic religious philosophy.

The other thing we may consider is that the famous Fairy Flag of the Clan MacLeod bears with it the legend that it was given to members of that Clan when they were Crusaders in the Middle East. It seems quite possible that the faerie folk that gifted that magical flag to the MacLeods were, in fact, djinn (see our book Jesus Christ Elf Lord in reference to both these connections).

Djinn are often seen as manifesting through dust storms or pillars of fire, burning bushes, etc. And like we elfae folk, they are frequently seen as being somewhat ethereal in nature. The fact that individuals in Newfoundland (where the stories in Strange Terrain were experienced, passed on and collected) who conveyed what they considered true tales of encounters with faeries also saw we elfae folk as being associated with whirlwinds links us even closer to the djinn. Of course, in those tales, this usually involved apotropaic acts such as avoiding whirlwinds for the very reason that we elfae are associated with them. Just as we Silver Elves were advised by our families to avoid walking under ladders for that would bring us ill luck or not opening umbrellas in the house for that would create a leak in the roof.

However, we don’t know why we elfae would be linked to whirlwinds, other than the fact that there is something just basically supernatural seeming about them. Whirlwinds reminds us of magic and magic always reminds us of we elfae folk and it could be that the same is true of the normal folk as well, or at least the fairy seers among them. We could just as well say that we are linked with storms and thunder and lightning, however, those things are usually regarded as the provenance of the gods. Still, sometimes people seeing us dance have commented that we elfae were ‘dancing up a storm’.

We Silver Elves do have a habit of putting forth a blessing when we see a ‘dust devil’ so it will help us distribute our magic. The little whirlwind being a sort of a postal worker of the more ethereal realms. Take this blessing and deliver it to whomever you think most needs it or most deserves it or just fling it off as you go and we’ll see who encounters it.

Of course, it is always possible that whirlwinds are caused by our dancing. Elderly people use to say in an endearing way to us as children when we were dancing and twirling about the home, “You’re just like a whirlwind.” And after all, we elfae are often said to dancing in circles, commonly seen as going around faster and faster as the dance goes on. Could that not possibly be the cause of a whirlwind? After all, they say that mushrooms spring up in the circle where we have danced, thus the idea of ‘faerie circles.’ So, why wouldn’t our dancing cause whirlwinds? We rather like that idea. The fact that it has no scientific basis doesn’t daunt us at all. We are used to things that cannot be explain scientifically. It is not that we have anything against science. We are rather fond of it really. But there are things that simply don’t lend thems’elves easily to scientific confirmation. And, let’s face it, we elfae folk are among those things.

Besides, while considering our dancing as being the cause of whirlwinds may not be a scientific truth, it is a poetic truth. And in Elfin and Faerie poetic truths carry great weight. We don’t disregard scientific facts, but there are things that are not entirely within science’s purview and art and love and magic and certainly things Faerie are among them.

Ver nesidas mellun vari te (In shimmering starlight ever be),
The Silver Elves
http://silverelves.angelfire.com

 

 

 

 

 

“We do not close the portal, we do not shut the way,
everyone is welcome on each and every day,
the map exists within you, the path is very clear,
reach out to Faerie in your heart and you’ll be almost here.”

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If you enjoyed the article above, then you will surely also enjoy:

Are There Actually Portals to Elfin?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/are-there-actually-portals-to-elfin

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

What is the Difference Between the Elven Way and the Fairy Faith?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/what-is-the-difference-between-the-elven-way-and-the-fairy-faith

How Do We Elves Relate to the Seasonal Courts of Faerie?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/how-do-we-elves-relate-to-the-seasonal-courts-of-faerie

 

Many Kindred have asked us what is “The Elven Way.” Although we have written books on it (see our book The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones), here below is our short definition:

Short definition of “The Elven Way” by The Silver Elves

“The Elven Way is the spiritual path of the Elves. It is not a religion. While all elves are free to pursue whatever spiritual path they desire, or not as the case may be, The Silver Elves are magicians and follow no particular religious dogma. We do however believe in all the Gods and Goddesses, (also Santa Claus [to whom we’re related], the tooth fairy [distant cousins] and the Easter or Ostara Bunny [no relation]) and try to treat them all with due respect. The Elven Way promotes the principles of Fairness, that is to say both Justice, Elegance and Equal Opportunity and Courtesy that is respectful in its interactions and attitude toward all beings, great or small. We understand the world as a magical or miraculous phenomena, and that all beings, by pursuing their own true path, will become whomever they truly desire to be. Our path is that of Love and Magic and we share our way with all sincerely interested individuals.”

“To remind us ever of the need to rise up and lift our others with us, to have compassion for others even those who oppose us, to endeavor to understand the true natures and motivations not only of ours’elves but all others, the Shining Ones send us Sages who appear in many forms, in nearly all cultures and speak though various social and religious philosophies encouraging us to strive toward the light, to seek ever the good of all, and to further spiritual evolution in all that we do. We elves call this the Way of the Fair or The Elven Way. The Path is never-ending, the Way is ever before us, the Choice is always now, and we are eternally evolving. This is the Elven Way. The enculturation and other protections that shield the normal folk from the realization of other dimensions are lifted when the elf steps upon the path and begins to tread the Elven Way. The Elven Way gives our lives meaning and purpose. We come to understand who we truly are, that is that we are spirits evolving and we establish a purpose in our lives, which generally might be expressed as aiding ours’elves and all others to fulfill ours’elves perfectly. That is to say, we become who are truly are, which is who we truly desire to be. Remember, we ever wish to be our own true s’elves as perfectly as possible, which means among other things to be happy and successful forever, to live Happily Ever After.”

“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 of The Elven Way below)

The Elven Way:
The Magical Path of the Shining Ones

 

Now for some elvish fun!

Would you like an elf name in our Silver Elves magical language Arvyndase? We do not charge for this service. Click on this link for some easy instructions (You won’t be leaving WordPress)! We would be happy to give you an elf name in our beautiful language but we need to first find out a little about who you are and what your interests are. By learning more about you, we can select an elven name for you that fits you spiritually and magically.
Kyela, 
The Silver Elves 

 

The Silver Elves YouTube Channel

We invite you to join our Silver Elves Youtube Channel where we occasionally make an elfin video! Here is one we made today in which we talk about Norse Runes and our own original Elven Runes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kAtuMRiMgo&t=7s

 

We invite you to 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 20+ 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); (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art); and (in the attic is the Elven Oracles Group where group oracle readings are always being shared). 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 placesfor 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 This is our largest elfae group and we hope you will enjoy joining us here for a beautiful magical experience! And if you would like to find out more about our 65+ The Silver Elves books on The Elven Way, this is the group to join! 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 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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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.

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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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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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The Elvish Shine of Danu — The Elvish Shrine of Danu group is a place to explore ancient elven and fae people and our culture of the past, as well as a place to join together for those elven living in the present who feel connected to the spirit of the elfin ancestors, and to share the dream of the elves of the ancient future. From our Silver Elves point of view we are essentially spiritual, energetic and thus magical races. If you have an elfin soulful spirit, then you are related to all those who came from Faerie in the past. We hope all of you will enjoy sharing about our eldars like the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Daoine Sidhe as well as others of our elven ancestors around the world of all cultures that stir our hearts and souls, and awaken our spirits to the realms of Faerie. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740612329835931

Also do look for our other Silver Elves elfae groups on Facebook: Elfae Spirituality Group, Elfae Tree Folk, Elven Oracles Group, and Danu Folk Elves.

 

 

Many Elven Blessings dear Kindred!

 

You can find all 65+ of our The Silver Elves books to purchase on The Elven Way on Amazon here:
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Why the Faeries Have Not Now All Gone Due to the Encroachment of Cities

“The fact is that the cities haven’t driven us away. Nor has science gotten rid of us either. It is dominator men that tried to eliminate us and the normal folk who still wish to deny our manifest existence. Not that we are all that found of cities. We much prefer Nature, but we make do and will continue to do so until we once again have manifested Elfin and Faerie upon this planet and, in time,
out in space.”

There is the idea that with the encroachment of Mankind and of towns and cities, which men mistakenly consider civilization, that we elfae folk and fair folk are all now dead or departed, perhaps to the last remaining wild places and wilderness areas that still exist. This goes along with the idea that is sometimes found in fantasy novels that the magic is now all gone or nearly so. That once the world was a place of magic but it has now left, having been chased off or killed off, presumably by science making this into a mundane and magic-less world, unless you consider science and technology magic, which we Silver Elves do.

And yet, it should be quite clear that while we elfae folk do tend to enjoy and love Nature and the wilds that we are also rather fond of each other, which usually means towns, cities, etc. Not in and of thems’elves. We are seldom fond of cities for their own sake. But they do give us a chance to find and interact with each other and while most of us would retreat to a more rural life closer to Nature if we could, the vast majority of us, as yet, are unable to do so at this time in our evolution. And even then, we would generally only do so once we have found our significant otherkin.

In that way, we are rather like the trees and birds. Many of them still live in the wild but others have adapted to living in towns and cities. It is a somewhat dangerous life for trees in a city because you never know when some man might decide to cut you down. But really, the same is true of the trees in the wild, which is why we have so few wild areas left anymore and most of our great forests are gone and those that are left are fast dwindling, again at the hands of men.

And birds also, or some of them, at least, have adapted to city and town life. We listen to the birds every day and, of course, say hello to them when we take our walks about our neighborhood as well as greeting the trees, the geckos, lizards, dogs and every other creature we come across. We are friendly elves.

The fact that we elfae, or many, even most of us, have adapted to urban life is reflected in novels that are identified as Urban Fantasy such as Charles DeLint and others write. It is also reflected quite often in what is known as Magical Realism, as reflected by Alice Hoffman’s Practical Magic series. Our own novel of modern elven, The Elves of Lyndarys, takes place mostly out in the countryside but, even then, the characters sometimes go to the local town or to the city. Elves like those in Tolkien’s works that live isolated in places like Rivendell or Lothlorien would be able to do so because they have an organic community that they rely upon. Most of we elfae in the modern world have lost our tribes through the ages. They were persecuted out of existence or forcibly absorbed into the cultures of men. So, for us, finding our kindred in a world that is often hostile to the notion of our identity and sometimes our very existence naturally leads us to those places where others of our kind may be found and that is most often towns and cities or gatherings out in the countryside or wild areas organized by those from the towns and cities.

First, we find each other. Then, perhaps, if we can, we retreat from the world.

But the point is that we incarnated elfae are not gone from the world. Even those more ethereal faeries that ‘fairy seers’ talk about living in trees here and there, are not gone from the world either, apparently. There are all those gardens that they can abide in, at least according to the lore and the accounts of those psychics who claim to see them.

For our own part, we Silver Elves consider the butterflies, dragonflies, moths and other such winged beings to be faeries and we saw two monarchs a week ago just a block over. We know most of those who ‘see’ faeries tell us that they are little people with wings, while at the same time usually denying our essential elfinness, but we think that most likely they are just anthropomorphizing faeries and do not understand we elfae are not all humanoid in appearance. Some of us are, surely, but the vast majority of elfae kind most probably are not.

The fact is that the cities haven’t driven us away. Nor has science gotten rid of us either. It is dominator men that tried to eliminate us and the normal folk who still wish to deny our manifest existence. Not that we are all that found of cities. We much prefer Nature, but we make do and will continue to do so until we once again have manifested Elfin and Faerie upon this planet and, in time, out in space.

La tae lun u Eldat te vari elsorin (By the light of Elfin be ever blessed),
The Silver Elves
http://silverelves.angelfire.com

If you would like to read more about our elven novel mentioned in the article above, The Elves of Lyndarys: A Magical Tale of Modern Faerie Folk, please click here https://silverelves.angelfire.com/HALyndarys.html and you can read the first page, the table of contents, and some reviews from readers.

And if you enjoyed the article above on otherkin life, then you may certainly enjoy the following other articles by The Silver Elves:

How Does an Elf Live in a World of Normal Folk?

https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2017/07/how-does-elf-live-in-world-of-normal.html

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

How do Elves Deal with Our Homesickness for Elfin?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/02/11/how-do-elves-deal-with-our-homesickness-for-elfin

“What bird sings upon the Elven Dawn?
The bird of memory long thought gone,
the song of awakening it doth sing,
as the flocks of Elfin do take wing.”
—by The Silver Elves

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Also, our 20 newest Silver Elves books (beginning March 2019 to the present) may be found on this blog site at https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/03/20/magical-books-by-the-silver-elves-on-the-elven-way-magic-and-enchantment-elven-oracles-and-elven-lifestyle.

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We also invite you to 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 Wayand also Feasting with the Elves with a big kitchen and dining area for chatting, along with the Elven Home group); (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art); and (in the attic is the Elven Oracles Group where group oracle readings are always being shared). 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 This is our largest elfae group on Facebook and where you will find us Silver Elves often hanging out! And if you would like to find out more about our 60 The Silver Elves books on The Elven Way, please do join us! We have discussions here 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/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.

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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.

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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. This is one of our few private groups on Facebook. 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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New Group! 

The Elvish Shine of Danu — The Elvish Shrine of Danu group is a place to explore ancient elven and fae people and our culture of the past, as well as a place to join together for those elven living in the present who feel connected to the spirit of the elfin ancestors, and to share the dream of the elves of the ancient future. From our Silver Elves point of view we are essentially spiritual, energetic and thus magical races. If you have an elfin soulful spirit, then you are related to all those who came from Faerie in the past. We hope all of you will enjoy sharing about our eldars like the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Daoine Sidhe as well as others of our elven ancestors around the world of all cultures that stir our hearts and souls, and awaken our spirits to the realms of Faerie. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740612329835931

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

“You can search for what seems
like forever for Elfin and never find it.
You can wait for it to come
and it never seems to arrive.
But if you live the life Elfin,
it emerges all around you
like buds in the springtime.”
—by The Silver Elves

Touch this Star Above for an Elven Blessing, dear Kindred!

Seeing Faerie: A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves About Magic and The Elven Way, Volume 4

SEEING FAERIE:
A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings
and Wise Elfin Koans

quote from the cover
“We elves stand in Faerie in the midst of the world,
making the mundane magical and the fantastic actual.”

You may purchase Seeing Faerie here on US Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMDNC5T6

And here on UK Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0BMDNC5T6 

We Silver Elves are happy to announce our newest book Seeing Faerie!

SEEING FAERIE: A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and Wise Elfin Koans is volume four of our ‘Elf Quotes Book Series’ with our own original elfin koans, ancient elven sayings, and other quotes of wisdom on the Elven Way and elfae folk (“elfae” is a word we Silver Elves coined decades ago to include Elves and all other Fae of the Faerie Realm). Volume one of Elf Quotes contains all our elf sayings from the first 37 of our The Silver Elves books with all of our side-quotes in our books that we had published throughout the years to that date. Volume two titled The Elves Say, volume three titled The Elves Believe, and this volume four titled Seeing Faerie contain quotes from our latest The Silver Elves books published since the time of the first volume (now 65 published to date), the daily quotes we publish on Facebook, along with the largest majority of the quotes in these books being shared and published for the first time. We hope you enjoy reading all of these quotes in Seeing Faerie and sharing them with others.

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Dancing toward the dawn),
The Silver Elves
http://silverelves.angelfire.com

And you can find all the 65 The Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on our author Amazon international pages here:
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A few enchanting elf quotes from within the book Seeing Faerie:

—“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 Elves Say that if the sun shines on you, shine back.”

—“Fae touched and Elven blest, Nature will do all the rest.”

—“Gaze through the dull glamor of dust and despair and you will find Faerie awaiting you there.”

—“We sing to the forest, we sing to the night,
we sing to the elf folk who make the world bright.
We sing to the stars, we sing to the moon,
we sing as we dance for Faerie comes soon.”
. . . . . an elven song

—“Listen to the forest sing and you will find your heart take wing, the Song of Elfin lingers there of life among the people fair.”

Here below is the Table of Contents for SEEING FAERIE: A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and Wise Elfin Koans  :

Into the Faerie Realm . . .

Seeing Faerie . . .

Faerie Dust and Magic . . .

Olde Elven Sayings . . .

Faerie Magic . . .

Elven Home . . .

Entering Elfin . . .

The Way of the Elves . . .

Elfin Kind . . .

More about Elves . . .

What the Elves Say and Know . . .

Faerie Light . . . Elfin Light . . .

Elfae Kindred and Family . . .

Moonlight, Starlight, Twilight . . .

The Wisdom of the Elves . . .

Being Elfae . . .

Magic of the Elves . . .

The Elven Way . . .

Elves Speak About Men . . .

Elves Of Ancient Days and Future Times . . .

More Wisdom of the Elves . . .

Elvish Rhymes . . .

Yearning for the Elfin Realm . . .

Observations of Elf Kind . . .

On Elven Holidays and Celebrations . . .

Beauty of the Elfae . . .

The Gates to Elfin . . .

Faerie Awakens . . .

Life from an Elven Perspective . . .

Understanding Elfin . . .

Elfae Community and Kindred Dear . . .

Elfae Inspiration . . .

(end of Table of Contents)

The books in this Elf Quotes Series do not need to be read in order. Many people say they enjoyed beginning reading our many The Silver Elves books by first reading one in the Elf Quotes Series as it is light reading yet brings you closer to Elfin and understanding The Elven Way

Here is the first Volume in the Elf Quotes Series:

ELF QUOTES:
A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and
Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves About Magic
and The Elven Way 

And also Volume Two in the series:

THE ELVES SAY:
A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and
Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves About Magic
and The Elven Way, Volume 2

and Volume Three:

The Elves Believe:
A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings
and Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves About Magic
and The Elven Way, Volume 3

Is Faerie Lore Fading from the World?

“. . . . the notion that the oral tradition concerning faerie lore and encounters with fae will disappear altogether, seems unlikely to us Silver Elves. While people don’t gather in their homes in community groups in the evenings as much as they once did, faerie tales still continue in literature and books, such as our own about elfae culture and others’ books as well that frequently concern faerie seers of various sorts and their own beliefs and experiences with we fae folk. Although, usually their experiences are with our more imaginal and ephemeral and ethereal kindred. . . . . . .  In fact, we not only have no concern about the loss of faerie tradition and lore due to the cessation of the oral tradition as it once existed, but are rather of the opinion that modern forms of media have in fact expanded the area over which faerie lore can be shared as well as expanding the potential audience as well.”

 

   

The book Strange Terrain by Barbara Rieti is a scholarly exploration of Faerie lore as it existed, was experienced, and was passed on in Newfoundland. In it the author posits the question about whether Faerie Lore will continue to exist in the future. This is partly because Faerie lore and the passing on of tales about encounters with we fae was mostly carried on by oral tradition back in the days before radio or television and seemed to be decreasing as people stayed in their homes and watched tv in the evenings instead of gathering together, as they used to do in small communities, to listen to various tales for entertainment.

     Also, the influence of modern scientific thinking, as meager as it is as yet, has also, as we’ve pointed out in other of our books and as both Barbara Rieti and Janice Bord in her book Fairies indicate has led to the idea of encounters with faeries being replaced by encounters with aliens from outer space. Although, in fact, the essence of these tales are, as both authors point out, quite similar. This is so much so that those who believe in aliens would surely suggest that what were thought of as faeries in the past were, in fact, space aliens and those who believe in faeries, well, still believe in faeries along with the possibility of aliens. We elfae tend to be a more open minded and less fanatical lot, although there are exceptions surely on both sides of this equation.

     For our own part, we Silver Elves believe all of the above. We, of course, believe in faeries, since we are fae folk ours’elves. So that goes almost without saying. And while, as far as we know, we haven’t had any encounters with aliens from outer space, we don’t discount that possibility either. Especially, as it seems extremely probable that such beings exist considering the vastness of the Universe. But at the same time, we live in such a rural backwater of the galaxy and the distance between us and other solar systems is so vast, it seems unlikely, although possible, that anyone has stumbled upon us except by accident. And, we suspect, having observed how primitive mankind is overall, they would be unlikely to return.

     However, the notion that the oral tradition concerning faerie lore and encounters with fae will disappear altogether, seems unlikely to us. While people don’t gather in their homes in community groups in the evenings as much as they once did, faerie tales still continue in literature and books, such as our own about elfae culture and others’ books as well that frequently concern faerie seers of various sorts and their own beliefs and experiences with we fae folk. Although, usually their experiences are with our more imaginal and ephemeral and ethereal kindred.

     Also, while the oral tradition itself has given way to a more permanent accounting of such tales now set down in print, it has survived rather well on the internet and in social media, which is rather like the oral tradition in the sense that the tales and experiences passed on are less likely to be permanently recorded (or remembered exactly) and most likely to be altered as they pass from one teller to another, which is one of the earmarks of the oral tradition.

     In fact, we not only have no concern about the loss of faerie tradition and lore due to the cessation of the oral tradition as it once existed, but are rather of the opinion that modern forms of media have in fact expanded the area over which faerie lore can be shared as well as expanding the potential audience as well.

     It is true that many folk, as was the case with the oral tradition, merely pass on what they have heard and their own experiences conform with traditional lore to the point that they cannot consider or experience other possibilities, but that has always been the case.

     We Silver Elves and others of our kindred, on the other hand, take a fresh look at the lore and understand it from our own lives (see our books Illuminating Faerie; Faerie Fae and Otherkin Tribes; and The Elven Way), our own experiences with various elfae sorts we know and have known. And this includes those manifest in humanoid bodies, as we are, and those more ethereal fae that we’ve encountered from time to time as well.

     We need not fear that faerie lore and tradition will be replaced entirely by alien encounters, any more than we should fear that fantasy will give way utterly to science fiction. In fact, in some faerie lore the ancient Scythians came from the Anunnaki who were aliens from space, thus uniting us with alien lore (see The Realm of the Ring Lords by Laurence Gardner).

       They both have their audiences and certainly there is an overlap between them. As long as Faerie calls to the hearts of us and our kindred, and others in the world, such as St. Tolkien, tales of Faerie will continue and we expect, more than likely increase. For we are far from done here, and in many ways, just beginning.

Ver nesidas mellun vari te (In shimmering starlight ever be),
The Silver Elves
http://silverelves.angelfire.com

“When you come to the end of the road, you will find that the path still continues.”
—Olde Elven Saying

 

If you enjoyed this article above, then we Silver Elves recommend the following of our articles for you as well:

What Will Elves Be Like in the Future?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2018/12/01/what-will-elves-be-like-in-the-future

How do Elven Communities Govern Themselves? Do They Have Kings and Queens?
https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2017/08/how-do-elven-communities-govern.html

Why Do We Elves Call Ours’elves the People of the Ancient Future?
https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2018/11/why-do-we-elves-call-ourselves-people.html

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

ou can find all the 60+ Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on our author Amazon international pages here:
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This is just for fun . . . .  To play, choose 3 random numbers to find your type of magic making. The first number is between 1 and 13, the second between 1 and 19, and the third is between 1 and 17. After you have picked your three random numbers, use them to find your type, elemental association, and style of magic on the chart below:

 

. . . . 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)

The Elven Way: 
The Magical Path of The Shining Ones

 

We also invite you to come enjoy viewing this an hour long YouTube video of The Silver Elves in a conversational presentation on The Modern Elven Movement and The Elven Way at Phoenix and Dragon Bookstore in Atlanta, GA, at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0sv3OHkjRw

 

 

We are happy to introduce you to our newest published The Silver Elves book: To learn more about your totem animal energy, you will find that  ELFIN TOTEM ANIMALS: An Elven Oracle for Finding Your Power Familiar will assist you in exploring a deeper magical relationship to both animals of the wild as well as mythical animals. There are over 250 totem animals in this book and it is written from an elven perspective about the magic your animal totem or spirit brings you. You will find reading it to be helpful to use as a magical guide if you: 1.) already know your totem animal or familiar and wish to find out more about what magical powers they bring you; 2.) want to find out who/what your totem animal is and what/how this animal is influencing your life; 3.) wish to use this book as an oracle reading to find out what animal energy has come to you in your life in the past or is needed in the present and future for healing and success; 4.) wish to understand the magical meaning of an animal dream symbol that you have experienced; or 5.) would like to understand the meaning and magic in your life of an animal you have encountered other than your familiar. You can learn more about this oracle book here, along with excerpts.

ELFIN TOTEM ANIMALS is found here on Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJPVB3N9

ELFIN TOTEM ANIMALS is found here on Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BJPVB3N9

 

We invite you to 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 Homegroup); (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art); and (in the attic is the Elven Oracles Group where group oracle readings are always being shared). 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 placesfor United Otherkin Alliance and its private sister group. So please do come join us in any and all of our groups:

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. *

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. *

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 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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New Group! 

The Elvish Shine of Danu — The Elvish Shrine of Danu group is a place to explore ancient elven and fae people and our culture of the past, as well as a place to join together for those elven living in the present who feel connected to the spirit of the elfin ancestors, and to share the dream of the elves of the ancient future. From our Silver Elves point of view we are essentially spiritual, energetic and thus magical races. If you have an elfin soulful spirit, then you are related to all those who came from Faerie in the past. We hope all of you will enjoy sharing about our eldars like the Tuatha Dé Danann and the Daoine Sidhe as well as others of our elven ancestors around the world of all cultures that stir our hearts and souls, and awaken our spirits to the realms of Faerie. https://www.facebook.com/groups/740612329835931

Also do look for our other Silver Elves elfae groups on Facebook: Elfae Spirituality Group, Elfae Tree Folk, Elven Oracles Group, and Danu Folk Elves.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Illuminating Faerie: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 6

Illuminating Faerie:
Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 6

This book is found here on Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Illuminating-Faerie-Answers-Questions-Following/dp/B0B4G37HJY

And here on Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Illuminating-Faerie-Answers-Questions-Following/dp/B0B4G37HJY

In ILLUMINATING FAERIE, we Silver Elves continue with a volume six of our question and answer series addressing the numerous questions about who the elves are and about the elven way. In this book we address questions that have been posed to us throughout our 40+ years of following the elven spiritual path and sharing with the world that we are elves in human bodies. Also see The Magical Realms of Elfin, volume 1; Manifesting Elfin, volume 2; The New Dawn of Elfin, volume 3; Visions of Elfin, volume 4; and Elfin Rising, volume 5. There is no particular order in which one needs to read these books.

      Illuminating Faerie explores further questions about the realms of Elfin and Faerie; the elven spirit, past lives, and spiritual evolution; the origins of the Faerie people, Daoine Sidhe, and the Tuatha de Danann; our Dwarf kin; the Fomorians; elven magic; elven oracles; movies and TV series about elfae; novels and books about elves and faeries; the lifestyle of elves and other manifested Faerie folk; the Faerie Courts; some things you may have always wanted to know about Elves and other Fae folk; and reviews on Faerie – Elfin tarot and other inspirational oracle decks.

      Some of the specific questions answered in Illuminating Faerie are: Is Elfin a place or a state of mind? Is it valid to create your own version of Elfin in your mind? Do you need to knock on the door of Faerie nine times? Are Devas part of the Faerie realm? What is our elves relationship to the sun and the sun wheel? Is Elfin or Faerie to be found in the Uttermost West? What is the association between Black Dogs and Faerie? Does fae involvement in the lives of those who are normal always end badly? Do we elves belong to the land of the dead? Could one have been an elemental in a past life? Is spiritual evolution hierarchal in form? Is there a karmic reason when we are involved in “bad” relationships? Were elves formerly gods that were downgraded? Can a person be elevated to the status of an elf after their death? Can we get to Faerie by committing suicide? Did the Tuatha de Danann live in a mirror world? Why have we Silver Elves come to reject the idea that our faerie peoples are exclusively descended from the Scythians and Annunaki? Are elves related to the giants of Norse lore? Did the original elves have dark bluish skin? Are fae folk related to aliens from outer space? Are dwarves a type of elf? Did the dwarves predate the elves? Are dwarves always short beings? Are dwarves and leprechauns the same? Were the Fomorians dwarves and monsters? Were the Fomorians, Vikings? Why do people use props in their magic workings when pure energy will do? Must we go left to banish and right to evoke? Will hanging a horseshoe above your door keep the faeries away? Can a spirit/teraphim leave its statue and go forth and do things? Does speaking to spirits put you in their power? When is it a good time to do a rune, as opposed to tarot, I Ching, etc.? Is it alright to buy your own tarot deck? Can our oracle book ‘Sticks and Stones’ be used for Magic? What did we Silver Elves think of the movie Captain Fantastic? . . . of A Discovery Of Witches? . . . of the movie A Boy Named Christmas? . . . of the series Elves? . . . of  Faery Tale by Signe Pike? What do the elfae think of the book The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison? Are all manifest elves, dark elves? Are Faeries offended if you acknowledge them directly? Do we fae folk hate humans? Do we have the right to do so? Should we fae hate humans? Do we elfae have any rules to follow? If so, what are they? Can we be more than one kintype? Have we elves lost touch with our Faerie heritage? How is it possible that elves might give birth to fairies and vice versa? How do we Silver Elves view the Seelie, Unseelie and Dark Elfae? What about Bohemian Court and Wild Court? Can you belong to more than one Faerie Court? Do we even need courts? Do elves communicate through dreams? Are dark elves and black elves the same? What is the relationship between elves and swans? Are we elves responsible for illnesses? What do we Silver Elves think of the Mystic Faerie Tarot? . . . of  The Faery Forest Oracle deck? . . . of The Fairy Ring deck? Tarot of the Elves? And many more! 

      Most often, a person has questions as one tries: to decide if one is ones’elf an elf or is some otherkin; to understand what it means to be an elf and how one might know of one’s elfin nature; to understand one’s experience of having an Elven Awakening; to determine how elven magic is alike or different from that performed by other spiritual groups; and to learn about how elves live and relate to mankind and otherkin. In the first five volumes of this question and answer book series, we covered numerous questions on the above topics, including a section about which of our Silver Elves’ books to read on various interests about the Elven Way, our magic and about being elfin. So, if you are curious about modern elves, particularly about The Silver Elves (as we do not speak for all elves as elves are quite a varied and independent folk), then you will surely find many of your questions answered in Illuminating Faerie.

Ver nesidas mellun vari te (In shimmering Starlight Ever Be),
The Silver Elves

We also suggest our other volumes in this series of questions and answers along with our newest volume 6 Illuminating Faerie. 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;

Manifesting Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 2 ;

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

Visions of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 4;

Elfin Rising: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path, Volume 5

Just click on these book 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 six of our question and answer 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 wishing that one will be guided by the Shining Ones even when one is emmeshed in the hustle and bustle of the world.”

And you can find all the 60+ Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on our author Amazon international pages here:
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For an Elven Blessing, dear Kindred, touch this star above!

What Do Elves Mean by the Term Otherworldly? And Is Elfin a Place or State of Mind?

“When we Silver Elves define otherworldly, we are not talking entirely about imaginary worlds so much as visionary worlds, worlds that could be if we were, or most of us were, more spiritually developed, intelligent, loving and cooperative. When we speak of otherworldly, we mean a world that exists for some of us because we make it real in our own lives. It is otherworldly because it is so different in essence, culture and behavior from the normal cultures (in their various forms) that the mass of humanity embraces and believe to be the only real worlds because they believe in them. . . . We could call our realms alternate worlds, although we very much like the term otherworldly with its combination of spiritual, imaginal, mystical, magical and supernatural connotations. Which is part of why we elves are otherworldly beings in the first place. We embrace what others reject and we do so completely with all our hearts, minds and souls. . . . wherever we elfae folk go or abide there goes our spirits as well and there manifests Elfin/Faerie expressed outwardly by the radiance of our inner elvish being.”

     

What Do Elves Mean by the Term Otherworldly?

We Silver Elves commonly use the word otherworldly to describe Faerie and Elfin. If you look it up in the dictionary, otherworldly is defined as a world that is imaginary or spiritual. It is interesting to our elvish minds that imaginary worlds and spiritual worlds are essentially defined as the same thing, as though things spiritual are really imaginary. However, that is to be expected in this most material of ages where nearly everything is defined by physicality and our elven and faerie-ness are often ascribed to physical features and genetic lineage. Although, while Men seem to put spiritual in the same category as imaginary, by this definition, we doubt that they would do the opposite, which is to posit that things imaginary are necessarily spiritual, which would be a more elvish and otherworldly way of looking at things.

     Some dictionaries define otherworldly as referring to a world beyond death or beyond our present reality. Although, they also carry the meaning of imaginary realms as well. This is quite in keeping, in its way, with the notion that we elfae folk live longer than normal humans or that we are immortal or close to being immortal. Immortal, we suppose, in the way that vampires are conceived of as being immortal in the sense that they will live forever unless they are killed or commit suicide, or forget to use their suntan lotion. What we might call provisional immortality, or immortality, sort of.

     Part of this idea of otherworldliness derives from the fact that our elfae peoples were absorbed, for the most part, by dominating and dominant cultures that violently overran us ages ago. So far back, in fact, that our people have been turned into myths and legends to the point where some people, in fact most people, in the modern age question whether our peoples ever existed at all. This despite the clear and evident fact that we modern elfae assert our heritage very strongly. Of course, they just think that we are crazy or imagining things, or even suffering from Schizotypal Personality Disorder (see our blog article on this here) for believing in things that are not accepted by the mass of humanity. For truth in the world is required to be popular to be accepted. 

     For many elfae, this results in an effort to find their ancestry in the material world and to create graphs or charts tracing their lineage back to the Scythians or some other peoples that are seen as the source and inspiration for many of the legends about elves, fae, faeries and otherkin of various sorts.

     We Silver Elves, however, as we’ve made quite clear often to the chagrin of those who insist upon a materialistic basis for the elfae nature, are of the opinion that we are elfin spirits incarnating purposely into humanoid bodies and our physical lineage is not utterly germane to our true natures any more than the car that we drive defines our personality. Although some people in the world would believe this to be so.

     Not that we reject the idea that some individuals are descended from the Scythians, the Phrygian or certain Norse or Scandinavian folk who were considered elfin or aelfar. But we trace our own elvish lineage back further beyond those people who were, really, dominator cultures, to those even earlier folks who lived in partnership societies, where males and females were considered equals and women were not seen as being somehow weaker or inferior or needing to be subdued and controlled by men as was the case with many of those ancient peoples and which persists today. This perspective still exists very strongly in some cultures in the modern world but manifests also in certain ways in many of those cultures that are seen as advanced, developed and supposed enlightened in the world. First world nations, as they like to call themselves. Note that the United States of America has never had, up to this writing, a woman president. Let that sink in.

     When we Silver Elves define otherworldly, we are not talking entirely about imaginary worlds so much as visionary worlds, worlds that could be if we were, or most of us were, more spiritually developed, intelligent, loving and cooperative. When we speak of otherworldly, we mean a world that exists for some of us because we make it real in our own lives. It is otherworldly because it is so different in essence, culture and behavior from the normal cultures (in their various forms) that the mass of humanity embraces and believe to be the only real worlds because they believe in them.

     We could call our realms alternate worlds, although we very much like the term otherworldly with its combination of spiritual, imaginal, mystical, magical and supernatural connotations. Which is part of why we are otherworldly beings in the first place. We embrace what others reject and we do so completely with all our hearts, minds and souls.

 

Is Elfin a Place or a State of Mind?

     Most people think of Elfin and Faerie as places that are physical, in a way, while still being of an etheric nature. Physical but otherworldly, in a parallel dimension that one can step into if one can find the portal, just as one could step across the border from their own country into another. And this idea is certainly reinforced and, in many ways, prompted by various stories about elfae folk and our realms in legend, lore, myth and fiction.

     The ancient Celts and others believed that Faerie was the land of the dead (see Fairy Faith in the Celtic Countries by Walter Evans-Wentz and The Hidden History of Elves & Dwarfs: Avatars of Invisible Realms by Claude Lecouteux). After dying here, one took up life there in a more paradisiacal realm and when one died there one returned to this world again. Faerie and Elfin were more dreamlike in that way, which is to say that, just like dreams when one is dreaming, it all is very real, only potentially more fantastic.

     If that is the case then the portal to Faerie would be death in most cases, although there are exceptions to this on both sides of the equation as is evidenced in this world by a belief in ghosts or the appearance of a loved one who has just died prior to passing over and the idea of near-death experience where one goes into or approaches the other world but then returns. Plus, there is the fact that those who have died can still appear in our dreams, although often in altered bodies that while not resembling their earthly appearance are still clearly those individuals manifesting in the Dreamtime.

     Of course, not everyone who dies would go to Faerie. Only those of elfae inclination and nature and association would do so. Men would go to a world of their own as is indicated by the Norse belief in separate realms on the World Tree. Men, most likely, even in that more ethereal dreamlike world wouldn’t realize there was a Faerie at all. Men who deny the existence of we elfae folk in this world are unlikely to acknowledge us in that one either. In their dream world, we don’t exist.

     Our concern here, for the most part, however, is not about the part of Faerie that exists in the Between (see our book Beyond Death: The Elfin Book of the Dead. Ascending towards the Faerie Realms through Progressive Incarnations), but about manifesting Elfin and Faerie in this world, which is, in that sense, the portal to living in Faerie in that other world. For it is those who manifest as elfae folk in this world, especially those who have the courage to do so somewhat openly, who are surely bound for Faerie and Elfin when they pass into the otherworldly dream realms.

     And in this world, this more material realm, Elfin and Faerie do not exist (as yet or currently) as permanent stationary places, as say Japan exists or France. But then even those countries and, in fact, every other, have changed their boundaries from time to time through history and in the long run it is not the place that makes the country but the people and their culture. If we are to believe the ancient tales of our people, Ireland and the British Isles and Western France where once ours but, for the most part, passed from our hands long ago.

     Thus, for us Silver Elves, Elfin and Faerie are primarily states of being and consciousness that exist in potential in many places, particularly in Nature, but manifest prominently wherever we are expressing our elvish natures. The magical realms are far more fluid, and much like Nirvana is not a permanent place but exists as we can achieve the state of mind to do so. Think of Faerie and Elfin not as countries, although there are surely those who wish that they were countries, but rather like ships or even buses on or in which elfae folk live. The ship may be docked or the bus parked in a particular spot but they can also move about and wherever the elfae move, there also Faerie/Elfin manifests. If the ship sinks or the bus dies, we inhabit another, continuing to manifest Elfin through our lives and magic.

     Therefore, wherever we elfae folk go or abide there goes our spirits as well and there manifests Elfin/Faerie expressed outwardly by the radiance of our inner elvish being. We could, theoretically, buy land and call that Elfin but when we passed from this world, we would still be taking most of our entourage of spirits with us and that land may or may not pass into the hands elfae who would continue to manifest Elfin there, which is to say here in the material realm. And inevitably in the vast realms of time, that land would surely return to Nature and eventually into the Universe, which is to say the Void, anyway. And we elfae folk, wherever we might be, would continue on shining, as best we are able, as we manifest our beloved Elfin.

Ver nesidas mellun vari te (In shimmering starlight ever be),
The Silver Elves
http://silverelves.angelfire.com

“We do not close the portal, we do not shut the way,
everyone is welcome on each and every day,
the map exists within you, the path is very clear,
reach out to Faerie in your heart and you’ll be almost here.”

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Many Kindred have asked us what is “The Elven Way.” Although we have written books on it (see our book The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones), here below is our short definition:

Short definition of “The Elven Way” by The Silver Elves

“The Elven Way is the spiritual path of the Elves. It is not a religion. While all elves are free to pursue whatever spiritual path they desire, or not as the case may be, The Silver Elves are magicians and follow no particular religious dogma. We do however believe in all the Gods and Goddesses, (also Santa Claus [to whom we’re related], the tooth fairy [distant cousins] and the Easter or Ostara Bunny [no relation]) and try to treat them all with due respect. The Elven Way promotes the principles of Fairness, that is to say both Justice, Elegance and Equal Opportunity and Courtesy that is respectful in its interactions and attitude toward all beings, great or small. We understand the world as a magical or miraculous phenomena, and that all beings, by pursuing their own true path, will become whomever they truly desire to be. Our path is that of Love and Magic and we share our way with all sincerely interested individuals.”

     “To remind us ever of the need to rise up and lift our others with us, to have compassion for others even those who oppose us, to endeavor to understand the true natures and motivations not only of ours’elves but all others, the Shining Ones send us Sages who appear in many forms, in nearly all cultures and speak though various social and religious philosophies encouraging us to strive toward the light, to seek ever the good of all, and to further spiritual evolution in all that we do. We elves call this the Way of the Fair or The Elven Way. The Path is never-ending, the Way is ever before us, the Choice is always now, and we are eternally evolving. This is the Elven Way. The enculturation and other protections that shield the normal folk from the realization of other dimensions are lifted when the elf steps upon the path and begins to tread the Elven Way. The Elven Way gives our lives meaning and purpose. We come to understand who we truly are, that is that we are spirits evolving and we establish a purpose in our lives, which generally might be expressed as aiding ours’elves and all others to fulfill ours’elves perfectly. That is to say, we become who are truly are, which is who we truly desire to be. Remember, we ever wish to be our own true s’elves as perfectly as possible, which means among other things to be happy and successful forever, to live Happily Ever After.”

The Elven Way:
The Magical Path of the Shining Ones

Now for some elvish fun!
Would you like an elf name in our Silver Elves magical language Arvyndase? We do not charge for this service. Click on this link for some easy instructions (You won’t be leaving WordPress)! We would be happy to give you an elf name in our beautiful language but we need to first find out a little about who you are and what your interests are. By learning more about you, we can select an elven name for you that fits you spiritually and magically.
Kyela, 
The Silver Elves 

We hope you enjoy the poem below that some elfae kindred wrote together as a group poem:

Wishing All a Magical Day! 
A group Poem written on June 21, 2022, for Solstice in ‘Magical Books of the Silver Elves’ Facebook group by: Sara Isayama (Star Climber), Beverley Cotton (Nilynwe), Mandy Green, Leigh Harwood, Michael Love (Zardoa), Martha Love (Silver Flame)

Many Elven Blessings, Dear Kindred! 

Do You Need to Knock on the Door of Faerie Nine Times? An Elven Perspective.

” . . . on the surface, this bit of lore just seems to be a metaphoric recognition that a relationship with the faeries, as with every other person, requires a bit of effort and also demands continuous energy over time. . . . While we never consciously meant to confirm this bit of lore, somehow, we instinctually did so. So, is there any truth to this faerie lore? Indeed, there seems to be.”

     In Signe Pike’s book Faery Tale: One Woman’s Search for Enchantment in a Modern World, there is a chapter entitled ‘Knock Nine Times on the Faery Door’, which presents the idea that there is faerie lore that says that to enter Faerie or gain the attention of the faeries that one must knock nine times, which is to say three sets of three.

     Now, we must admit that we Silver Elves have never encountered this particular bit of lore previously or, at least, don’t remember having done so and, as you may know, we approach nearly all the ancient and modern lore with a bit of skepticism particularly since much of it is not written by the fae themselves. It is not that we disregard it automatically, but we question it for its validity in modern times and note its value or lack thereof for those of us elfae living in the modern world or post-modern world or whatever. And, on the surface at least, we find this bit of lore rather questionable.

     First, from an elven perspective, the whole idea of Faerie having doors is a bit silly in a fashion. Faerie is not a house or building and its borders are composed of mist and are ephemeral in nature. So it cannot be knocked on in a literal sense in the way that some people have a secret knock so that their friends in hiding will recognize it is them banging on the door and will give them entry. Dah, dah ah, dah dah, dah dah. Now, Signe Pike understood and made it clear that she meant this in a metaphorical way and not that one literally had to knock on a door but rather that one had to endure and keep trying to contact the fae folk over and over again. Her point was really about her own tendency to give up and cease her search and she wasn’t indicating that there was an actual door to knock upon. And here we certainly must agree. The path of the Elven Way, like all spiritual paths, demands perseverance and even life itself requires that we endure whether we are spiritually orient folks or not.

     Nearly every relationship also takes some effort and perseverance, especially in cases where you wish to meet and form a relationship with those (the faeries in her case) that aren’t, for their own part, seeking you out as a friend or acquaintance. This is not entirely unlike those who are seeking romance with someone and keep hanging out in places that they are known to frequent in the hopes of encountering them there and ‘accidentally’ bumping into them. OMG, what a coincidence seeing you here!

     So, on the surface, this bit of lore just seems to be a metaphoric recognition that a relationship with the faeries, as with every other person, requires a bit of effort and also demands continuous energy over time. This remains the case when one is actually aware of being elfae of some sort and wishes to progress upon this path. It takes effort, and that effort and its effects are not to be achieved all in one go but in bursts and advances over time, much in the same way that education is a continuous endeavor to learn and understand. And by doing so become more knowledgeable and, hopefully, enlightened and having, hopefully moments of true realization and comprehension on new and greater levels.

     And yet, as it happens, well over a decade ago, we came upon this greeting card that contained a spell for prosperity in it. According to the directions, we were supposed to take three coins and say the incantation provided three times over it and then leave the coins out in the world to spread the magic and bring prosperity to us. We thought, why don’t we say the incantation three times three, wait three months and say it again in that way, and then wait another three months and do it once more? Which is what we actually did. However, we never put the coins out. We’ve had that magic brewing on one of our magic tables for all these years hence. And if we ever find where we put it (somewhere in our eald, for there are magic tables all over our eald), we’ll probably release it.

     Also, over a decade ago, we took a course in Qigong from a Master of that Art and one of the things we learned was to draw down the energy from the sky to the three dantians. Since then, for the last half dozen years or so, we have used this technique in two of the magic rituals we do daily, which involve: 1.) a combination of reiki and elfin spirit sign language from our book Elfin Spirit Talk  and 2.) the second technique uses a combination of elfin spirit sign language and qigong where we draw down the energy to the three dantians. Only, we draw it down three times three. Knocking on spirit’s door nine times as it were. And all of this long before we even ever heard of Signe Pike’s book.

     While we never consciously meant to confirm this bit of lore, somehow, we instinctually did so. So, is there any truth to this faerie lore? Indeed, there seems to be.

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

“The mystery of Faerie is found in everything, from the open doorway to the faerie ring,
all is art and magic bathed in beauty fair, and the breath and depth of it as wide as you do dare.”
— The Silver Elves 

If you enjoyed the article above, then you will surely also enjoy:

What’s the Difference Between Elves and Faeries?
https://thesilverelves.blogspot.com/2018/07/whats-difference-between-elves-and.html

Are There Actually Portals to Elfin?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/12/03/are-there-actually-portals-to-elfin

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

Is It the Elf Star or the Faerie Star? And Who First Adopted the Seven-Pointed Star as the Elf Star and What Does It Mean?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/is-it-the-elf-star-or-the-faerie-star-and-who-first-adopted-the-seven-pointed-star-as-the-elf-star

What is the Difference Between the Elven Way and the Fairy Faith?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2018/09/09/what-is-the-difference-between-the-elven-way-and-the-fairy-faith

How Do We Elves Relate to the Seasonal Courts of Faerie?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2021/06/26/how-do-we-elves-relate-to-the-seasonal-courts-of-faerie

“When you come to the end of the road and you think you can’t go on,
the door to Faerie opens up as the mists give way to the dawn.”
— The Silver Elves.

You can find all the 60 Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on our author Amazon international pages here: on our author pages
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And more on one of our Silver Elves books mentioned in the article above. . . . .

ELFIN SPIRIT TALK:
Elven Sign Language for Magic and Spell Casting

For years now, we Silver Elves have been using a sign language we’ve created to go along with our magic and our spells. ELFIN SPIRIT TALK: Elven Sign Language for Magic and Spell Casting, shares with you, dear Kindred, this magic of hand movements. You can see our love of using hand gestures in our oracles and magic reflected, in part, in our book Elven Geomancy where whatever result you get as an oracle also has a series of hand movements combined with mudras. These mudras will either greatly increase the power of the oracle and its prediction if you like what you receive and want that outcome to occur, or decrease its potency if the reply from the oracle was contrary to what you wanted. This being done as a way, therefore, of warding off disaster or undesired consequences and moving the energy in another more positive and desired direction. We have carried this practice over into our daily spell casting and in doing so have created a number of spells for ours’elves that we do every day with hand signs similar to American Sign Language in certain ways, only specifically for magical use. After all, magic uses the language of symbols for communicating with spirits. And thus you will find in Elfin Spirit Talk that we have created word signs in the fashion of sign language for the deaf and hearing impaired.

PART ONE of Elfin Spirit Talk has 100 elven spells of magic created in both English and Arvyndase and they cover most situations in life about which you might wish to perform magic, including ten spells in each of ten categories: Protection, Prosperity, Good Fortune, Longevity and Healing, Happiness, Power, Knowledge, Love and Relationship, Wisdom and Spirituality, and Creativity. Once you have found just the right spell in one of these categories that you need for your particular individual situation, you may then go to Part Two of the book and look up each word in the spell to find the Silver Elf Magical Sign Language to go with it.

PART TWO is set up in alphabetical order like a dictionary, so it is English to Silver Elf Magical Sign Language. We include in this section the directions for using the elf sign language to go with the magic spell that you have selected from the first section of this book. You will be looking up each word in your magic spell in this alphabetical dictionary of elf sign language. Once you have studied the signs that go with each word of the spell, you will be ready to use them as you cast your spell in your magic.

. . . 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)

The Elven Way: 
The Magical Path of The Shining Ones

“Wherever you are, wherever you be, Faerie surrounds you if your heart is free.
If your mind is open then certain, for sure, you’ll soon hear the wind rattling your front door,
for Faerie comes calling, invite it right in, and you’ll find that magic is your lifelong friend.”

— The Silver Elves

 

The Silver Elves YouTube Channel

We invite you to join our Silver Elves Youtube Channel where we occasionally make an elfin video! Here is one we made today in which we talk about Norse Runes and our own original Elven Runes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kAtuMRiMgo&t=7s

 

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 Homegroup); (second floor has the Faerie Craft group with a large display studio for elfae art); and (in the attic is the Elven Oracles Group where group oracle readings are always being shared). 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 placesfor United Otherkin Alliance and its private sister group. So please do come join us in any and all of our groups:

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. *

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. *

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 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 Friendshttps://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, Elven Oracles Group, and Elfin Faerie Lore.

“When we step on through the door,
we realize there’s so much more than we had ever thought before, 
for here in Elfin, we abide, together where we need not hide,
ready for the Faerie ride where everyone’s a true friend.”
— The Silver Elves 

Many Elven Blessings, dear Kindred!