| “In the stage of Acclimation: We now live in Elfin as a part of Faerie even while we still travel the worlds of Men. For this is our quest. This is our mission. This is our duty sworn voluntarily. This is the adventure we imagined and hungered for and it is here. We may not have found the wardrobe when we were children or the genie’s lamp in a cave, nor did a wizard necessarily come to take us off on an adventure. But the elves came, and smiled and hugged us and embraced us as their own, because, beloved, we are one of them, as you are one of us. . . . And in the stage of Actualization: So, make your magic real, beloved. Live your elfin life either openly, if you dare, or in secret. But when we make it real in our life and therefore in the lives of those around us, then Elfin shall manifest upon the Earth just as much as we are able to Actualize it in our own lives and surroundings. And from there it will spread like ivy growing up the sides of the buildings of the world.” |
The Sixth Step or Stage of Elven Awakening is Acclimation
The sixth stage or step upon the Elven Way is very similar to, one might even say a higher version of, the fourth stage of Attunement. We call this sixth step or stage “Acclimation” for here one becomes used to living in the Elfin and Faerie realms of one’s perceptual reality, while still seeing and understanding that the normal folk perceive the world differently. While in the stage of Attunement one stands between the worlds; in Acclimation one is living on the very edge and boundary of Elfin and the Faerie realms but still effected by and able to affect the world that has been created by the mental constructs, or magic, of the dominant race upon the planet. They no longer have any power over our magic, our consciousness and we have ceased to doubt and embrace our elfae lives completely. While they may harm us physically, their dark magics no longer hold any sway over us. We are not deceived by their insistence that the world be a certain way, and we see the world as it is as energy taking various forms in order to experience life and to individuate. We see elves, faeries, pixies, brownies and all sorts of spirits all about us in living beings who may not be entirely awakened but are still fae from our point of view and experience.
This is not to say that we insist others see the world as we do. We may see the fae-ness of others but, if they insist they are something else, usually of the race of Man, we are compelled by our own magics to accept that this is their desire for themselves. In our realms, you are whatever you wish to be, or become it in time; especially when you inform that belief and wish with action. And if they wish to be mundane men and women, who are we to say otherwise? Still, it doesn’t hurt to suggest their fae heritage to them from time-to-time. Usually, we do this very lightly, almost as if joking. “You look like an elf to us,” we might say. Or we may inform someone who seems like they are one of our kind, who appears in our elf sight as one of us, that, “We’re elves,” and see how they respond. Quite often they’ll reply, “I’m a faerie,” or gnome or whatever. Of course, they may just be playing along but then, that’s what elfae folk do, isn’t it! And they may not be ready to step completely upon the elven path, but all come to it, if they do, in their own time.
Some of these folks have had a light Awakening. They are at the place of Attunement, standing between the worlds, living in both realms at the same time and most likely still heavily affected by the world that surrounds them. When they come to the point of Acclimation, if they do so in this lifetime, the preponderance of magic will shift. Elfin and Faerie will hold sway in their lives and the world of the mundane will be but a somewhat necessary inconvenience … like cleaning the toilet.
As we Acclimate to Faerie, the world opens up. The possibilities of our lives become wider but then the potential for what may happen is broader as well. Alas, the world is not less dangerous for having orcs and gremlins in it. But then, they were always there, just disguising themselves as men and women. And now we can see them for whom they truly are. We can see them coming usually, unless their glamor is very powerful, and we are not fooled, although we sometimes let them continue in their mistaken impression that we do not recognize them.
But, as we said, elfae folk of the Seelie sort are more evident as well and we have allies everywhere. Our magic goes forth and weaves its way into the warp and waft of the great tapestry of Elfin and is strengthened thereby. We now live in Elfin as a part of Faerie even while we still travel the worlds of Men. For this is our quest. This is our mission. This is our duty sworn voluntarily. This is the adventure we imagined and hungered for and it is here. We may not have found the wardrobe when we were children or the genie’s lamp in a cave, nor did a wizard necessarily come to take us off on an adventure. But the elves came, and smiled and hugged us and embraced us as their own, because, beloved, we are one of them, as you are one of us.
The Seventh Stage or Step in Elven Awakening is Actualization
The seventh step upon the Elven Way is Actualization and this stage includes all the other stages within it. We might call it the Master Stage, for it shows mastery of all the other stages functioning as one and it reveals Adeptship in one’s interaction with ones’elf, one’s others and the world around one.
While all elves are creative individuals, as are all elfae beings in general, at this stage one clearly and quite confidently steps into the role of the creator of elvish culture and even more than that takes part in the Actualization of Elfin upon the Earth. In this stage, you make Elfin real through your own life by an act, or really acts, of magic. It becomes ‘fait accompli.’ Elfin manifest through our lives and our beings.
One does not cease to follow the other steps upon achieving this stage. One continues to Awaken and to increase one’s understanding of one’s elfae being, becoming ever more conscious of the true protean nature of reality and the Universe and understanding that all form is transitory and thus, in that way, illusionary. But being the magic wielders that we are, being enchanters and increasingly becoming masters of glamorye, we understand now that we are free to create the world as we envision it to be and use our magic to make it so. We are no longer bound by the enculturation of the world. Nor do the threats and insinuations of those who preach this or that faith affect us. We know who we are and our elfae being is not dependent upon the beliefs of others but rather upon our own faith in ours’elves and our magic.
Naturally, we continue our Association with our kindred. Even more so now since, usually at this stage, one has one or more intimate kindred with whom one associates upon a regular basis. What is Elfin without our elfin friends? In fact, one could say that Elfin is all about friends and family.
Our efforts to refine ours’elves as individuals, to increase our power and abilities on all levels, to Activate our energies in every way, continues as well. There is no end to our inner potentiality and the more Activated we become, which is to say the more powerful we become, the more we are able to interact with others and the world in an effective fashion. We elves are, after all, enchanters first and foremost and our ability to enchant becomes greater and more subtle and elegant in our enchantments. We become Charmers, for sure. We develop charisma to a certain degree and again, this is a continuing process. One never ceases to improve when one makes a concerted effort to do so.
And our ability to see the Faerie worlds around us increases as well. We are not only Attuned to the realms of Elfin and Faerie, but we are quite intentionally and willfully creating them. And yet, this willful activity comes quite naturally. It requires no effort from us save the daily effort to lead and improve our lives and the lives of those around us and we need to do nothing more than be our own true s’elves as best we may. We need not grunt and tense our bowels and furrow our brows as many young magicians do endeavoring to force their will upon the world. We need but be the wondrous elfae folk that we are and the world is enchanted by us and yields willingly to our wishes. The Faerie Circle spins about and we are part of the dance. Bright Elfin sings to us and we sing along with it and sometimes we find it is singing our song.
It is true that not all of us are drawn to the stage of Annunciation, at least as far as declaring one’s elfae being to the world and living it openly. And yet, at this seventh stage of Actualization, the way we live, even if we keep our elven nature secret from some folks, is an Annunciation of our elfae being. We are living our magic and making Elfin real in the normal world through our lives and while we may not announce we are elves or faerie folk to the normals around us, they will notice that there is something different about us. In a nice way really and, in fact, that is the great difference. While nearly everyone else in their world is complaining and jockeying for social position and secretly undermining each other while pretending to be best friends forever, we can be relied upon. Our word is our bond and we keep our promises and while we may seem crazy to some folks, it is a nice, eccentric and delightful crazy that interrupts their dull day-to-day lives with something different and sometimes mildly astonishing. We loosen their girdles just a bit and honestly, it is a relief to them, although they won’t always admit it. Although, they often tell us we are daring and dancing like they’d never dare to do, and we thank them and smile pleasantly and tell them they may be more daring than they realize.
In a sense, we are no longer Acclimating to Elfin at this stage. We now fit in perfectly and are not in conflict with Elfin at all. It is home. But Faerie? Well, Faerie is vast and can be dangerous. Even more dangerous than the normal world, for the possibilities are near endless and fantastic, so getting used to that fact can still take some time. It is ever surprising and there are always new things to learn. There is ever more to Faerie. More to learn, more to see, more to do and since we are manifesting Elfin in the material world, Faerie naturally starts to spill over into that world. Unusual things may happen, but then we are magic wielders and our wards are spinning, our sigils of protection hang upon our walls, our doors and windows are sealed with salt against wicked magics, including the dark magic of the normal world that seeks to absorb us into it and make us conform, and we are safe, relatively speaking from most of the dangers of those worlds. Since, it is good to be ever cautious and aware.
So, make your magic real, beloved. Live your elfin life either openly, if you dare, or in secret. But when we make it real in our life and therefore in the lives of those around us, then Elfin shall manifest upon the Earth just as much as we are able to Actualize it in our own lives and surroundings. And from there it will spread like ivy growing up the sides of the buildings of the world.
Me tae Lun u tae M_lli Verat te ver le’na Born!
(May the Light of the Stars Always Be in Your Heart!),
— The Silver Elves
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If you would like to read about the first five stages/steps to Elven Awakening, here are our earlier blog articles on these stages:
Are There Any Steps Beyond Awakening on the Elven Path? First three stages are Awakening, Association and Activation: https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/are-there-any-steps-beyond-awakening-on-the-elven-path
Beyond Awakening — Further Steps on the Elven Path, Steps four and five are Attunement and Annunciation: https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/12/22/beyond-awakening-further-steps-on-the-elven-path-attunement-and-annunciation
And if you would like to read a bit about our own Awakening as Silver Elves and our ancestors The Elf Queen’s Daughters who awakened us, please enjoy this article:
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/01/04/do-elves-really-awaken-to-being-elfin
“The magic of Elfin flows through our veins like starlight flows through the night, awakening sigils inscribed in our souls that stirs our far elven sight and what we do see was said all along, it’s the Dawn of Faerie on Earth, for the enchantments we breed are the magical seed of our spirits as they’re given birth.”
—The Silver Elves
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And for further reading. . . .
. . . . dear Kindred, if you enjoyed the article above, we think you may very much enjoy reading our most popularly read book on the wisdom teachings of the ancient Elven titled Through The Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven by The Silver Elves:
And along with Through The Mists of Faerie we also suggest for further reading its companion book (and you may read them in any order you wish) The Elven Way: The Magical Path of The Shining Ones by the Silver Elves.
On the cover of The Elven Way:
“The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown illuminated by the glow of the elves.”
And Now for a Bit of Elven Fun!
We also offer this same experience in book form:
The Elven Tree of Life Eternal:
A Magical Quest for Our True S’Elf.
We invite you to come to our website and enter our elven forest and go through the Elven Tree of Life Eternal to explore your magical nature (it’s free and completely private). It is set up somewhat like a choose your own adventure book and a fun way to explore your specific magic while all roads lead to Elfin. If you find yourself circling in particular realm, then this is perhaps important to recognized as part of your magical Nature. Then, when you feel you would like to exit our elven forest, please do return to “the Eald of the Silver Elves home page” at any time you wish by clicking the “home page” link at the top of any page you happen to be on. You may enjoy other pages on our website including reading some of our Magical Elven Love Letters or taking our Elf, Fae or Otherkin Survey and we will happily gift you a beautiful narrative about your magical tribe (this is not an automatic response but instead is especially written for you based on your responses and our own elven intuition).
“The Way of the Elves winds through the trees, in time you relax and your tensions do ease, you sigh as the sun filters through leaves, and are helped on your way by a welcoming breeze.”
—The Silver Elves
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.
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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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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 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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and May All Your Wishes Be True!
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