'Fairies Fly and Elves Levitate!'"
The following are two excerpts from The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elfand Following the Elven Path by
The Silver Elves and we are publishing them here particularly for our Fae friends on our Facebook group United Otherkin Alliance and our discussion there on What are the differences between elves
and faeries? and What are fae? This is an open group so all interested folk are welcome to join in friendly discussion and sharing:
What are the differences between Elves and Faeries?
While both elves and fairies are fae, we are different
tribes, actually a variety of different tribes as there are different types of
both elves and of fairies. And this is not even counting the varieties of
pixies, brownies and other related kindred. And we are a diversifying people as
well, which means that as we evolve into the future, more and more types and tribes of elves and faeries will emerge.
This is similar to the Celtic peoples,
who came after us, who were also not one people, but a vast variety of tribes
that shared a common culture. The word Keltoi, itself, comes from the Greeks
and was not the name those various peoples called themselves but a name given
to them by outsiders. And it should be noted that while they shared a culture,
they did not all speak the same language. Interestingly, and germane to our
topic, Tolkien’s elves also spoke different languages and variations on those
languages. In the modern world, of course, elves and faeries, for the most
part, are raised within the framework of other ‘normal’ cultures and thus speak
the language of their upbringing and sometimes the lingua franca of our times.
We could say, tongue in cheek, the
difference between elves and faeries is that “Fairies Fly and Elves Levitate.”
Since faerie folk tend to love to wear faerie wings as a symbol of their
culture and we elves depend upon our spirits to uplift us. Our own tendency, of
course, is not to love faerie wings so much as pointed ears. But then saying,
“Fairies fly and Elves listen pointedly” just isn’t as clever, is it?
We have observed that modern faeries,
those in human bodies, are often more easily accepted in the world than most of
we elven brothers and sisters. Fairies, even though they are considered by
others to be “airy” or “flighty” (there is even a term in academic circles of being
“airy fairy”), are often really adept in business matters and this enables them
to move with greater facility in the world than we elves do. As it is, we elves
are frequently more outcast and do not fit as smoothly into the world. And
usually we elves do not care to merge into the world if we have to change
ours’elves to do it. We prefer the freedom to express ours’elves more than we
hunger for acceptance or financial success.
Of course, one might have both elven and
faerie within hir, as we are a varied people and combinations of fae being and
spirit are more common than not. There are surely those who like to flaunt
their pure elven blood, but the reality of the elfin is that we are seldom
actually snobbish, tend to be sensually inclined and find all manner of folk
beautiful and thus intermingling with others is more likely to occur than not
among the elfin. Although, this is probably true of the faerie folk as well and
in that way we are rather alike. Some might say we are easy, but it would be more
true to say we are easy when we wish to be.
It is important to understand that while
the faerie folk make quite a show of being flighty and unreliable at times,
this is mostly just a pose. This is a glamour they use to move through the
world and they can be just as intent and dedicated to their designs as the
elven. While we elven often seem aloof and snobbish, even arrogant to
outsiders, we are really quite warm-hearted most of the time, simply, for the
most part, a little more inclined toward introversion than the often
extroverted faeries, but this is just a generalization and the real difference
between elves and faeries is even to be found in the difference between an
individual elf and an individual faerie. Generalizations are a convenience but
they seldom encompass the whole truth and quite often obscure it. And we elves
ever strive to differentiate our preconceptions from reality and to judge each
individual as an individual, and in our experience individuals always surprise
us.
—from page 35 of The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elfand Following the Elven Path by
The Silver Elves
What Are Fae?
Others may have different definitions but when these elves
use the word fae we mean to encompass most of the inhabitants of Faerie. This,
of course, includes the faeries themselves, but also pixies, brownies, fee,
fey, leprechauns and nearly every other manner of faerie folk, including the
Shining Ones, the Tuatha de Danann, the Sidhe in their various forms and many
others. Even we elves are fae in our way. And naturally, we include the
merfolk, the selkies, the sea sprites, the wood sprites, the sea nymphs, the
wood nymphs, the dryads, the centaurs, the satyrs and many other folk, which in
that sense would also include Tolkien’s Ents. How about hobbits? Are they fae?
We’d think so, but a very brownie like fae, a very homebody sort.
The
question is, however, at least for us, do we include some of the denizens of
the darker realms of Faerie, the Unseelie folk, the trolls, orcs, goblins,
grimlens, giants and others of darker sorts? Honestly, we don’t know. We don’t
wish to exclude them, unless they wish to be excluded. We are related to some
of them both by blood and marriage from long ages past. They are our kindred
even if they are the sort of folks one is sometimes embarrassed to admit that
one is related. And remember that certainly not all of the folk of the darker
realms are evil, [many modern elfae relate to being Unseelie simply because they do not wish to help mankind, although they do not wish them harm either even though they would protect themselves if necessary]. And while we don’t tend to share the view of humanity as a
whole that many of these folk have, nor their propensity to prey on others, as
is the case with some of them, nor even with their religious, social or
political views, nor their views on gender and the place of women in society,
nor their prejudices concerning other races, we are willing to share a family
meal with them in elfin frasority and kindreth. We are cousins, after all, even
if it is just kissing cousins, and we are surely not inclined to kiss them in
most cases.
And
that’s the point really, we never exclude anyone who wishes to be a part of
Faerie and makes the effort to attune to that vast and wondrous realm. We
surely could not exclude them from Faerie itself, but neither would we exclude
them from our own hearts and understanding of Faerie. Only those who do not
wish to acknowledge Faerie are excluded from it. But really, when it comes down
to it, each must decide for hir own s’elf whether sHe is of the fae or not.
If some goblin, for instance, came up to us
and said, sHe was not fae, we’d accept that as fact. On the other hand, if
another goblin came up to us and stated that sHe was fae, we’d accept that as
well, thinking then that we had encountered two different types of goblin, the
fae and unfae. This, alas, has never happened, but still it is possible.
We don’t present our definitions as
absolutes, merely as indications of how we are using a particular word, phrase
or term. We believe it the right of every person and every people to define
they own s’elves or selves, but it is also their obligation in doing so to live
up to those definitions as best they are able. Calling ones’elf an elf, doesn’t
make one elven, but living one’s life as an elf, does. At least, this is true
in the realms of magic and Elfin and Faerie, and they are in the long run the
only realms that really matter to us.
—from page 23 of The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elfand Following the Elven Path by
The Silver Elves
Kyela,
The Silver Elves
If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about
modern elves and elven kin, then you will surely find The Magical Realms of Elfin to contain many of your questions answered and it
will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to the magical realms
of Elfin.
If you enjoyed these two articles, you may also wish to read our other blog article:
Who came First, Elves or Faeries?
"....not to say that elves came before faeries or
faeries before elves,
but that the modern conception of elves is much more ancient than
the notion that is currently popular concerning faerie folk."
but that the modern conception of elves is much more ancient than
the notion that is currently popular concerning faerie folk."
Many of the questions about the Elven Way that our Fae friends ask us are answered in our book The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path by The Silver Elves. We have published some of the articles in this book on this blog site and also others on our sister blog: Silver Elves blog site on Word Press.
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yours’elf and our peoples in the meantime (or gentle-time as we elves
often say).
And for further reading on your Elven, Faerie, Otherkin tribe you may enjoy our books dedicated to sharing over 300 tribe narratives:
ELF TRIBES: The Silver Elves’ Guide for Finding Your Magical Kind and Kin and FAERIE, FAE AND OTHERKIN TRIBES: The Silver Elves’ Guide for Finding Your Magical Kind and Kin. Please
click on the titles listed above to go pages that
are dedicated to each book, where you can read more about them, view
excerpts of sample magical narratives and also the table of contents
from both books. Elf Tribes contains 150+ narratives of elven tribes, and Faerie, Fae and Otherkin Tribes contains
another 150+ narratives of faerie and otherkin tribes. Be sure and
click on the title links and read a few of these magical narratives.
Perhaps, you will find your people as you read through these two books, or kindred quite like them. At any rate, you can always do the survey yours’elf,
or do it again if you feel you have come to a greater understanding of
yours’elf and our peoples in the meantime (or gentle-time as we elves
often say).
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—The Silver Elves
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ELVEN PSYCHOLOGY is written from a unique elven perspective about the present day human condition, which includes an exploration of the psyché of both normal folk and elfae. We elves are elven by spirit, so our entrance into humanity is the addition of a new spiritual race, not a new physical race, and elves have been born in these modern times into all physical races, as well as most cultures and religions throughout the world. In fact, there are many who are following esoteric Ancient Wisdom Traditions, as well as some Tolkienists, who through the process of benevolent evolution, see ‘elf as the new normal’ or majority of humankind in the not so distant future. So, it is important to update many areas of academia that explore, express, and explain human life; psychology being one of these.
Thus this book expands the realms of modern psychology, which has never before included the elves and otherkin population as being real. If one says that they are an elf, most psychologists today will still hold you in suspect of having a delusionary disorder and try to evaluate you further. We explain in Elven Psychology why from a standard psychological point of view that believing you are an elf does not in itself constitute a disorder even in traditional psychology, and then we go much further and explore the disorders and psychological struggles that we observe in our modern society in both normal folk and elves/otherkin, along with the spiritual purposes of disorders and new perspectives for healing.
where elves, faeries, dragons, kitsune, gnomes, hobbits, merkin, pixies, brownies, nymphs, driads, niaids, valkyrie, vampires, devas, and all manner of Faerie Folk gather!
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We also, we invite you to check out our new release:
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Mental Disorders! Come read all about it, the introduction, and table of
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Elven Psychology: Understanding the Elfin Psyche and
the Evolutionary and Esoteric Purpose of Mental Disorders
the Evolutionary and Esoteric Purpose of Mental Disorders
ELVEN PSYCHOLOGY is written from a unique elven perspective about the present day human condition, which includes an exploration of the psyché of both normal folk and elfae. We elves are elven by spirit, so our entrance into humanity is the addition of a new spiritual race, not a new physical race, and elves have been born in these modern times into all physical races, as well as most cultures and religions throughout the world. In fact, there are many who are following esoteric Ancient Wisdom Traditions, as well as some Tolkienists, who through the process of benevolent evolution, see ‘elf as the new normal’ or majority of humankind in the not so distant future. So, it is important to update many areas of academia that explore, express, and explain human life; psychology being one of these.
Thus this book expands the realms of modern psychology, which has never before included the elves and otherkin population as being real. If one says that they are an elf, most psychologists today will still hold you in suspect of having a delusionary disorder and try to evaluate you further. We explain in Elven Psychology why from a standard psychological point of view that believing you are an elf does not in itself constitute a disorder even in traditional psychology, and then we go much further and explore the disorders and psychological struggles that we observe in our modern society in both normal folk and elves/otherkin, along with the spiritual purposes of disorders and new perspectives for healing.
See all 45+ of
the Silver Elves books on The Elven Way on Amazon US here:
and on Amazon
UK here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Silver-Elves/e/B0070R8ER2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
https://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Silver-Elves/e/B0070R8ER2/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
Many people ask us which Silver Elves books to begin reading first and so we say, which ever sounds right to you, follow your elven intuition, as there is really no right order! But if you would like a suggestion, you may wish to begin with one or more of these books listed below:
1. Through The Mists Of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient ElvenThis is our most popular book and one we highly recommend reading by anyone interested in elves and the elven way.
2. The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones This is a companion book to Through the Mists of Faerie, but may be read in any order. It is also a very popular book and a good one to start with.
3. The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage Into Faerie.
If you have questions about the Elven Way and being an elf, then you may also wish to read The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path. If you are curious about elves and want to learn more about modern elves, then you will surely find The Magical Realms of Elfin to contain many of your questions answered and it will be a great comfort and help in finding your way home to the magical realms of Elfin.
And here is one of our newest releases that is very light reading but surely will uplift you and guide your way into Faerie! The Elves Say: A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves, Volume 2. This
is the second book in the Elf Quotes Book Series, which contains The
Silver Elves' own original elfin koans, ancient elven sayings, and their
other quotes of wisdom on the Elven Way. If you loved Elf Quotes,
our volume one of the Silver Elves elf quotes series, you will surely
love this one as well. They do not need to be read in order. Many people
say they enjoyed beginning reading our books with Elf Quotes as it is
light reading yet brings you closer to Elfin and understanding The Elven
Way.
"Now we muse upon the days, when morning mist did turn to haze and through the haze the folk did come to dance and sing and beat the drum, and round and round we circled 'bout, and sometimes yelled out with a shout, our spirits strong our hearts were stout, and darkness we did soon give rout, as then the light of Elfin rose, we reached to it upon our toes, and grasped it close as magic knows, this is the way we bring it, as usual we wing it, join us now and sing it, it is the song of Faerie."
—The Silver Elves
—The Silver Elves
If you are further interested in our magic philosophy and rituals, we suggest that you visit our website and read sample pages and the table of contents of our two volumes (also both available on Amazon) of The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves (volume 1) and here you will find volume 2. In these two books we explore the Elven viewpoint concerning magick and the tools of magic with magical ceremonies that may be adapted for use by modern faerie folk. The two volumes give the complete progression of color magicks and also explore Elven Vortexes and Covens, as well as our theories on calling the directions and dimensions and more.
"This book, dear kin, and the others we have written are the magic signs we’ve left for those searching for Elfin/Faerie in and beyond the world. We bless you and grant your true wishes." —From the Book of Elven Magick, volume 2
The Ten Stages, or Colors of Elven Ritual Magic below is taken from the The Book of Elven Magick: Vols 1 and 2, by The Silver Elves. We would like to thank Ileådryn, Sara Isayama, for her beautiful graphic design.
We Silver Elves created this Color Magic system as something fluid and individual. You start
with what Color Magic you feel you are drawn to. If you don't have a
preference and are a person who likes things set in order, then start
with One. If you are a person who likes to go more by your feelings,
then choose first the one you are attracted to and feel you meed in your life. It is said that if you like to look at this in terms of order, one might think of the color sequence above as being akin to something like Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs, only applied to magic and ritual. For instance, it's hard to do Healing Green Magic, if one is under psychic attack and therefore one must first defend oneself and place barriers and be in a secure, safe place before one can do any healing. That is why, for example, Black Magic or Protection Magic is placed before Healing Green Magic. Also, "Health" is a perhaps the greatest wealth, which is why Healing Magic comes before Orange Magic for wealth generation, and so forth. But remember that we often are working on more
than one magic at a time in our lives just as we have more than one need at a time that needs fulfilling. So while you certainly may go in
an order 1 to 10, what you need is truly your decision and you may need
to do more than one at a time. We don't actually have charts or graphs
in our books, most likely because the Elven Way is so fluid. To read more on elven color magic and ritual see: The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves, volume 1 and also The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves, Volume 2.
Fost Tae Lodver (Touch the truth)!
