Are Elves and Elfae Human?

". . . elves and elfae, for the most part, are quite humane individuals.
We are thus Human Plus, the people of the ancient future to come.
Not human exactly but more than human and becoming more so all the time."

     This question comes up rather frequently among elves, faeries and otherkin, and we have addressed it previously in various ways, but we elves almost never set our minds on things in an absolute fashion. There is no one or final answer for us concerning nearly anything. We are ever pondering and considering and reworking our thoughts, refining them and reformulating them, and trying, ever, to make our consideration, observations and our communications thereof ever clearer for our kindred and those who seek to understand the elfin and elfae and who mostly seek some guideline by which they may come to understand their own s'elves. It is only natural that arising and separating from the World of Man that these newly awakened elfae have come to assume, incorrectly, that there is simply one true answer for everything. 

     Unlike Mankind, and some other spiritual races, we elves don't always have just one true answer for all questions. Our responses often depend upon the time, circumstances and the individuals involved. In that way, we are rather like Ancient Chinese Medicine, which prescribes remedies according to the needs and constitution of the individual, rather than Modern Western Medicine that seems to think, for the most part, there is one drug that should be given to everyone who suffers from a particular ailment.

     People who write to us and tell us that they are not human, of course, are speaking of their feelings about thems'elves, about their spirit and their sense of thems'elves, rather than the actual makeup of their currently physical body. They are speaking of whom they are inwardly rather than outwardly and assume, quite correctly, that in time the outer form will conform to the more enduring and lasting inner being. Although, they don't often realize that this will take ages and lifetimes of development yet to come. 

     We elves and elfae and otherkin, in general, usually feel rather alienated from the world around us, that dominant and surely dominating world, which sees itself as being human, as a means of separating themselves from most of the rest of life. We elves, fae and otherkin often feel closer to our dogs, cats and other kindred creatures than we do to most of those 'individuals' (if you can accurately call them that, they seem more like clones really) around us who tell us they are human but don't seem to act like it most of the time. Their physical bodies are human, but their inner being really, somewhat like ours, is something else. Theirs often less than human and more animal-like than they would like to believe and our inner being often more than human.

     And while it is true that not all elves are human, we Silver Elves surely are and so are those who proclaim otherwise to us on Facebook and other media platforms. The dolphins and the porpoises are elfae as far as these elves are concerned, but they are not human and there are certain trees and birds and other beings that seem especially elfin to us, that are clearly not human in body, either. Human is not a necessary component of being elven, but then it is not an excluding factor either.

     The thing is, however, that the Shining Ones, our ancestors who have evolved into the higher dimensions of being are not exactly human anymore. They are, we might say, more than human. Not X-Men precisely, but more like Human Plus. Human 4.0 or something.

     The simple fact is that Men and the Normal folk, which is to say those who delight in being normal and embrace that description of themselves heartily and with great fervor and use it as a central element for judging those whom they see to be worthy of their friendship or not, or sometimes even worthy of life or success in the world, while they declare themselves to be human, act very much like savage animals in what they call a dog-eat-dog world, much of the time. They are human, perhaps, if they say so (we will accept their definition of themselves), but they don't seem very humane, which is to say elven, most of the time. Whereas, elves and elfae, for the most part, are quite humane individuals. We are thus Human Plus, the people of the ancient future to come. Not human exactly but more than human and becoming more so all the time.

La tae lun u Eldat te vari elsorin (By the light of Elfin be ever blessed),
The Silver Elves

"Any definition of elves to be accurate must always contain the fact that we are ever transforming and becoming more and more our own true s'elves."
—The Silver Elves


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"We bear Elfin in our hearts, but it is a burden not, for it lifts us up and carries us and has done from the start."


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:

  
Through The Mists of Faerie:
A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven

Click on the link above to find out more about this book and to read excerpts.

The following is an example of writing from THROUGH THE MISTS OF FAERIE, page 62-65, from Part One:  Pure Awareness

"What most people call consciousness is an awareness of their thoughts, beliefs and ideas. In the animal kingdom, consciousness is an instinctual awareness and lacks, for the most part, the beliefs, ideas and self-concepts found among humans. In the human being, the idea driven consciousness comes to fore but, as we’ve pointed out already, this is primarily directed and motivated by ideas ruled by our passions and emotionally connected ideas. We think ours’elves to be free but really our lives are controlled by these passions and beliefs.

When we are born into a particular life we come bearing the imprint on our souls of our previous experiences. Obviously, when we are reborn we don’t have the same body. So our bodies, as they currently exist, clearly are not a part of our immortal s’elf, although they are composed of the energy that is, in its’elf, immortal. We are mostly formed from Star-stuff or Stardust, and elves are particularly aware of this fact. So when we come into a new life, our soul/spirit gathers around it the available stardust/energy to form a new body.

Since this stardust also bears the imprint of its past, in the form of a DNA coding directive, we also come into each life with a racial consciousness, formed in what is often called the Collective Unconscious. We also have a human consciousness, and bear the imprint of our evolution through various forms from all our previous incarnations. To become truly immortal beings, that is to say, immortal in the way that vampires are seen as being immortal, having a permanent immortal physical body, we need to integrate our consciousness with and merge with the consciousness of the energy that temporarily composes us. Of course, elves are often also seen as being Immortal, particularly in our more ephemeral forms, or our ethereal or etheric bodies combined with our astral bodies.

In time our bodies will become more resilient, less physical, and more like light, thus more ephemeral. The dimensions we will reside within, the dimension of Elfin/Faerie will be similar to living in a dream. We will have greater powers, such as the power to fly, and the ability to do things that we can now only dream of doing. And yet it will be every bit as real as a dream seems when we are in it, or every bit as real as this illusionary world that we currently abide within.

Also, just as clearly when we pass from one body to another, we don’t carry our thoughts, feelings and beliefs with us, or our memories, unless indeed we have obtained continuity of consciousness and have born our mind through the death process, which, honestly, these particular elves are nowhere near to achieving. Are you? If you are, you will be able to tell because you will be able to remain aware throughout the night as your body sleeps without losing consciousness. Sleep, as we said, is the little death. It is the reflection in microcosm, As Above/So Below, As Within/So Without, of the life death cycle.

For most individuals, the death experience and the assumption of a new stardust body is like suffering from total amnesia. You don’t remember anything. You don’t even know what you know. For instance, in amnesia, you may know how to type or play a piano, but don’t you know that you know how to do it until you sit down at a typewriter, or computer, or piano and suddenly find that typing or playing piano comes automatically to you. So, too, in moving from one life to another, we carry certain abilities with us. We don’t necessarily know that we know, rather we feel we were born with certain talents and abilities, and indeed we were. Usually, we find we learn these things very quickly and easily. These skills seem to come naturally to us.

Our feelings, not so much our emotions, but mostly our feelings, because they are by their nature essentially unconscious, come easily through the transitional state of death. We may not remember whom we loved or liked or disliked, but if we encounter them again or someone like them we immediately sense our attraction, or our repulsion. There are certain individuals that we know immediately even though it seems we have never met them previously. So until we are able to carry our memories from life to life consciously, they are still born in our soul, particularly those things that are most important to us, which is love and relationship, as well as having an instinctual recognition of and attraction to those with whom we have a karmic connection either positive or negative.

We can see this fact reflected in our current life in our conscious and unconscious. The basic consciousness is everything of which we are currently aware. But we also have an unconscious which composes everything of which we are not aware, which for most of us is far vaster than our conscious awareness. Consider all the things we don’t know, and add to it all the things, events, facts, people, experiences we have forgotten, which are stored in our brains but which, for most of them, are lost to us except at certain times. So, too, are our experiences stored in our soul, but only accessible under certain profound circumstances, although occasionally brought to mind by our encounters in the world, just as memories may be brought back into consciousness by a particular, song, smell, or experience. Our soul stores all our experiences and in that way is linked to the Akashic record, which records all experiences of all beings. The Akashic record is the library of the Soul of the Universe."
End of excerpt from Through The Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven

"In ancient times, the forests were our cities, the rivers were our highways. We sang to the Earth and the Earth sang to us, creating a wondrous harmony that echoes still in our soul calling us back to Elfin."
—The Silver Elves

Dear Kindred, along with Through The Mists of Faerie we also suggest for further reading
The Elven Way: The Magical Path of The Shining OnesOn the cover:
"The Elven Way passes beyond the fields of the known
into the forest of the unknown illuminated by the glow of the elves."

"Elfin is like a light ever banishing darkness; Faerie is like the shadows born from the casting of the light. Together they dance through Eternity creating images to delight our imaginations."
—The Silver Elves

A Gift For You!!!!!!What Sort of Elf, Faerie or Other Are You?
What is Your Magical Tribe?

For years various kindred have asked us, the Silver Elves, to help them figure this out. Now we've created a questionnaire to help us do so and to help you learn about your people, your magical tribe. This is our gift to you (free). Simply follow this link below and the directions and we will help you with your own personal narrative about your magical tribe:
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/what-kind-of-elf-fae-or-otherkin-are-you-what-is-your-tribe

And for further reading on your Elven, Faerie, Otherkin tribe:
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 to the pages on this blog 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).

“We are born of starlight woven into magic.”
—The Silver Elves

"Our elven spirit makes us unique. Our elfin soul unites us. Thus, we are each One, Together."
—The Silver Elves



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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 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 questions.

Elven Life and Magic —
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Elvish Magical Chat —
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The Faerie Circle —
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Elf Witches of the Mystic Moon — https://www.facebook.com/groups/806583242768352 — A place to share your magic and enchantment with other elf witches!

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

 
United Otherkin Alliance —
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The Elven Way and Friends —
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Devayana: Buddhism, Vedic, & Asian Spirituality for Elves and Fae https://www.facebook.com/groups/devayana

Nature & the Unseen Realms with the Elves & otherkin. A spiritual journey —
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Elven Blessing to All Our Kindred!