"In Elfin, you become what you truly wish to be
and what you put energy/magic toward being. No one is a half elf, or part elf,
unless they wish to be. We know that this concept is hard for some folks to
absorb, having become used to viewing the world from a materialistic point of
view . . . . but
in time all elves come to understand that we are granters of wishes and the
first wish we ever granted was our own wish to be elves."
(Note from the Silver Elves! We would like to thank Ileådryn, Sara Isayama, for her beautiful graphic design of the elven star featured above.)
How do you Know if a Person is an Elf or Faerie or Pixie or whatever?
Unlike some folks, these elves for the most part don’t tell people
what they are.
We Silver Elves don’t generally say, “Hey, you are an elf,” or whatever. We tend to let people tell us what they are and usually we elicit this information by revealing our own elven nature to those we feel might be open to it and then seeing if they respond and how. Often, if we tell someone, “We’re elves,” and they are otherkin of some sort, they will reply saying, “I am, too,” or “I’m a faerie,” or as was the case with our daughter, “I’m a faerie elf.”
We Silver Elves don’t generally say, “Hey, you are an elf,” or whatever. We tend to let people tell us what they are and usually we elicit this information by revealing our own elven nature to those we feel might be open to it and then seeing if they respond and how. Often, if we tell someone, “We’re elves,” and they are otherkin of some sort, they will reply saying, “I am, too,” or “I’m a faerie,” or as was the case with our daughter, “I’m a faerie elf.”
This
wasn’t always true. Early in our awakening, we used to tell others (ones we
liked or were attracted to) that we thought that they were elves, too, and
surely there is nothing wrong in doing so. It’s just that, in most cases you
tend to draw out the same sort of response, which is the revelation of an
individual’s true elfae nature or association whatever that might be.
We
particularly remember one instance where we encountered a young woman of our
acquaintance very shortly after we had been awaken by the Elf Queen’s Daughters
(see our books the Elf Magic Mail vols. 1 and 2 for their writings) and told her we thought she was an elf. She
immediately replied that she was, in fact, a dwarf, which was something we had
not suspected at all. However, this let us know that it is not our opinion of
what others are that is important but their own understanding of their magical
s’elves. Ultimately, whatever we may think they are, only their own aspirations
matter and we have simplified and clarified things buy letting them tell us what
they are instead of projecting our conceptions upon them.
This
does not mean that we don’t have opinions concerning certain individuals. We
see folks that we think are elves, or faeries of pixies, trolls or whatever and
we base this mostly upon their actions, their magic, their behavior, although
their appearance sometimes plays a role as well.
We have
occasionally come upon someone who looks like a leprechaun to us but when we
tell them so they often say something like, “Someone once told me I looked like
a leprechaun when I was on the bus.” Or as is so often the case with
leprechauns, who tend to be a bit cagey, you’ll get an answer that is
essentially, yes, without them directly saying so, but that’s leprechauns for
you.
But
again, what is really important to us and in the long run to them, is what they
truly wish to be in an Elfin Faerie world, if anything at all. Do they have a
place there? Do they wish a place there? Our opinions are just that, opinions
and not necessarily any more valid than anyone else's opinion. But a person’s
actions, hir magic manifests hir being and that cannot truly be denied although
there are those who would attempt to do so.
And,
of course, there are those who think they are one thing, such as an elf, but
haven’t really penetrated to the depth of what it means to be an elf, often
projecting the ideas gleaned from stories written about us by those who aren’t
elven, or continuing the habits and carrying the baggage of their life in the
world not only upon their own conception of Elfin but attempting to project
them upon us and thus to limit the rest of us as well. But of this we have
little concern. For we are elves and thus they cannot restrict us with their
notions. And if they are truly elfin, they will learn in time what that means
for them as well as developing a tolerance for what it means for us. All that
we can do in the gentle time is set an example for them by being the best elves
we can be.
Who are the Half Elves?
Many novels speak of half elves and
surely this comes from the idea of races as they are typically defined in the
world today as being an aspect of physical manifestation with certain physical
features, such as skin color, type of hair, shape of nose or lips, etc. Tolkien
called Elrond, we believe, half elven.
And surely if elves were a totally distinct
physical type we could see the point in this, although not much of a point.
However, we elves, particularly we Silver Elves, see race not so much as an
aspect of physical characteristics but an aspect of character itself. It is a
spiritual point of view rather than a material point of view. And in that
sense, if we considered the Shining Ones to be purely elven, all of us who have
yet to fully manifest ours’elves as elves are half elven or part elven,
compared to them. We are in the process of becoming ever more elven by living
our lives as elves.
The simple fact is that while there are
certain tendencies for elves considering physicality, there are no exact
features that define elves. We tend to be thin, but not always. Really, we are
inclined to be the right weight for the body type we’ve chosen to inhabit. We
often look younger than our age would indicate but that is comparing ours’elves
to the normal folk who so often abuse their bodies and wear them out. However,
the many trials that an elf can face in this life, the challenges and sometimes
tragedies that one endures can affect this. And looking at race the way men
define it, which is primarily skin color, we elves can be of any race or people
whatsoever.
This is due to the fact that we are not only
the Eldar/Elder race that is behind and at the
root of all peoples, but because we have through time mixed with them both
willingly, because, let’s face it, elves are often easy going in temperament;
and because the more dominant peoples have forced themselves upon us. Also, because
we are a spiritual folk many of us have developed the ability between
incarnations to choose what body we wish to be born in, dropping into this or
that physical race or group of people as need and quest or even serendipity
directs us.
For those who believe in the physical and
genetic heritage of the elven, as we’ve descended from the Annunaki and the
Scythians and other related tribes, the fact still holds true that we have
merged with other peoples both willingly and unwillingly through the ages. This
would seem to indicate that we are all in a sense half elven. Although Nicholas
De Vere claimed he and a few others were of the pure elven bloodline, and this
may be so. But genetics, because of the tendency to have dominant (dominating)
and subdominant (otherkind) genes and tendencies, tells as that if two people
offer their subdominant genes in the process of creation, we often get a
relatively pure subdominant (elfin or other) type of being.
In
the long run, however, as we said previously, we elves are not so concerned
with what genetic lineage we may have appeared to be derived from, because it
is our elven nature and character that really illuminates our being.Ultimately, it is our own actions, our own magic that defines us. We are elves
because we wish to be elves, because we have chosen to be elves, because our
magic has made us elves. And in that sense, there are no half elves
at all. We are all becoming more truly ours’elves but all perfect in potential
in our inner being. While we may seem less than perfect in our manifestation in
the world, more elven one day and less so the next, in the Elfin Realms we are
completely and totally elven, although, we may be part pixie, or brownie or
fae, as these elves are or some other combination.
In Elfin, you become what you truly wish to be
and what you put energy/magic toward being. No one is a half elf, or part elf,
unless they wish to be. We know that this concept is hard for some folks to
absorb, having become used to viewing the world from a materialistic point of
view, which is to be expected in this Kala Yuga, the most material of ages, but
in time all elves come to understand that we are granters of wishes and the
first wish we ever granted was our own wish to be elves.
If you enjoyed this article, you may also enjoy reading our blog article: What Does it Mean to Awaken to Our True Elven Nature? And be sure and scroll down this page you are presently viewing and take a look at the over 100 blog articles we have for you to read on a variety of questions relating to the Elven Way, Elven Magic and Living the Life Elfin.
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"Elfin sings upon the dawn and dances through the whole day long
Until the night doth gently rise with starlight cast upon our eyes,
And love abounds and circles 'bout,
And we greet the moon with howling shout."
—The Silver Elves
If you enjoyed the article above then you may also enjoy reading:
Can we be Born as one Type of Elf, Fae or Otherkin in One Life and Another Kin Type in a Different Incarnation?
https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/05/22/can-we-be-born-as-one-type-of-elf-fae-or-otherkin-in-one-life-and-another-kin-type-in-a-different-incarnation
How do You Discover What Sort of Elf or Otherkin Type You Are? And Do You Need to Know your Kin Type to be an Otherkin?https://silverelves.wordpress.com/2020/08/01/how-do-you-discover-what-sort-of-elf-or-otherkin-type-you-are-and-do-you-need-to-know-your-kin-type-to-be-an-otherkin
Please enjoy watching our new YouTube video presentation:
The Silver Elves Tarot Reading for the Elfae People for 2020!
The Silver Elves invite you to view our Youtube video presentation
demonstrating the elven method of tarot reading and what we call the
"Elven Shuffle," a unique way that we elves use shuffling the cards to
allow the spirit world to select the cards in a reading. And we also
give a general reading (using the "Elven Shuffle" for a complete Celtic
Cross spread) and prediction for the Elven-Fae people for the year 2020!
Then please do subscribe to our You Tube channel and we would love to
read a comment from you in the comment section below the video. Many
Elven Blessings, dear Kindred! https://youtu.be/UCMGCEDZqo0
Want An Elf Name Gifted by The Silver Elves?
We
Silver Elves have been gifting elf names for decades, now over 6,000
names, in our beautiful magical elven language, Arvyndase! If you are interested in having us gift you an elven name in Arvyndase, you are welcome to visit our website page "Want An Elf Name." There we give you suggestions for what to email us about yours'elf so we can give you a name that is magically fitting for you.
1. Through The Mists Of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teachings of the Ancient Elven This is our most popular book and one we highly recommend reading by anyone interested in elves, elven magic, elven lifestyle 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.
Below is the quote on the front of The Elven Way:
3. The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage Into Faerie
4. The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves (see both Volume 1 & 2)
"People
sometimes try to make the elfin jump through hoops, not realizing that
for us every circle is a portal to another world. We may jump through
their hoops but then it is very likely we will simply disappear into
realms they do not realize even exist."
—The Silver Elves
—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. Each narrative is based on your answers to the questions and our intuition and is a unique narrative just for you. This is not a computer generated result and we Silver Elves concentrate on only one narrative a day to give you special consideration: 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. We also invite you to read ELVES, FAERIES, FAE, AND OTHERKIN TRIBES: More Descriptions of Otherworldly Folk. It is the third book in the series of Elf, Fae and Otherkin tribes by The Silver Elves. After publishing the first two books in this series, we Silver Elves continued to have many of our kindred fill out the kin type survey and contact us asking for a tribe narrative, so this third book in the series contains all of these new tribe narratives to this date and is dedicated to a variety of tribes of elven kind, faeries, fae that are faerie blends, otherkin, otherworldlies, and miscellaneous assorted fae. The 124 tribe narratives in this third volume are all newly published and are not found in the two previous books. Some of the narratives are a bit longer than those in the first two books. These tribe narratives will beautifully describe to you about their history, their unique powers, their unique magics and spiritual beliefs and practices, their way of governing, their spell crafting and herbal adeptship, along with their lifestyle and special creative interests and abilities. 
Be sure and click on the title links above and read a few of these magical tribe 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).
Hope You Enjoy Listening to this Podcast with the Silver Elves!
Here is an hour-long podcast, in which Zardoa (MichaelLove) of the Silver Elves was interviewed in 2019 (scroll down on the link
here and see Episode 1. 5) on his spiritual journey as an elf and about
the elven community by Dr. Brandi Estey-Burtt and Dr. Clive Baldwin, for St. Thomas
University, the Narratives of Spiritual Identity Project. In the first 16
minutes of the podcast, the researchers discuss their perceptions and research
in general about otherkin and elves (this is most interesting) and then the
interview with Zardoa follows. You can also down load a transcript below the
podcast, but listening is of course far more fruitful. We Silver Elves had the
pleasure of first meeting these researchers in our “United Otherkin Alliance”
Facebook group and participating in their study. https://narrativesofidentity.org/podcast
The Silver Elves invite you to come join us in some of our elven and magical otherkin Facebook groups where you will find our elven-faerie-fae otherkin community interacting and sharing The Elven Way:
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.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/629491797123886
Elvish Magical Chat — Posting and chatting all about elves, faeries, pixies, and magic!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/307775362744491
The Faerie Circle — A group for the magical elfae folk. Be ever blest!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1025483294180077
Elf Witches of the Mystic Moon — A place to share your magic and enchantment with other elf witches!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/806583242768352
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
I Heart Elven Magic —For those who love Elfin Magic.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2215672296
Feasting With the Elves (having fun sharing elven recipes and healthy eating) — https://www.facebook.com/groups/597948240617006
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.
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
https://www.facebook.com/groups/165938637423212
https://www.facebook.com/groups/196916350335537
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
Silver Elves Embassy — This is a a place of rest and gathering together to relax and share our stories, dreams for the future, and magic of our elfin adventures.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/206231890276255
"Sing bright songs of tomorrow today
To bring a better future winging our way."
—Olde Elven Saying)
