Is There a Point At Which One Is Too Old To Be An Elf?

"We are elves with aging bodies. We are also ancient elves."

     From time to time, some young person sees a photo of us and thinks, how can they be elves? They’re too old! Of course, they are influenced by Tolkien’s writings and like to imagine that they are somehow immortal or near immortal as his elven characters are. Since their bodies haven’t changed fundamentally since they reached their twenties, it is an easy thing to imagine that they might never grow old. However, in time, if they continue on this path, and alas it is unlikely that they will, they will encounter the fact that none of us escape the demands of change that the material world places upon our physical bodies and the only alternative they will have to never aging is one that they are most likely un-inclined to pursue.

     We elves are essentially spiritual beings, which is not to say religious beings, but beings whose essence is focused and derived from spirit and the underlying energy that the material world is formed upon, rather than the transitory nature of material manifestations. Spirit is being defined in this sense as energetic consciousness. When we come to realize this truth, we become more attuned to our true natures, which are energetic, and we begin to see beyond any particular lifetime, and thus beyond the illusion of transitory material form or existence.

     We are elves with aging bodies. We are also ancient elves. More ancient than we appear no matter how old we may seem. In the not too distant future we will pass from these particular bodies and find new material forms for manifestation. We will still be ancient elves. Even more ancient, but not by much, and surely not as ancient as some of our kindred. But, as the physicists like to say: It’s all relative. And as we elves like to say: How about another dance!

Fardas Lovur Tae Lan (Dancing toward the dawn),

The Silver Elves

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Do Elves Age Less Quickly Than Normal Humans?

"...in our own experience we have noticed that elves do tend to appear younger
than those who are not elfin who are our contemporaries."

     This is a popular idea with writers and with those of us who are elven as well. We’d certainly like to think that this is true, and many elves, particularly when they are very young, seem to accept this idea. Alas, there is no genetic evidence that this is so, however, in our own experience we have noticed that elves do tend to appear younger than those who are not elfin who are our contemporaries.

     If this is a genetic propensity, we don’t really know. And as we said we have no evidence that this is so, we merely have our own experience and observation and we are inclined to think that this is less of a matter of genetics and pure material manifestation and more of a matter of spirit and soulful development. However, if yours is a strictly materialistic view of Life and the Universe than it cannot help but be a matter of genetics, just as our propensity toward and love of all things elven would thus be genetic. We call ours’elves elves, therefore, because we are genetically programmed to do so.

     The idea that is often put forth that one is only as young as they feel, think, act, etc. does have an effect upon the elves. Not only do we often tend toward healthier lives, thus more attention to our diets and to exercise and taking care ours’elves in general, but we also tend to be less stressed than many of the folks about us. This is not to say that we never experience stress, but we know individuals, far too many individuals, who are not elfin for whom stress and anger and frustration are not an occasional occurrence but a life habit. They are always upset about every little thing that goes wrong in their lives and things always seem to be going wrong.

     It is not that we elves don’t age; clearly, or perhaps unfortunately, we do. Like most folks, we’d rather not. However, the idea of aging stresses us far less than it does most folks (and stress leads to aging). While so many others we have encountered are ever complaining about getting old, we’re still smiling and that smile, more than anything, makes us seem much younger than we appear to be.

Kyela,
The Silver Elves

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What An Elf Would Do: A Magical Guide to the Manners and Etiquette of the Faerie Folk