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Through the Mists of Faerie: A Magical Guide to the Wisdom Teaching of the Ancient Elven
This is a book about High Elven Magic. Not the magic of chants and spells and ceremonies, of which we've already written quite a bit, but of the Quest to become like those kindred of ours who we, and others, call the Shining Ones, and which most folks think of when they fantasize about what elves are-even when they deny that we are elven or that elves exist at all. The Shinning Ones are the evolved beings who guide the elven people upon their spiritual Path. If you would enter Faerie, or Elfin as we often call it, this is a book about the Path that leads there.
232 pages, Paperback
First published October 14, 2011
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The Silver Elves
85 books180 followersThe Silver Elves are a family of elves who have since 1975 been living and sharing the Elven Way or Elven spiritual path. We are the authors of 60+ books on elven magic, elven lore and enchantment, and the Elven Way including: The Book of Elven Runes: A Passage Into Faerie; The Magical Elven Love Letters, vol. I, 2, & 3; An Elfin Book of Spirits: Evoking the Beneficent Powers of Faerie; Caressed by an Elfin Breeze: The Poems of Zardoa Silverstar; Eldafaryn: True Tales of Magic from the Lives of the Silver Elves; Arvyndase (Silverspeech): A Short Course in the Magical Language of the Silver Elves; The Elven Book of Dreams: A Magical Oracle of Faerie; The Book of Elven Magick: The Philosophy and Enchantments of the Seelie Elves, Vol. 1 & 2; What An Elf Would Do: A Magical Guide to the Manners and Etiquette of the Faerie Folk; The Elven Tree of Life Eternal: A Magical Quest for One’s True S’Elf; Magic Talks: On Being a Correspondence Between the Silver Elves and the Elf Queen’s Daughters — along with three other books in this series: Sorcerers’ Dialogues, Discourses on High Sorcery, and Ruminations on Necromancy; The Elven Way: The Magical Path of the Shining Ones; The Book of Elf Names: 5,600 Elven Names to Use for Magic, Game Playing, Inspiration, Naming One’s Self and One’s Child, and as Words in the Elven Language of the Silver Elves; Elven Silver: The Irreverent Faery Tales of Zardoa Silverstar; An Elven Book of Ryhmes: Book Two of the Magical Poems of Zardoa Silverstar; The Voice of Faerie: Making Any Tarot Deck Into an Elven Oracle; Liber Aelph: Words of Guidance from the Silver Elves to our Magical Children; The Shining Ones: The Elfin Spirits That Guide You According to Your Birth Date and the Evolutionary Lessons They Offer; Living the Personal Myth: Making the Magic of Faerie Real in One’s Own Personal Life; Elf Magic Mail, Book 1 & 2; The Elves of Lyndarys: A Magical Tale of Modern Faerie Folk; The Elf Folk’s Book of Cookery: Recipes For a Delighted Tongue, a Healthy Body and a Magical Life; Faerie Unfolding: The Cosmic Expression of the Divine Magic; The Elements of Elven Magic: A New View of Calling the Elementals Based Upon the Periodic Table of Elements; The Keys to Elfin Enchantment: Mastery of the Faerie Light Through the Portals of Manifestation; Elf Quotes: A Collection of Over 1000 Ancient Elven Sayings and Wise Elfin Koans by The Silver Elves About Magic and The Elven Way; The United States of Elfin: Imagining a More Elven Style of Government; Elven Geomancy: An Ancient Oracle of the Elfin Peoples for Divination and Spell Casting; Creating Miracles In The Modern World: The Way Of the Elfin Thaumaturge; The Magical Realms of Elfin: Answers to Questions About Being an Elf and Following the Elven Path; Elven Psychology: Understanding the Elfin Psyche and the Evolutionary and Esoteric Purpose of Mental Disorders, The Complete Dictionary Of Arvyndase: The Elven Language of The Silver Elves (with over 30,000 words in our full magical elven language); Sticks and Stones, Feathers, Charms and Bones: An Original Oracle of the Elfin Peoples of the Ancient Future; Elven Hedgewitchery and Found Magic: Using Art-Making for Evoking Elfin Magic and Living the Elven Way; and An Elfin Book of Trees for the Elven Druid: The Ogham of the Elves Using Elvish Wizard Script.
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June 24, 2015
Definitely a 5 star book! I have read a few of the wonderful books by the SIlver Elves and wish I had started with this one, because it really explains the elven philosophy and makes the folk lore understandable even in this modern world.
August 5, 2016
Through the Mists of Faerie book is probably, the most magical, the most profound and brilliant book in my life that I have ever read.
It is about the Elven Path, about the Elven Philosophy and about the Magick, True Elven Magick and the device of this world in its true essence from the point of view of the elves, ancient spirits in the human bodies.
The book is written in a simple language about not simple things.
Reading this book, you can really experience as going through the dence mist of Faerie forest with the authors and slowly this mist is lifting and opening before the eyes so many new things, so many things that was previously hidden or covered by a veil of mystery, suddenly, at one moment becoming clear and understandable.
This is really one of the best books of The Silver Elves on my opinon.
It is filled with very vivid examples, comparisons and explanations.
I think in this book everyone, absolutely everyone, can find something new for self: it is for both an awakened elf and just for a person who wish to become better acquainted with true elven philosophy and magic and to evolve, to develop.
Many elves ask themselves: Here I awoke, I realized who I am, but what's to do the next? – the next thing, I recommend is to continue to explore and develop the elven subject, because it is so broad, so deep like a river, which in the end may seem for newly-awakened with pitfalls or the endless forest, which in the end can seem as dangerous. So, it is very important to study and analyze everything, and in the end to decide what is right for you and what is wrong. This book will help you to receive all answers.
For me, information written in this book seemed absolutely new(although please note that I have read numerous esoteric books for over 8 years) Here the Silver Elves described the Truth! True knowledge, True wisdom, True Esoterical Teaching. Just Truth about this world and about the elves. Through the Mists of Faerie is the first book that I would recommend to newly awakened brothers and sisters, because here is collected almost everything that need to know one, who decided to follow the Elven Path.
You will discover much unusual in this book.
Reading it, you will feel something so familiar, so native...
Because all the knowledge described here, we all actually already have, inside of us, but very very deep, somewhere in our subconscious. This book just created, written to remind us of who we truly are, what is our true our essence and why we are here.
It opens eyes to many things. It wakes up. It elevates to a new level. This book is brilliant. It is just perfect. It is magical.
I will read it again and again, all the time finding in it something new.
All of these things described here is not a fantasy, it is reality. It describes the mechanisms in the Universe, in life that really works and we can notice them all in our everyday life.
The Silver Elves are true masters of the word.
I higly recommend this book to everyone who wish to evolve, who wish to to get acquainted with the real elven magic and real elven philosophy and to wake up completely!!!
It is about the Elven Path, about the Elven Philosophy and about the Magick, True Elven Magick and the device of this world in its true essence from the point of view of the elves, ancient spirits in the human bodies.
The book is written in a simple language about not simple things.
Reading this book, you can really experience as going through the dence mist of Faerie forest with the authors and slowly this mist is lifting and opening before the eyes so many new things, so many things that was previously hidden or covered by a veil of mystery, suddenly, at one moment becoming clear and understandable.
This is really one of the best books of The Silver Elves on my opinon.
It is filled with very vivid examples, comparisons and explanations.
I think in this book everyone, absolutely everyone, can find something new for self: it is for both an awakened elf and just for a person who wish to become better acquainted with true elven philosophy and magic and to evolve, to develop.
Many elves ask themselves: Here I awoke, I realized who I am, but what's to do the next? – the next thing, I recommend is to continue to explore and develop the elven subject, because it is so broad, so deep like a river, which in the end may seem for newly-awakened with pitfalls or the endless forest, which in the end can seem as dangerous. So, it is very important to study and analyze everything, and in the end to decide what is right for you and what is wrong. This book will help you to receive all answers.
For me, information written in this book seemed absolutely new(although please note that I have read numerous esoteric books for over 8 years) Here the Silver Elves described the Truth! True knowledge, True wisdom, True Esoterical Teaching. Just Truth about this world and about the elves. Through the Mists of Faerie is the first book that I would recommend to newly awakened brothers and sisters, because here is collected almost everything that need to know one, who decided to follow the Elven Path.
You will discover much unusual in this book.
Reading it, you will feel something so familiar, so native...
Because all the knowledge described here, we all actually already have, inside of us, but very very deep, somewhere in our subconscious. This book just created, written to remind us of who we truly are, what is our true our essence and why we are here.
It opens eyes to many things. It wakes up. It elevates to a new level. This book is brilliant. It is just perfect. It is magical.
I will read it again and again, all the time finding in it something new.
All of these things described here is not a fantasy, it is reality. It describes the mechanisms in the Universe, in life that really works and we can notice them all in our everyday life.
The Silver Elves are true masters of the word.
I higly recommend this book to everyone who wish to evolve, who wish to to get acquainted with the real elven magic and real elven philosophy and to wake up completely!!!
August 29, 2016
I found Through the Mists of Faerie to be easy to read yet deeply into the magic of the elven life. It takes some very complex teachings and truly brings them home to the understanding of being elfin and living as an elf. This point of view that the elves express is quite different than anything else I have read, but perhaps very close to the Taoist philosophy. I highly recommend this book!
January 14, 2016
At this point in November 2015, this is our most popular book (closely followed by What An Elf Would Do and The Elven Way) of the 35 we have published on magic and enchantment. Enjoy.
December 28, 2018
THROUGH THE MISTS OF FAERIE is the most popular book by The Silver Elves and I must admit that it is one of my favorites too, along with The Elven Way. If you wish to understand the philosophy and magic of the elfin, this is a most delightful book to read to begin your journey. If you are already on the Path of Faerie, then you absolutely will love this book! You can read excerpts from this book and the Table of Contents here on The Silver Elves' website: http://silverelves.angelfire.com/HAth....
"From ancient past to future times,
you'll find our magic in our rhymes,
our song, our dance and the love we share
for Elfin shall be awakened there."
—The Silver Elves
"From ancient past to future times,
you'll find our magic in our rhymes,
our song, our dance and the love we share
for Elfin shall be awakened there."
—The Silver Elves
June 26, 2017
This was the first book I read by the Silver Elves and it awakened me to my spiritual side like no other book has before or since. For anyone who loves the fae, this is the book to read!
July 31, 2020
I bought it because of the high praises in the reviews, not knowing what I was going to get into.
I really enjoyed learning about their philosophy and perspective on life. In fact, I'd say that I identify with some of their views. I've even learnt some new perspectives and mindset. My personal favourite: "We seek excellence not because we need every detail to be perfect but because we seek to develop that habit, that energy of doing our best in all we do."
What made me bring it down to three stars is the writing. While it is gentle with the vocabulary, the usage of punctuation threw me off. Some sentences had far too many commas; I had to reread the sentence several times to understand it. Some also felt like run-on sentences, causing me to lose focus while reading it. Also, I've caught a few grammatical errors (wrong use of tenses?) in certain areas. I felt a bit frustrated while reading it.
Other than that, this book was a really interesting read.
I really enjoyed learning about their philosophy and perspective on life. In fact, I'd say that I identify with some of their views. I've even learnt some new perspectives and mindset. My personal favourite: "We seek excellence not because we need every detail to be perfect but because we seek to develop that habit, that energy of doing our best in all we do."
What made me bring it down to three stars is the writing. While it is gentle with the vocabulary, the usage of punctuation threw me off. Some sentences had far too many commas; I had to reread the sentence several times to understand it. Some also felt like run-on sentences, causing me to lose focus while reading it. Also, I've caught a few grammatical errors (wrong use of tenses?) in certain areas. I felt a bit frustrated while reading it.
Other than that, this book was a really interesting read.
March 6, 2024
This book could've been 50 pages and made more sense then the cluster fuck this book is. If you have "The Elven Way" save your money and don't buy this book. This book is so unnecessarily dense, confusing, and hard to digest that if I was approaching elven spirituality as a beginner I'd actively avoid it for the rest of my life. I'd say take a shot everytime the author goes on a tangent or repeats themselves but I'm pretty sure you'd end up in the ER before chapter 2.
August 6, 2024
**2.5
As with many books, this is not a complete write-off. There were some very insightful and poignant nuggets here and there. For me, it was a little ‘too out there’. Wicca and witchcraft is really something I identify with, and it’s hypocritical of me to say, but this was too far for me. The writing isn’t bad, the content is just not for me.
As with many books, this is not a complete write-off. There were some very insightful and poignant nuggets here and there. For me, it was a little ‘too out there’. Wicca and witchcraft is really something I identify with, and it’s hypocritical of me to say, but this was too far for me. The writing isn’t bad, the content is just not for me.
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