Elven
Realities
November 28,
2009
We elves are
often told…
Beloved Kindeth,
… that we are not in touch with Reality. By which is meant
that the current view of the masses is that elves, do not, could
not, and have never existed. They believe that elves are a product
of fantasy and not reality and our belief that we are elves therefore
means we are not in touch with that/their view of reality.
But to we elfin, Reality is The Magic, that undifferentiated potentiality
from which all things are born and all other “realities”
such as the consensual reality that compose the current cultural
views in the world are, in a sense, illusions. Although, really
we’d call them “magics”, that is little spells cast
upon the world that bind the minds and hearts of the normal folk
and lead them to believe that this is true and that not, rather
than that this is true for now and all else is possible in the future
here or elsewhere at this time, as we elfin believe.
We elves also have and are creating a consensual reality. We might
call it an Elven Reality. In which we are elves and Elfin, Faerie,
Elfland, Elsewhere, Otherwhen, etc. does indeed exist, primarily
though our own manifestation. That is to say, our being elves, that
is, living our lives as elves, makes elves real, and in so much
as we create our own Ealds/Demesne/ Domains/ etc., our own culture,
then Elfin is real as well. Made real by our acts, which is to say
magic. For this is indeed another spell, or really series of interconnected
spells that make our realms just as real, if not at this time as
powerful, as the ones the mass of humanity share and consider true.
Of course, they think it is a popularity contest. That is since
the majority of folks don’t believe elves exist that therefore
we shouldn’t be permitted to think differently or by doing
so we have shown ours’elves to be … you got it …
crazy, which means out of touch with reality. The Greedies, the
Grimlean and the Violynts are particularly adamant about this. The
Greedies because they are afraid it might endanger their profits,
the Grim because they are so sure they have the one true Truth and
are afraid of anyone who holds another view, and the Violynts because,
well because they’re just plain afraid, and afraid to reveal
they’re afraid.
Of course, we get the scientific argument as well, but we have yet
to encounter a true scientist (that is to say an open minded individual),
who, after having spoken to us on the subject, hasn’t yielded
to the power of our logic (not to mention the spell we cast upon
them). Our culture is just as valid as Catholic, Protestant, Buddhist,
Islamic, Judeo-Hebraic cultures, just as real as American, French,
Germanic, Korean, Chinese cultures. Our culture is no more fantasy
than theirs (okay, maybe we do have a lot more fantasy in our culture,
but, to we elfin, that is a good thing) and no more made up than
theirs, or just as made up/ created as theirs. For all cultures,
all religions are spells. The only difference between our spells
and theirs is that we are very aware that we are casting spells
(after all, if legend is true, we are the original spellers) and
they like to pretend they’re not (because magic doesn’t
exist, etc, etc.), and their reality is the “true reality”.
But this is what we know is true: Everything is possible. Doing
is Being and we are being elves, here and now, and that, is Reality.
Kyela,
The Silver Elves
