The Washington herald., 1908-08-25
WHO THE FAIRIES ARE
AND WHERE THEY LIVE

+ Power. as in the weu-knoEu stories tod
+ OF Scotch brownies OF Ct The IRE lighting
fairies of spiritgal.st.c literature
+ II IS On record that OF rare occasions
certain favored men have been admitted
f 20 witness fairy reveiS and share Tor q
+ time the fairy lie Il IS said that Wild
animals VIII approach with confidence
some Indian Y0gis. or holy men. rscog-
liZLng them as friends 20 all living cr5a-
tures. Similarly these elves gather round
one who has entered upon the path OF
holiness, finding his euE-arl0us less
f stormy and more agreeable than those Of
+ the man whose mind Is st.L 1Eed upon
I worldly matters
They Like Little Children.
Z Occasionally fairies have been known
I 20 attach themselves 10 little children
and develop a strong attachment Tor
I them, especially for such Is are dreamy
/ and Imaginative. since tEey are able 10
see and delight il the thought forces
with which such child surrounds him
self. There even have been cases where
T the fairies took a fancy % some U1-su-
. ally attractive baby and made an attempt
+ 20 carry il away 20 their own hau1ts-
-Lel- intention being 20 save il from
+ what seems 20 them -he horrible fate o-
growing up into the average human be-
ing Vague traditions OF such attempts
+ account Tor the part Of The to-k stores
about cEa-Ee-lsS-
Z So much for the earth fairies Alum
. 6ar1. however although they are almost
. anywhere away from the Lau--s o. men,
. they are -a- o--1u-h=red ov the water
. spirits the fairies OF the surface OF the
sea There IS just IS E-ch variety here
. as or land The fairies OF rle Sa-i-c
. differ from those Of -l= Atlantic and
. those OF the Le5i-5--a-=a1 are quite dis
. -irc- from either The types t-ar -e-=-
. IL the i1Gesc-i1zHlv glorious blue CT r-oE-
. icaI oceans axe ta- apart from those
that dash through The foam OF our cold
I gray northern seas. Dls=-E--lz- again axe
the spirits ct The lake the r-r5r. and tie
I waterfall. For they have many more
. points in common with t-e land ta-rlss
4 than have the rsre-6s Of the open sea
. Nearly all these surface spirits seem
. % possess the power c- raising them
floating in or flying through The ar --- q
. shorr distance They delight il playing
amid the Gas-I-E foam or riding il upon
. the breakers They are less pronounced
. IL The stunning C[ man -la- t--z-- 1r7r--
reu or the land perhaps because I-a- he's
. So much less chance OF interfering Win
them They do not descend 20 any great
depth below The surface. never below the
reach cs Lszt.
Fond Of Falling Waters.
some beautiful sorts Of fz---zs 5-ha5--
inland waters where man has not made
/ the conditions Impossible The Elrh and
the chemicals with which water IS pol
Iu-ed near q large town disgust them bu-
tzey have no objection 10 the watershed
. Of q quiet country nook. for they may be
seen dis71rt--E themselves n a mill race
T1ey delight in falling waters and az
[ Niagara there almost always are some ID
Be seen f. the sumner although they
( generally keep vel out toward the center
Of The falls and The rapids
i The SyIpls aye the highest type IN the
. Kingdom CT the nature spirits Al this
stage the lines Of development both Of
the land and sea creatures converge Il
. the sylphs. the spirits Of the air These
Z ethereal spirits ere definitely raised above
/ all The other varieties 5v the fact that
I they have shaken themselves free from
the ircuwbralce Of physical matter the
astral body being now their lowest We
-icle- Their intelligence IS quite equal 70
f. that Of the average man But they have
I not YET attained 3 permanent re---czr-lstI-
ling individuality Just because they are
I so much more evolved before breaking
away from the group soul they can ul-
derstsud much more about life than an
animal can. and so IT often happens that
1 they know they lack Individuality and
are intensely eaSe- 20 gain f. That IS
the truth that lies at the back Of all the
widely spread tradition OF the yearnlns oE
the nature sq-rit 10 attain an immortal
soul
The normal method for them 70 attain
IS by association with and love Tor Lsrl-
/ bers Of tle next stage above them
There are many varieties OF Sy-phs-
They differ il power. II intelligence. and
in habits. as wen as in appearance They
are naturally less restricted to locality
than the other kinds which we have de-
Z sC-ibed. although. like the others, they
seem TO recognize the limits OF certain
zones Of elevation some kinds always
I floating near the surface of the earth.
while others scarcely ever approach IT,
As a general rule. they show the common
dislike TO the neizaborhood Of man and
his restless desires. but there are occa-
I si0ns when they are willing 10 evidence
this for the sake Of amusement or fat
tery-