Rating *****

120 pages
published by Quest Books
ISBN 0835604977

«Many people are willing and even longing to believe in the existence of fairies. The Little People are so bound up with happy memories of childhood that they are recalled with delight as part of a less materialistic world. But, to most of us, they stand as a lost illusion. Not so with everyone, fortunately. For I, amongst others, have seen all kinds of fairies for as long as I can remember and I still see them daily. By seeing, I mean that they are as much outside me as trees, and are seen just as objectively.»

- Introduction, 1

«Between the human point of view and that of a fairy, or any member of the angelic kingdom, one of the main differences is that we live in a world of form, and they live in a world of life. Our thoughts are primarily concerned with the form things have, and we seldom go further than that. But fairies are mainly concerned with the energy and life flowing around and within the form - life which is everywhere. For example, if we look at a tree we respond to its size, its shape, its color, its leaves and fruit. These things combine to create its beauty for us. But when one comes to think of it, this is rather a limited way of seeing the world in which we live. In contrast, the fairy first beholds the spirit of the tree and responds to its vital energy. To a fairy, the tree is a living, breathing personality which is expressing itself in the form we see.»

- Fairy Life, 31

«Furthermore, there is another remarkable contrast between fairies and humans. We live our waking lives in a dense physical world in which our imagination and our emotions play a part, it is true, but a part which is constructed and restricted. The fairies, however, are not impeded by dense matter. The coarsest form of matter in their bodies is more fine and tenuous than our rarest gases. In fact, it is very close to emotion, so that when they feel something it permeates their whole body - the emotion rushes all through them. In fact they do almost nothing but feel emotions and a sense of being alive. Except for a few advanced types, fairies do not have a great deal of mental power.
I do not mean that they are unintelligent, but they do not have to struggle to exist or even to be exquisitely happy. They do not have to worry about the things that make up the hardships of physical life, like poverty, hunger, thirst, shelter. They do not have any need of money, nor have they anyone dependent upon them.
In consequence, their whole life is very different from ours.»

- Fairy Life, 33, 34

Synopsis: Introduction to Fairy Worlds; Dialogues with Little People; A typical Fairy; Fairy Life; Earth Fairies; Garden Fairies; Tree Spirits; Mountain Fairies; Water Fairies; Fire Fairies; Air Fairies; The Hurricane; Epilogue - Present Conditions; Roster of Fairies.

Dora van Gelder Kunz was born with exceptional clairvoyant faculties. A noted healer, she pioneered the technique of therapeutic touch with Dr. Dolores Krieger. She is past president of the Theosophical Society in America and author of several books.

Last Updated Friday, January 8, 1999