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The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies
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Author : Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department Robert Kirk
language : en
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Release Date : 2012-01-01
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies written by Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department Robert Kirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Clairvoyance categories.
"Kirk is a magnificent dish to set before any student of either folk-lore or folk-psychology."--"Times Literary Supplement "In the late seventeenth century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking to his parishioners and other country folk about their encounters with fairies, wraiths, elves, doppelgangers, and other agents of the spirit world. Magic was a part of everyday life for Kirk and his fellow Highlanders, and this remarkable book offers rare glimpses into their enchanted realm. Left in manuscript form upon the author's death in 1692, this volume was first published in 1815 at the behest of Sir Walter Scott. In 1893, the distinguished folklorist Andrew Lang re-edited the work. Lang's introduction to Kirk's extraordinary blend of science, religion, and superstition is included in this edition. For many years, "The Secret Commonwealth" was hard to find--available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. Academicians as well as lovers of myths and legends will prize this authoritative but inexpensive edition.
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
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The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies Annotated Edition
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Author : Andrew Lang
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2012
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies Annotated Edition written by Andrew Lang and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with categories.
This book is annotated with a rare extensive biographical sketch of the author, Andrew Lang, written by Sir Edmund Gosse, CB, a contemporary poet and writer. Mr. Kirk's little book was written in 1691 and was probably not printed until 1815, when an edition of only one hundred copies appeared at Edinburgh from the press of James Ballantyne & Company for Longman & Company of London. Mr. Kirk's book is the most curious imaginable. Written in 1691 by a Scotch divine, it is nothing less than a calm assumption of the existence at that time of a commonwealth of elves, fauns, and fairies, whose government, habits, etc., are minutely described upon the authority of "Men of Second Sight" (it is not clear whether the author himself was one of these by virtue of bis being a seventh son), the method of obtaining which gift is also carefully explained. These fairies are of a middle nature between man and angel; they inhabit subterranean abodes, which they change at each quarter of the year. "They are distributed in tribes and orders, and have children, nurses, marriages, deaths, and burials; their apparel and speech is like that of the people and country under which they live; they are said to have aristocratical rulers and laws, but no discernible religion, love, or devotion towards God," their weapons are most what solid earthly bodies, nothing of iron, but much of stone, like to yellow soft flint spa, shaped liked a barbed arrow-head, but flung like a dart, with great force." The moral character of these "subterraneans" is minutely described and the conclusion is, "But for swearing and intemperance, they are not observed so subject to those irregularities, as to envy, spite, hypocrisy, lying, and dissimulation." The author adds to the evidence given by his friends, etc., a letter from Lord Tarbott to the Hon. Robert Boyle, in which many additional instances of second sight are narrated. The remainder of the little work is taken up with a discussion of various questions relating to second sight and the objects upon which it is exercised, as, for instance, that it is not unsuitable to reason nor the Holy Scriptures; the difference between second sight and compact and witchcraft; the effect of acquiring second sight upon the acquirer's body, mind, or actions; whether the "subterraneans ' are subject to vice, lust, passion, and injustice as we who live on the surface of the earth;"how they are generated; and finally, as to the interposition of Satan.
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Release Date : 2007
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The legendary chronicle of the supernatural that inspired Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Walter Scott.
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
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The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1933
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The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies 1691
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1893
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The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns And Fairies
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Author : Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher: Nabu Press
Release Date : 2013-12
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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves, Fauns & Fairies: A Study In Folk-lore & Psychical Research; Volume 8 Of BibliothEque De Carabas Robert Kirk, Andrew Lang D. Nutt, 1893 Body, Mind & Spirit; Parapsychology; General; Body, Mind & Spirit / Parapsychology / General; Clairvoyance; Fairies; Parapsychology
The Secret Commonwealth
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-07-30
The Secret Commonwealth written by Robert Kirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-30 with categories.
This is the first comprehensive modern translation of the classic 1691 text; The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns and Fairies by The Reverend Robert Kirk. For more than three centuries, The Secret Commonwealth has endured as the definitive textbook on fairies and their interaction with human beings. It was written by a protestant minister, Robert Kirk, who was surprisingly neutral in his treatment of the subject. In 1893 the acclaimed writer Andrew Lang reprinted The Secret Commonwealth adding his own introduction which far surpassed the length of Kirk's original. The present edition includes both. In this edition, Kenneth Brennan has modernized Kirk's archaic language without detracting from its original charm. His extensive notes illuminate both texts with respect to advancements in our understanding of history over the past century. Cover art has been provided by Selina Fenich
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies A Study In Folk Lore Psychical Research
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Author : Robert Kirk
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-25
The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves Fauns Fairies A Study In Folk Lore Psychical Research written by Robert Kirk and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-25 with History categories.