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The Secret Commonwealth: Of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies (New York Review Books)

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This book superbly describes the other world that exists among us but remains hidden from most people. If you are interested in lore and the land of the Fey, this book will fill in many gaps of knowledge and answer many of your questions about how the fairies live, work and play, and what they have to teach us.

If you are curious about the link between Christianity and the Fairy Faith of the Celts, this is the one book you must read. Written by a pastor of the middle ages, who also happens to meet the requirements of a scottish seer, Kirk tells things you probably will never read anywhere else!

I find this book to be filled with truth, at least as it was.

I've not finished reading the book, but the cover art and the art on the inside pages is beautifull! It is written to well stimulate my sense of wonder and I feel as if the unseen and little people are real!

This is one of the must-reads if you're interested in the historical literature of the field.

To be honest, this isnt what i was expecting for the book. Half the book is an essay and explinatory discourse by Andrew Lang on each section of that which is written by Rev Robert Kirk. For those that are interested in this book, i think this is a farce and disheartening. The reason for this, if you are studying the Fair Folk, then you shouldnt need an explination about the meaning of words used by Rev Kirk.

Im sorry, but i cannot support the decision to put a 45 page explinatory essay or what seems to be a thesis infront of the works of Rev Kirk. His manuscript should stand ALONE. Not with the blabbery of someone trying to tag along with what was already written.