Author: William R. Mistele
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1583943951
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 322

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Undines—from the Latin root unda, which means “wave”— are water elementals, or spirits of the water world. Like their fellow elementals—salamanders (fire), sylphs (air), and gnomes (earth)—undines are united with, and personify, their element. First mentioned in the alchemical works of medieval botanist Paracelsus, undines appear throughout European folklore. Who are these mysterious creatures of lakes, oceans, and waterfalls? Undines takes readers directly into the water spirits’ realm through stories, personal encounters, and interviews with such luminaries as Istiphul, the undine queen whose presence embodies the magical essence of the feminine. Whether seen as fact or fairy tale, Undines presents archetypal truths and insights into human nature. The powers and abilities that undines display are latent in us all and crucial to humanity’s evolution (or mere survival): harmony with nature, empathy and compassion, a deep capacity to love, and a cooperative rather than combative relationship to the world. Undines will appeal broadly to readers of mythology, fantasy, and fairy tales, particularly to practitioners that work with nature spirits and elemental beings—Druids, Wiccans, pagans, and those interested in magic and mysticism.

Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Languages : en
Pages : 28

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Author: Friedrich de La Motte- Fouqué
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Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Languages : en
Pages : 180

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl l Motte-Fouqué
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780483164246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 120

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Excerpt from Undine: The Water Spirit and Her Loyal Knight It maybe both interesting and serviceable to the youth ful reader Who is about to peruse Undine for the first time to have its special merits pointed out. The composition is marked in general by extreme grace and delicacy of style, alike in its substance of sentiment and in its form of expression. As the scenes of the story pass before us, the natural phenomena in which they are set - forest and lake and stream and sky and clouds and stars are painted with such a breathing skill and reality as to fix our attention, move our affections, and make us deeper lovers of nature than before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: George Soane
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Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Category : German fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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Author: Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué
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Languages : en
Pages : 26

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