The Kingdom of the Gods

First published in 1952, this book is essential reading for people who are interested in the metaphysics of beings who inhabit the world of nature parallel to our own, otherwise known as fairies, angels, devas, etc. This book is not a nursery story and you will not see the like of Tinkerbell in its

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pages. The text contains abundant information for adults and the book also contains many colored paintings of nature spirits or devas perceived psychically by the illustrator, Ethelwynne M. Quail. Perelandra and Findhorn communities work with these same beings and like this book owe a great deal to the Theosophical studies of H.P. Blavatsky, C.W. Leadbeater, and Annie Besant. If you are new to the study of fairies as real rather than fanciful beings, this book may seem overly philosopical and ponderous but the graphic descriptions of the devas are truly wonderful and are sure to be enjoyed. After a long life of study and meditation and work in the garden I have seen the truth of these writings in more ways than one. If your childish inner heart still has a yearning for fairies that has not flown with childhood's blush you may find the answer to its inner knowing within the pages of this book. It is interesting and very lovely and might cause you to look at nature's bounty with a keener eye. The writing goes from the highly technical to the poetic as in this description of sylphs or fairies of the Air element. "They are disporting themselves wildly in groups of two or three, travelling at great speed across the sky. There is a certain fierceness in their joy as they call to each other, their cries sounding like the whistling of the wind, reminiscent of the call of the Valkyries in Wagner's opera of that name."
This is a unique book and one that should not be missed by sensitive people who wish to be intimate with the natural world.

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