Fairy Worlds and Workers A Natural History of Fairyland by Marjorie Spock

“Close enough to touch with an outstretched hand or the mere lifting of  an eyebrow lie the borders of a fabulous land. It was once familiar  ground to all, a place where gods and humans lived together in profound  communion. But new, golden fields of experience beckoned; the old was  abandoned in a rush, lost sight of, and soon largely forgotten. Now  people are beginning to feel bereft without it and are trying to find  their way back again to that lost kingdom.” —Marjorie Spock
The  Middle Kingdom! Various times and peoples have given it different  names. To some it was Paradise, to others Tir-nan-Og; Arthurian Avalon;  Fairyland; the World of Immortal Youth; the Land of Heart’s Desire.  Where exactly is that country? Well, if God’s is the world of creative  power and ours the world of created objects, the fairy world is the land  of life that lies between them, serv­ing as the bridge for their  interaction.
The fairyland and its denizens have long been the  concern of poets, painters, and storytellers. Not only are these beings  charged with the maintenance of Nature’s household but with her  evolutionary plans as well. Our recognition of them and their work helps  their efforts prosper and helps the earth be carried forward in its  evolution. Marjorie Spock draws aside the veil obscuring the life of the  “Little People” and makes their magic world come alive for us.
Included  are color paintings of the four races of Little People: Gnomes (earth  spirits); Undines (water spir­its); Sylphs (air spirits); and  Fire-Spirits. 
Fairy Worlds and Workers is a delightful and engaging book for everyone!