The Alfaeren, Farers of the Deep

The origin of the word 'elf' is unknown.  It might be related to Latin 'albus'(white) or 'alp'(high mountain) which might itself be derived from 'albus' or a Celtic equivalent, referring then to the white peaks of high mountains.  Mythos etymology is loosey-goosey, and so 'elf' might be related to Sanscrit 'alvar'(a South Indian Hindu sect), meaning 'one who dives deep'.  Perhaps, then, 'alp' and 'alvar' both refer to great vertical length-- high/deep.  Anyway, I prefer Old Norse 'alfar'(elves) to 'elves'(cutesy connotation and used-up by now) or 'alf''.  'Alfar', besides just being a plural form, could be read as 'Alfaer'(alf + faery, or 'all-farer' suggesting shamanism(far-traveler)).  And I see the Alfaeren as some kind of shaman-- one who dives deep into the sacred mythopoetic realm of the Wolken, the Mind of the Biosphere.  Maybe a warrior-shaman, maybe a woo-woo shaman.

I like the word 'deep', as in 'deep mind', 'deep thinker', 'Deep Ecology', and 'deep elves'(Tolkien-- in The Hobbit?).  As opposed to 'shallow', as in 'the shallows that are present-day planetary culture, in which one may easily drown'.  I see the Alfaeren as ambiguous beings-- are they(we) human, or are they spirit-emanations of the Wolken?  Well, either or both, but Deep.  Perhaps 'deep' is related to Sanscrit 'deva'(god), ultimately.

The Werden: the Next MAN

The Werden are evolving in the midst of presently-existing humankind.  They will make the Menning as the Ecocatastrophe brings down the Old World.

 Ger Werden= evolution. fr *werdhanan= to become= OEng weordhan, OSax/OHGer werdan, ONor verdha. also OEng/OSax/OHGer wer= man.

What You Must Do

Feorgen is the Whole, of Edhli and Wolken melded in Twyrymet-- the two worlds become One, begaldren.  For this to come, the Urquell, the Well Between the Worlds, must open, so the Samen can flow free, throughout, and then you have the Meld.  And the Old Holydom of Feorgen edchers to dwell within-without, and the sway of the Ever-way of Feorgen brings Edhlifrith on Earth.

Find the Urquell in the midmost, free the Samen-flow, and ernern the eormen Oz-god so that He may ragnen all, once more.

Feorgen= the Life-god, Father  Earth.
Edhli(ON)= the Biosphere.
Wolken= the Edhli-mind.
Twyrymet= 'dual space'; the melding of Edhli and Wolken (=Feorgen the Meld).
begaldren= enchanted.
Urquell(Ger)= fountainhead, original source.
Samen= the magic fluid of Life.
Holydom= religion.
edcher(OE)= return.
Edhlifrith= a state of Nature-protection.
ernern(MHGer)= rescue, save.
eormen Oz-god= the great-holy God. Oz from OE os= god; ON ass= god (pl. Aesir). Skt asura= chthonic god.
ragnen= reign, govern. from Goth raginon= govern, counsel; OE regnian= set in order, arrange; ON regin= the Gods.

Feorgen, the God That Evolved

Feorgen is evolved life on Earth.  He lives in time, so he changes.  He develops, but he can be amputated or even annihilated.  He is all the life existing at each particular time but also the life-zone it inhabits-- the Biosphere.  He is mental as well as biological, but in many ways he is inchoate, being too vast and various an organism to be a single mind-- his manifestations, biological and mental, are more coherent and comprehensible.  And Man is the most able of the biologicals to comprehend and make coherent this complexity of the organism, Feorgen, and to act in his interest.  But Man is a species limited, imperfect, and problematic.  Therefore he needs the help of the mental aspect of Feorgen, particularly of those entities who are specifically manifestations resultant from Man's injury to the Organism.  And the Mythos tells of these beings and of their interaction with Man.