![]() Academicians as well as lovers of myths and legends will prize this authoritative but inexpensive edition. For many years, The Secret Commonwealth was hard to find - available, if at all, only in scholarly editions. Kirk’s manuscript was discovered after his death in 1692 and remained unpublished for more than a century, until Sir Walter Scott released it as The Secret Commonwealth Of Elves, Fauns And. Lang's introduction to Kirk's extraordinary blend of science, religion, and superstition is included in this edition. In 1893, the distinguished folklorist Andrew Lang re-edited the work. Robert Kirk (9 December 1644 ) was a minister, Gaelic scholar and folklorist, best known for The Secret Commonwealth, a treatise on fairy folklore, witchcraft, ghosts, and second sight, a type of extrasensory perception described as a phenomenon by the people of the Scottish Highlands. Left in manuscript form upon the author's death in 1692, this volume was first published in 1815 at the behest of Sir Walter Scott. Magic was a part of everyday life for Kirk and his fellow Highlanders, and this remarkable book offers rare glimpses into their enchanted realm. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the late 17th century, a Scottish minister went looking for supernatural creatures of "a middle nature betwixt man and angel." Robert Kirk roamed the Highlands, talking to his parishioners and other country folk about their encounters with fairies, wraiths, elves, doppelgangers, and other agents of the spirit world. ![]()
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