This book is dedicated to all world servers—human, angelic and elemental—who are working to heal the Earth and to bring love, harmony, and understanding to all beings .
獻給
本書獻給所有奉獻世間的人類、天使和元素精靈等所有致力於治愈地球，傳播愛與和諧，啟發眾生覺知的生靈。
?翻譯此書，純屬壹念心動。曾觀電影《奇幻精靈事件簿》，終覺未能如願。在閱讀數本靈性書籍後，見《樹之語》提及此書，遍尋不得，又無譯本。想來過往學習，多受惠於無私，遂起心動念做簡陋譯本***享大眾。雖非翻譯專業，但憑壹心無私。邊讀邊譯，與讀者***覽奇景。唯願拋磚引玉，以俟君子。謝友人 梧桐 鼓舞激勵。
目錄
Acknowledgements
致謝
Preface
前言
Chapter 1. Meeting the Leprechauns
與精靈的邂逅
Chapter 2. Mrs. O’Toole
O’Toole女士
Chapter 3. Leprechaun Evolution
精靈的演化
Chapter 4. Essence of Food?
食物的存在
Chapter 5. The High Road
大道
Chapter 6. Market Day?
趕集日
Chapter 7. Manifesting?
顯而易見
Chapter 8. A Past Life?
昔日生活
Chapter 9. An Average Day?
均衡的壹日
Chapter 10. An Unusual Date?
壹個不尋常的海棗
Chapter 11. Eating Out?
外出就餐
Chapter 12. The Naming Day
命名之日
Chapter 13. Secrets
秘密
Chapter 14. Church and Pub
教堂與酒館
Chapter 15. The Body Elemental
身體元素
Chapter 16. The Old Ones
老人？
Chapter 17. Earth, Air, Fire, Water?
地球、空氣、火焰、水
Chapter 18. Crimes Against the Earth?
反地球之罪
Chapter 19. Working Together?
協作
Chapter 20. Being from the Center of the Earth?
成為地球中心
Chapter 21. The Ambassador Returns
回歸的使者
Chapter 22. Vision Quest
視覺追尋
Chapter 23. The Bikers Arrive
騎行者所致
Chapter 24. A Fireside Chat
圍爐夜話
Chapter 25. Afterword: Ten Years Later
十年之後
Appendix
附錄
Further Reading
補充閱讀
Books, CDs and DVDs
書籍、CD和DVD
About the Author
關於作者
致謝
?Although only my name appears as author, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to my leprechaun friend and other beings who taught me about elementals. A special thank you to my Irish friends who welcomed me into their lives and whose identity I keep silent to ensure their privacy.
雖吾名以著者，猶願謝恩於精靈之友及所受教的元素。特別感謝歡迎我進入他們生活的愛爾蘭朋友們，於其身份，吾須緘口以護其隱私。
For their help in bringing this book to fruition, I thank Patrick Crean, Joe Fisher, and Jean Houston, who urged me to tell my story of the little people, as well as Bob Silverstein, who encouraged me to republish the updated, authorised edition. Special thanks to Eva van Loon for making sure the dialogue sparkled and to Carol Sill for her beautiful book cover and interior design.
感謝Patrick Crean, Joe Fisher, 和Jean Houston助我完成此書，他們鼓勵我對少許人講述我的故事。感謝Bob Silverstein鞭策我著錄出版。感謝Eva van Loon潤色對話及Carol Sill設計漂亮的封面和內頁。
I thank David Suzuki, Tara Cullis, and Ann and Harper Graham for generously providing peaceful seaside cottages where I could write.
感謝David Suzuki、Tara Cullis、Ann、Harper Graham提供平靜的海邊別墅便我寫作。
Lastly, I thank my mother, Margaret Helliwell, who gave me Irish blood and love of all things Irish, and whose listening, as the story was read aloud, polished the book like a jewel.
最後，感謝母親Margaret Helliwell賜予我愛爾蘭人的血脈，她深愛愛爾蘭的壹切，傾聽著這些故事，並將此書雕琢如斯。
前言
In 1985 I spent a summer in Ireland living in an old cottage occupied by leprechauns. These seldom seen beings taught me about the evolution of elementals—the race to which leprechauns, elves, goblins, gnomes, trolls, faeries, and devas belong. They explained their interdependence with humans and urged me, through this book, to promote an awareness of how humans and elementals need to work together in healing the Earth. Although my initial experience with the leprechauns took place in Ireland, they and other elementals have become part of my ongoing life. Summer with the Leprechauns has been published in eight countries and I receive emails daily, by young and old alike who are moved by this story.
1985年在愛爾蘭，我與小精靈在壹間古老的別墅中***度了壹個夏天。這些平日難得壹見的生靈教導了我有關元素精靈的演變——小精靈、小妖精、侏儒、地精、巨魔、仙靈、提婆的種族。它們講述了自己與人的***生關系，並激勵我通過此書警醒人類與元素精靈壹起治愈地球。雖然我與精靈們在愛爾蘭初遇，如今它們已成為我生命旅程中的壹部分。《與小精靈***度的夏天》已在八個國家出版，每日我都會收到郵件，它們來自於那些被故事感動的人，不分少長老幼。
Summer with the Leprechauns: The authorized edition is my true story, complete with a new preface and a message from the leprechaun, re-edited so that you can hear the leprechaun’s speaking voice in the way I do. This new edition flows nicely into a second book, Pilgrimage with the Leprechauns: a true story of a mystical tour of Ireland, where, if you like, you can read about my ongoing adventures with the leprechaun and his elementals friends.
此書所載乃吾親歷。“作者親訂版”填補了新的前言和精靈的信息。重新修訂以便於讀者能“聽”見精靈們的話語，這些新訂之處最終匯集成了第二本書:《與精靈壹同朝聖》。這壹個我與精靈同旅愛爾蘭的故事。在這裏您能讀到我與精靈及元素夥伴的冒險經歷。
At this point, the reader may have some questions about my mental stability. After all, have not most of us been taught that elementals, angels, and anything that isn’t anchored in third-dimensional reality do not exist? I understand this dilemma and believe that we need a well-developed critical awareness so that we can separate truth from fantasy. However, if we are open to look, there is overwhelming evidence for the existence of elementals. A hundred years ago, W.B.Yeats, in his introduction to Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry , wrote of faeries, saying, “In Ireland they are still extant, giving gifts to the kindly, and plaguing the surly.” While gathering his stories, he asked Paddy Flynn, “Have you ever seen a fairy or such like?” Paddy responded, “Amn’t I annoyed with them,” and then continued to recount his various true experiences.
在此，讀者們或許會懷疑我精神不定，畢竟我們大多數人以往並不認為，那些三次元不可見的元素精靈、天使們是真實存在的，是不是？我明白，這些假設與信仰需要很好的辯證觀才能將其與幻想區分開。然而，如果我們能放下固有觀念，就能發現許多毋庸置疑的事實證明元素精靈們的存在。百年前，W.B.Yeats在《Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry》愛爾蘭童話和民間故事的導言中，就寫到過仙子。並言“它們在愛爾蘭是依然真實存在，賞善除惡誠如是焉。”當輯錄這些故事時，他問Paddy Flynn，“妳曾親眼見過仙子嗎？”Paddy回答“我從未生過它們的氣。”然後，繼續記錄他豐富的真實經歷。
It’s not only in Ireland that we have elementals. Almost all cultures around the world have legends and stories about them. In Iceland, a survey that was quoted in the Globe and Mail, Canada’s leading newspaper, indicated that twenty-two percent of Icelanders believe in elves. Mayor Ingvar Viktorsson of Hafnarfjordur, said, “We have known for a long time of another society coexistent with our human one, a community concealed from most people with its dwellings in many parts of the town and the lava and cliffs that surround it. We are convinced that elves, hidden people and other beings living there are favourably disposed towards us.”
不止在愛爾蘭有元素精靈，幾乎世上所有文化中都流傳著關於它們的故事與傳說。在冰島，加拿大主要的報紙《環球郵報》援引的壹項調查顯示，22%的冰島人相信精靈的存在。Ingvar Viktorsson市長Hafnarfjordur說：“長期以來，我們已經知道另壹個與人類***存的社會，他們對大多數人隱匿行蹤，常常居住在城鎮的許多地方，周圍有熔巖和懸崖。”我們相信，精靈、隱藏之人和其他生活在那裏的生靈都對我們抱有善意。
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