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Living in Harmony with the Hidden World of Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks .. . ttr+i+d+'.ir.~+ru.~~nc*mmmmtt~#m~~bommmmr.-dmm.~.rrmm....~-~.r-~---*~~~'1*'+1++4 E T E R T O M P K I N S thor of the # 1 Nrw Yori Timts Bcstrcllcr Thr Stcrrr Lift 01 Plants Do Yo, Believe in Fairies? *' Lt Peter Tomph convince you of their exisme, in lus fmh and oftcn mdmg Iwk at the nature spirits-& fairies. gnomts. and sprites to qudcs and p w d a t d abit OUT physid wad. Disrowr how can- munioa with plants and nature can be actual tdtr than metaphorical, d Icam to feel at a dccpcr Id what you rtdy arc at home on this phet. The ultimate pro-cmimnmene, pccology book, & Srmt Lifr $ Ndrr wiU ndicdy mansform how you pncek-md m a t 4d d d~ Praise for this book's amazing prtdcccssor, Scwr h#t ojP k ,w hich has enchanted &OM of rtadns: "Once in a while you find a h kth at SIUIS yw. Its scope l c ~ ~ s you brrarhk~T his is d a book'' am^ . "Almost inmdible . . brides with of hard facts and astwnding scicndc and pf?ecicaI brt l' - N w d . . "This faxhating book roams. over that rnYveIow no rmnb land of mystical glimmtrings into the nature of science and life id" -Wngtm Afl Boo4 w USA $21.00 / $29.95 CAN of The Secret L$ Nature The Secret Lqe of Plants Secrets of the Soil Secrets of the Great Pyramid The Magic of Obelisks Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids Italy Betrayed The Murder ofAdmiral Darlan The Eunuch and the Virgin Shaw and Molly Tumpkins A Spy in Rome To a Young Actress Living in Harmony of with the Hidden World Nature Spirits from Fairies to Quarks PETER TOMPKINS HarperSanFrancisco An Imprint of HnrperCollinr~Mukrr HarperSanFrancisco and the author, in association with The Basic Foundation, a not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is reforestation, will facilitate the planting of two trees for every one tree used in the manufacture of this book. A TREE CLAUSE BOOK THE SECRET LIFE OF NATURE: Living in Harmony with the Hidden World ofNature Spiritsfrom Fairies to Quarks. Copyright O 1997 by PeterTompluns.Al1 rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information address HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022. HarperCollins Web Site: http://www.harpercollins.com HarperCollinse, 1 ", HarperSanFrancisco", and A TREE CLAUSE BOOK' are trademarks of HarperCollins Publishers Inc. FIRST EDITION Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tompkins, Peter. The Secret life of nature : living in harmony with the hidden world of nature spirits from fairies to quarks / PeterTompluns.- IST ed. Includes index. ISBN -6-250847-4 (cloth) ISBN ~62508774(p bk.) I. Spirits. 2. Fairies. 3. NatureMiscellanea. 1.Title. Preface vii I. Ingenious Hoax? I 2. Fate of the World 11 3. The Biggest Fairy Story 19 4. Seeing Is Believing 29 5. Deep into Fairyland 43 6. Worldwide Fairyland 57 7. Occult Chemistry 67 8. Orthodox Cosmos 81 9. Inside the Electron 89 10. Eastern Cosmology 99 11. Elementary Beings 109 12. Devas 123 13. The Hierarchies 135 14. Superhierarchies 145 IS. Kabbalah Unveiled 153 16. The Mysteries 163 17. Great White Brothers 177 18. What's to Be Done 189 19. Other Dimensions 197 20. Tripping in Holland 205 Epilogue 215 Index 221 There slumbers in every human being faculties by means of which he can acquire for himself a knowledge of higher worlds. Rudoy Steiner