Among the gnomes

by Franz Hartmann

Summary

Franz Hartmann, was one of the most important theosophical writers of his time. He had a a peculiar liking for the spirits of Nature, especially for the gnomes and the water nymphs. In Among the Gnomes An Occult Tale of Adventure in the Untersberg, Hartmann shares some of his experiences with the gnomes. He was not a medium nor a clairvoyant but was convinced that these spirits of Nature have a real existence, as real as ours, although the conditions of their existence are difficult for us to understand. It seems that their element is the ether of space, the etheric part of water and of the earth.