Greetings Steemit community today I want to talk about magic not as something utopian or out of reach, but as something that surrounds us and flows in nature, so real that it can even be captured in photographs, and to prove it today I want to introduce you to a photographer who has been able to show the elemental beings through her work in the visual arts.

We will know the story of Raquel Cachafeiro, an extraordinary woman with a special gift, since her birth she was connected with the pure essence of nature and the beings that inhabit her, her work in photography is the trustworthy sample of her experience in the vicinity with goblins, fairies and the spirits of the plants. She is the author of five compilation books of the images she has captured of these beings and the message of love for life that they send us. I hope I have awakened your curiosity to continue now.

She is a Spanish woman who has a privileged memory, she is surprising as she has memories of her childhood and her past life, she says that when she was a baby she saw bright colored lights near the plants, she remembers it so well that she can even know that the lights were intensified in an apple tree, also remember that he fell in love with the land before birth. Her passion for nature was developed by observing, she can see more than meets the eye, her philosophy says that the human eye perceives much more of our environment but we do not realize because we only see what we want to see and not what It is really important.

It was hard for elemental beings to show themselves to her because they are disappointed in their relationships with humans, who always hide an interest of their own. She gained her confidence by saying that she only wanted to look when they wanted to manifest themselves, they asked her: - why are you looking at us so much, if you do not want to see us? This was a challenge for Raquel who had to do an introspection about what she was really looking for in these beings, she was honest with herself and when it was ready they manifested before her eyes.

She decided to take photographs to share with people in a tangible way what she sees and the rest of the world overlooks, her intention was to show us the beings of nature that make contact with her. She thought that it would not be possible to achieve it with a camera because it is a unique gift that she has developed, but the guardians of nature encouraged her to do so, they wanted to communicate with the human world and help us, if we help each other.

The 1999 Christmas happened without her waiting for her, he took a picture and when he looked at her he could not believe he was a goblin, finally the elemental beings had given Raquel permission to photograph them, the image was simply perfect, thanks to that photo he knew that what she saw as a child was real and now she would show the world what is hidden in nature and that through her we can see today. By practicing contemplation she could see details in the expression of plants, in this way of seeing the world she found a spiritual awakening, as a result of communication and an intelligent exchange of giving and receiving emotions.

The method she uses is called sensorial intelligence, which requires a keen perception of the senses, observing nature in a contemplative way and feeling with passion those feelings that contemplation inspires, and then transmitting his observations through photography. When looking at the plants for a long time Raquel began to see faces in them, those faces are the expression that nature makes saying that the connection has been made and now they look at each other like two equals. Seeing is an action of the soul that is not only done with the eyes, therefore to see ourselves face to face with nature we must look at it with an open soul.

Raquel Cachafeiro made a first book called "The book of faces of trees, plants and shrubs" is the first edition of a total of five works, the first publication is a compilation of unpublished photographs of plant faces, which shows that the origin of The legend of the green man is in living nature and that it is not a false myth of ancient literature. She define her book as a gift of plants to find the way to the good relationship between man and nature, man longs to know these beings, since we have a very old agreement. They are of sublime beauty, just as is our soul.

Raquel studied philosophy and biological gardening, for more than twenty years she has dedicated herself to investigate the morphology, gesture, color of plants and how they are perceived by the human being. The result of his research is summarized in her books titled: Healing the Earth, The Awakening of Sensory Intelligence, The Sprite Christmas and The Spirit of the Apple Tree. She has developed a line of natural cosmetics designed following the indications of the spirit of the plants themselves, who with their wisdom aim to help the human being to connect with the energy of nature.