In contrast this book was apparently only seen by Matthews, never seen again afterwards, and never mentioned or written about by anyone else in the last 12 years.ĭuring the period when Matthews claims this private journal was written and Kirk was off adventuring with fairies and exploring the subterranean world Kirk was actually confined to a sick bed for the most part and was dictating ' The Secret Commonwealth' to his cousin Robert Campbell (Manwaring, 2017). That aside however it should be noted that had a new and previously unknown journal belonging to reverend Kirk been found it would have made headlines and been the subject of significant academic study. Secondly, as was touched on in point one by my mention of two locations for his real books, despite modern views of the idea of journaling Kirk's actual book was written in a series of tiny journals not one single large book (Manwaring, 2017).
First of all such a personal journal if it existed would rightly belong to a museum, university or library - indeed the existing manuscripts for 'T he Secret Commonwealth' can be found today in the University of Edinburgh Library and National Library of Scotland. There should be some immediate red flags with this, even for people unfamiliar with other authors like Douglas Monroe and Steven Akins who have tried this same line to sell their books. Robert Kirk author of the 17th century work ' The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies'. Once again we see a book marketed primarily to a pagan audience that takes the track of being newly revealed material found in a heretofore undiscovered historic text, in this case the alleged personal journal of Rev.
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