A Walker Between Worlds

It has been awhile now and it is about time you learn how I walk between spiritual realms. I'm 100% certain you have been through the common "fill yourself with pure light" and it will lead you to your destination. But like most times that does not work for me. And perhaps it has not given you the most appealing results for you either. So what I will do now is give you a little walkthrough

 (I will not dub this a guided meditation. It is a walkthrough how I experience it. You will have to evolve your own way eventually)

Now I want you to get comfortable, find a good set of music which you find sensible to make you relax a bit. Sometimes music themed to the realm you want to visit can help Celtic folk music if you aim for the fae realms of the british isle's as an example. (Find the music that makes YOU relax) You might have some candles or scented candles around, light them and let the coziness lay on your shoulders.

Close your eyes, feel the melody of the music or perhaps the flickering of the flames from the candles. Let your thoughts float around, think randomly...talk to yourself? Don't worry that is how it is meant to be.

After awhile you might be able to see at first complete darkness, and then...is that a path lighting up ahead? Go follow it then! No need to dawdle with little me,

now this is where it becomes interesting is it a portal? a door? a gate? that appears at the end of the path? Or did you enter upon a crossroad? a forked road? Or do you happen to be one of those who walk into a tree or cave, was it perhaps a cave behind a waterfall?

The Door/ The Gate and Portal: This is the most common entrance to another realm or dimension, the exterior of the door/gate or portal, can give you a clue where you might be headed. Some may experience meeting either a spirit guide or a spirit guardian at these doors to help you along your journey. Some might not meet someone at the door. But just continue walk forward what is beyond the door is for your eyes only.

Back in the good old days doors and thresholds specifically indicated boundaries between this realm (where we as humans live) and the next one..In some cultures this is called the after life, some call it the otherworld its thousands of names to use for this so I don't know all of it. But think of this next time you stub your toe against a doors threshold maybe you just opened a way to the otherworld?







A Single Path: Is often a very good start as a beginner it can be alight like a garden path with lights on each side. Or covered with sides and a thick forest on each side as well. At times when a single path appears there is sometimes a lesson in wait, it can be spiritual or it can be a discovery to help you advance. Depending on your current situation in life, some dead relatives might take a chance to meet you along this path and talk to you. 

A path is an indicator of leading to a specific destination, where this destination is I cannot answer. An old assumption when people used to be lost in the forest it would be "Follow the river and we will find a village nearby" this was a common fact A river or water has been a major factor for creating settlements and villages for thousands of years




Forked Road: Now if you come across a forked road most think of a choice that needs to be taken. It is a very popular example in comics, and animated films. Sometimes most crucial incidents happen when the wrong choice is taken, but do not worry this is your travels in another realm. As long as your intentions are "right" for what you seek nothing will happen.  .Are you willing to take the less hidden path? What is around the next turn? you might wonder. Go on then, don't let me hold you back. Might it be the thrill of that more hidden path to the right that calls you?  

(These images are just examples of what you might come across it does not have to be a tree, it can be as simple as a pile of rocks that creates the forked road)





The Tree: The steady, never breaking tree. Wise and keeper of secrets, if there are nature spirits you are after perhaps a tree is what you will encounter. What I have experienced when I have been met with a tree, there commonly is "someone" waiting for me at the entrance. It can be a good idea to show them some respect or at least say "Hello" what is going on beyond that entrance depends on the realm and the ones who lives within the tree. If you are a Wiccan or a Pagan perhaps a god or goddess is awaiting you by this entrance. If you are openly spiritual it can be a spirit guide or a spirit animal...






Caves: For centuries upon eons caves have been a shroud of mysteries, in folktales and fairytales they hide treasures,in myths they lead to underworlds or realm of the dead. But in some old religions caves are called "the womb of the goddess" this is held in belief that the world began with a mother goddess who had a cauldron or cave, symbolically her belly where all creation came from. Inside these caves there can be many trials ahead of you, be it a labyrinth or a maze. On some occasions there might even be riddles for you to solve, and test your true intentions before you are allowed to enter. If you find yourself before a cave watch your words and mind, because reading thoughts is what they do best.

Water: The most well known threshold and barrier between this realm and the next is water, driven by the moon. Inspiration to mermaids, nymphs, nixes, kelpies and selkies...


The nourishment of thriving settlements and village, still a boundary with caution because of the many spiritual associations happening. When you encounter water at the end of your chosen path, be it a river, the beach, a lake, a pond, a waterfall.. Get a good look at your surroundings because around water things can change quickly, in my own "starting realm" there is a river that leads to a waterfall. '

Once a Unicorn was waiting for me exactly by the edge of the water, quite odd isn't it? Another time it was a lake at the edge of a forest and a huge island suddenly appeared out of nowhere. At the time this was the Isle of Apples or also known as Avalon, notably old kings of the British Isle's and their courts have their final rest here. But it is also the resemblance of an old religion that we can get brief information of through myths, legends and fictional books. 

The reason I can write so much about water, is because I live on an island and along the coast I know it quite well. Visions, psychic awareness, spiritual encounters are often connected with water be it a test or a basin you are able to gaze into. You never know what you might see, perhaps it is something from a traumatic past, is it a forgotten memory from your childhood? I don't know the answer for you but you may or may not find out when you are ready. It is a source of the most simple cleansing, with just a bath or a shower. Time to show the new you to the world, enjoy your swim.



Are you a Walker Between Worlds?

Personally I believe that everyone can do it. Be it from methods from books, from a CD with a guided meditation, or simply during a vivid/lucid dreams. There are hundreds of ways to reach this state but the experience differs each and every time. I think i have had affirmed ability of walking between worlds since I was 14... however new and fresh I was it was still very much real. I kind of felt like the girl in the picture to the right. Filled with wonder and fantastic abilities almost like a fairytale, is it real? Yes it can as real as you want to make it, I have a firm belief in this because of my experiences.

Walk where you feel like going. Make friends with the spiritual beings you meet along your way. And if the friendship is honest, next time all you have to do is ask..."Bring me there"? And you can while you are conscious walk into another world and still be functional in this world.

This will be something I may explain in further detail at a later time for now. I hope you take good time and do not stress with finishing this. It is not a contest but a developing journey for your own benefit.

See you in the next world? Perhaps...

Hearth Witch, settled on The Hedge...

Welcome to new readers, and welcome back to old readers.

Now I have mentioned these spiritual paths before, not completely new. Yet not entirely old.

This post will begin with a quote from a book simply named "Hearth Witch" (a book written by Anna Franklin)

"A few years ago I invented the term 'Hearth Witch' to describe the witch who sees the sacred within the physical, the magical in the mundane, and uses this knowledge to incorporate spiritual practice into her everyday life. 

The way of the Hearth Witch is an uncomplicated, direct form of magic, deceptively simple and unspeakably profound. She draws her strength from the sacred flame that burns in her hearth, from the earth that sustains her, the water that nourishes her, and the inspiration of her breath. She finds her gods in the land around her: the spirits of water, stone and tree, Earth, Moon, Sun, Stars and Sky. 

She needs no watch, calendar or magical almanac to tell her when to work her magic, but works with the observable ebb and flow of the changing seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, and the waxing and waning of the moon.

 A Hearth Witch is drawn to the traditional ways, the rhythms of nature and the call of the wildwoods. The Hearth Witch of today inherits the mantle of the village wise woman or cunning man. She is part shaman, part seer, part herbalist, part spiritual healer, and all witch. Hers are the Old Ways of the countryside, once passed down from mother to daughter, father to son, crone to apprentice. It is as old as time and as new as the newest witch."

Truthfully I couldn't agree more with Franklin's perspective. But I think you are more interested in how I came to write about this?

Well first of all if you have read some of my former posts. I'm truthfully not very complex in my path of spiritual choice. I like things to be simple, and whatever tools I have are mainly from nature. I feel connections to Vetter (land spirits/fae) around the area I live in and have had that connection since I was a little girl. I do wonder sometimes why that belief never left me, I can feel the brewing storms at sea, the chill that tells of the first snow...subtle changes that few would know how..

Deities:  Like many spiritual paths there does appear some significant deities in this form of magical spirituality. Now what you will see just below here is some basic information of each deity mentioned in the book "Hearth Witch" but you can always find your own fiery deities.

Brighid:  

A Goddess of Fire from the Celtic Pantheon a former Sun Goddess. Known for her triple aspects and attributes with poetry, patron to blacksmiths and those of the smith craft, healing, agriculture, childbirth, hearth and home. People used to draw her cross upon the mantle of their fireplaces and hearths for protection. They made them out of straw from the last sheaths of barley or maybe even oats. 

Her well known Festival these days is Imbolc or Candle mass as the clever Catholics named it. It is a welcoming  of the spring to arrive and the frost to remove its claws from the soil .I personally experience Brighid as a kind of grandmother, ready to guide and prepared to reprimand for my bad mouth. 

Hestia:  

Hestia is from the Greek Pantheon, and she is a Goddess of Hearth and Home. She is also a sworn virgin Goddess of her own choice .Her place of worship is every hearth in ancient Greece. Although they say her form is in the fire only and that is the reason why she was never given a statuette or depicted in art. She is also the guardian of the sacred Fire on mount Olympus. Although not so much art associated with Hestia in the past, modern artists certainly have given their try.

Vesta: 

Vesta is Hestia's roman equal however their stories do vary a tidbit..

She is became the personification of the public hearth, and therefore her popularity increased more as her cult, stretched and gathered romans as an equal extended family. 

Hearth & Hedge:

 The Hearth shapes the foundation of the earliest settlements as a bonfire, it creates, destroys and sometimes heals. We as humans built tents, and eventually houses that surround the hearth, if you no longer have a hearth with fire wood, an electrical stove used in cooking can be just as useful. Or just light a candle...For a Hearth Witch this is his/her altar. You can gaze into the fire to read the crackles in the burning wood, predict the weather, read the future, help yourself and your family. The fire of a hearth gathers family, or you cuddle up and just lean back into your favorite seat or chair. You hear the violent crackles, the sizzling of slightly wet wood, and the wizzing of burning paper...that can be counted magical?

A Hedge is a boundary between civilization...and the unknown wildwood's... soo then a Hearth Witch, Share the same knowledge as a Hedgewitch, and a Kitchen Witch. The wild horn blows the calling into your ears, the wind rustles your hair. The tree's and animals "talk", the spirits in the herbs and stones whisper soft words of warnings and their stories. 

Maybe they are the same paths but with different roads of understanding. A Kitchen Witch, creates her magic in the mundane kitchen, to fill others with nourishment and happiness. A Hedgewitch keep watch of the forest and nature in their area. They walk and keep balance between the spiritual and physical. While a Hearth Witch becomes the combination of these two?

Book Suggestions:

Hedge Witch: A Guide to Solitary Witchcraft by Rae Beth
 - Over the years Beth has written several more books adding to her first book on the subject around the early 90's
Green Witchcraft: Folk Magic, Fairy Lore & Herb Craft (Green Witchcraft Series) by Ann Moura
 - Quite many stumble over this author from time to time. And although at a very beginners level,the recommendations from others have not been negative.
Hearth Witch (The Eight Paths of Magic) by Anna Franklin - My absolute favorite author out of the others.

Before I end this blog for this time. I will suggest that those of you who do read this, study into local lore, herbs and spices special in your area and fairy magic. Also old herbal remedies if that is of interest to you. 


I cannot claim to be an expert, however I do like to share what I have learned to know. bye for now 

Spirituality at the most quirky level

In these nightly hours I will do something different and write a small...mm what do we call it again? Ah! Recommendation! Of one site that may or may not appeal to you. Like many web communities their goal is to gather people of a similar mindset. When I first stumbled over some of these similar sites in my early spiritual searches.It becomes almost like opening that old fairytale book you used to love as a child...

At times it is like a thrill of "This is just what I need!" Other times you become the curious skeptic, observing, listening, processing information. It is and does create the impression of a constant library but isn't that life? learning something new every day?

 Ah! no no...don't touch the sparkly beakers...wait till you learn more...

.Many consider these communities to become their second homes. Other times you may feel intense pressure and lack of understanding and then you leave.. Sadly that becomes the end of many networks, forums and chat rooms.

Some posts ago I gave you some general information about Starseeds. And the site I will recommend is called Starseed Network they have their rough times and many of its members do aim for their spiritual jobs to be fulfilled some are healers of animals and people alike. And believe in doing good...the right thing.

Of course I will not say this site is perfection, but it is growing and reaching out to many people and species of different worlds. I have had my bad experiences on this very site, but then the selective special few is a reason for me to stay.


Is a reason that makes me stay, I might even greet you with a poem as a new member.. ack..maybe to old fashioned for you?

Passing by the small things that could change your future of understanding
And perhaps my own. Now I will not force you to visit Starseed Network, just...think about what I have said.. 

 To me Starseeds is a bit of a small sanctuary. Although I get bitten on a close to daily basis, I will not hesitate to bite back. And maybe just maybe one of you, happen to be some who have had. A loose tongue and tarnished the reputation of other sites. That is not good manners mind you...yes you..



Hundreds of differences and aspects of spirituality. May not apply to you? a tiiiinnnnyyy example?

Dark and ebil boo!

Ok poor example? Maybe a tiny bit...see my point here is although some embrace their spiritual jobs in purest love and light. But people like me, who prefer the earthly comfortable darkness of nourishment, like the rich soil. Some misunderstand this as evil..but in my spiritual beliefs it is not.

So now when This post has to come to an end. What better than these two lovely images to show some "diversity of being" One is starishly bright and blue and the blazing crimson hue glazes with wisdom from old stars and new ones to.

Maybe I'll see you around those web community corners, or will you hold out till my next post flies up too?

My Soul, Myself, yet not..."me"

I seem to be on a good roll of posts around these times so now I will speak of the...
Soul! But first i'm going to add some boring etymology to the word soul before we begin properly.

A soul is?

soul

  [sohl] 

noun

1.

the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separatefrom the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part ofhumans as distinct from the physical part.

2.

the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and besubject to happiness or misery in a life to come: arguing the immortality of the soul.

3.

the disembodied spirit of a deceased person: He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.

4.

the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.

5.

a human being; person.

Origin: 
before 900; Middle English; Old English sāwl, sāwol;  cognate with Dutch ziel, German Seele, Old Norse sāl,Gothic saiwala

You all got this down I hope? Lovely now lets continue to my own view of the soul.

My Soul is...

I see my soul as a mirror, my past incarnations are divided into the reflections and sides of this mirror. One side one part of wisdom, an emotion, a personality trait...all these things reflect my soul. 

I have been told by so many that I am such a confusing person. "It is so difficult to grasp your personality. One minute you are social and laughing.The next minute you become serious and focus on more important tasks. Its like you become a whole new person" 

Was the words from my teacher a few years ago. He said this in such a way that made me wonder. Do I have multiple personalities? Noo way...I thought that can't be right, sure ok I do talk to myself but who doesn't do that?

Then I thought back to how my life had shaped me. I was bullied, ridiculed, taught things other children my age found disgusting. I found earth worms, beetles and toads cute! They ARE cute! So being serious is one...

Emotions...is another...lets see if I can show you apart of me that is my special mind space, this is also apart of myself and my soul  

This is awfully similar to my mind space, my own hideout inside my...mind...the clucking river, stone altar a distance from the river itself, and where all the paths cross a giant tree...where doors to other worlds open...and I can't forget the waterfall with the cave behind...

You all have your own mind spaces. Maybe it is similar to my forest grove?

How others see the soul?

Some Christians see the Soul as the sacred body that is able to communicate with god. Both our physical and spiritual body is a temple so God can take place and share his love. Henceforth you should treat body and spirit as such a "temple"(translation) = Take care of your body so it will stay healthy, keep a healthy psyche (mind) and you will have a good life.

Some believe the soul is influenced by what our brain does. 

Some believe the soul is a complicated matter of energy, chi,qi..

Quite many who have read fiction, new age and neo paganism since the 60's and 70's Have become more aware of things they never thought of until THAT one story struck a cord within their "soul"?

This train of thought can apply to many awareness groups and I can only mention a few of those I have come across

New Agers, Starseeds, Otherkin, Vampire communities and lifestyles, curious people with spiritual interests and hobbies.

"Dearest child carry many names alike"

This is a saying from my country and the reason why I'm using it here is because it will fit so well.

The Soul has many names, different meanings the same "essential function" and these names are..

Spirit, Astral Self, Higher Self, The You of the Past, Currently yourself, Conscious, Subconsciousness, psyche, apart of the holy ghost..

This is how my current post will end. Because my soul is weary and my words have been sent..

until next time enjoy!

Autumnal Equinoxes and Their Old Mysteries...or is it?

Hi its not been that long since my previous post, but so much has happened the previous weeek. That I find it important to tell you. Some might not even know what an Autumnal/Fall Equinox is...do you? Perhaps you do after all and if you do not know. No worries! Because that is exactly what I will tell you

What is an Equinox? (Bit of Science)

On any other day of the year, the Earth's axis tilts a little away from or towards the Sun. But on the two equinoxes, the Earth's axis tilts neither away from nor towards the Sun.  This occurs every March (Vernal/Spring Equinox) and September (Autumnal/Fall Equinox)

Information borrowed  from .. http://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/autumnal-equinox.html

What does the word Equinox mean exactly? 

e·qui·nox

  [ee-kwuh-noks, ek-wuh-]  Show IPA

noun

1.

the time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of  approximately equal length all over the earth and occurring about March 21 (vernal equinox orspring equinox)  and September 22 (autumnal equinox)

2.

either of the equinoctial points.

Origin: 
1350–1400; Middle English  < Medieval Latin equinoxium,  for Latin aequinoctium  the time of equal days andnights ( aequi- equi- + noct-  (stem of nox ) night + -ium -ium)

Ah ha! Clever medieval latin.... you had us there..

So if we are to understand this correctly  Autumnal Equinox is the exact balance between night and day? Quite amazing isn't it?

Harvest Celebrations:

Close to the Autumnal Equinox nears also close to the last harvest from long ago. The last harvest would indicate, that one would get the remainder of the last crops that grew at the end of August, sheered,cut, plucked and butchered (need meat for the winter months!) Prepared for conservation through salt, herbs, smoking, pickled fruits and vegetables in vinegar or alcohol. And lasltly for thousands of years brewing spirits or beer/ale or meade in the northern parts of Europe. Southern Europe had more than enough grapes to make excellent wine from their harvests. 

Why did people use soo much time on just harvest? One because they had no refrigriator, no freezer, they had barrels, clay pots and a bit later glass artifacts especially blown to hold a specific kind of liquid or food. Many homes row upon row with jars, and prepared for the cold winter when all is close to dead. People had to survive didn't they?

Many odd rites and rituals were done,

after the leftover grains had been stomped on the fields. Some traditions say one had to leave some sheaves of grain to the fae or nature spirits who resided in the area. So that they could help with good crops next year. Other traditions include setting out food and some form of alcholic drink to honour and "bless" the field. As it has been taken from the earth a portion is returned in gratitude.

 

Now I happen to know some Wiccans and some Pagans would argue in the modern sense. Due to the fact that they celebrate the first and second harvest as apart of their calendar "The Wheel of The Year."  One cannot fully understand unless one lived in these older days, life was simpler and yet not as simple, many struggled between enough scraps on the table and avoid the next epidemic. However the fact is that thanks to a tiny bit of christianity (believe it or not) the sense and spirit of Harvest Festivities has survived throughout the centuries. Not many longer credit the nature spirits but the christian God. 

I'm most certain you have attended a mass/sermon or ceremony in church around October/November? You have haven't you? You have most likely thanked God at every meal you had with family and I believe Halloween and Thanksgiving..would be the modern versions of these gatherings. 

I will just say this all corners of the world have their own forms of  harvest festivals, Europe,Asia, Oceania, North America, South America, Africa...the whole world...

My personal traditions with the harvest is church sermons. Though in recent years I have tried a more pagan approach. And preffered to give blessings to all the farms in my surrounding area, since I live in the country its only fair to support my community.

Until next time enjoy your Autumn it will stay awhile! 

Starseeds What are they?

Hi everyone its been awhile. And now I will tell you a few things about these Starseeds, what are they? Mm yes thought so...I found it confusing to...well I still find it confusing!

Alright now ready? Good!

Starseeds are "people" who claim to not have had reincarnations on this planet we call earth. Though I have come across some, who do say they have been to Earth a few times already. Their souls are not human in the sense we usually grasp it, they have had lives in other dimensions, galaxies and even on the stars in some constellations we might know all too well...

I will mention some of the ones I have "learned of" though I cannot promise you to believe this right away.

Pleiades/ Pleiadian Starseeds (The Seven Sisters; Star Cluster): 

I'm most certain that you have come across  The Seven Sisters up in the sky, did you ever think that someone else lives there?





Arcturians ( Arcturus is the brightest star; in 
the constellation Boötes ):













Draconian Starseeds: From what I have learned Draconians were originally from another dimension/galaxy. I don't remember exactly where though. The Draconians appears well versed in warfare, magic, politics, wisdom and well some good amounts of ego. But which species doesn't?

Dragone Starseeds: When it comes to Dragones, they seem to have aquired a keen interest in becoming quite power hungry, and even going as far as incorparating human DNA into their own genetics to become a hybrid between human and dragone. And also have a history of clashing with their Draconian opposites.

Orion Starseeds:  I'm not that familiar with Orion Starseeds, but they do claim to have been born in the constellation of Orion the Hunter. If my understanding is accurate they had smaller communities strewn across the eight other stars making image of this hunter we humans know so well.

Sirian Starseeds: 

The Clearest Star in the sky and apart of the constellation Canis Major.Although I'm not certain about what culture nor what language once was apart of this place.















Lyran Starseeds/ Lyra Constellation:

Although a small constellation Lyra has the second brightest star Vega after Arcturus.
Not to familiar with these starseeds either, though perhaps they had a large music and artistic inspired culture?


Andromedan Starseeds/ Andromeda Galaxy: 

We have gotten this far. And now this is a galaxy not just a few clusters of stars in a constellation. But a whole Galaxy, however my knowledge of this society is unknown to me.

Reptilians: Like the other Starseeds I'm sure there are some good and some not so good reptilians. Though if I am to believe what I have heard, one group of Reptilians decided to start a huge war that if they had won. Would have crumbled the universe to ruins, which appears to be the reason why so many starseeds seek to reincarnate on earth. 


Their purpose for being here?

Reason 1: Quite many of the Starseeds I have spoken to. Seems to be on Earth to help humans into something called ascension, or a higher purpose if you will. This ascension will then lead to the earth moving into another dimension of energy frequencies.. According to them, once we have reached this goal. Our planet will become a lot more peaceful. 

Reason 2: Something the Starseeds call the Intergalatic Federation. From what I have gathered floats just above our planet, and we don't even notice them? It appears they protect the Earth from attacks of other Aliens with the goal to destroy or taking over our planet. 

Reason 3: This I just learned of quite recently. Some kind of aliens, are feeding off from the energy of humans. As if we were a wandering buffet. Now I don't understand why? Nor whom these aliens might be. 



At this point in time. I'm still very insecure and uncertain about these Starseeds, I mean I believe in otherkin so why not starseeds? Right?
 Could it be because I'm so fond of this planet and its energies. Outer space is always interesting and fun from planets,stars and constellations, however starseeds living in human bodies...aliens have been helping humans way back in history? That does not fit right with me, I believe us humans of Earth have managed well on our own until now. Is it that wrong to believe we humans are capable of standing on our own two feet..

And let us say these aliens did help us. Why did they leave us then? So we would have to rediscover into even more primitive technology then what these Aliens had spoiled us with ideas? Kill each other in order to expand our cultures...yet we have evolved on our own I'd boldly claim.





Until I find a new box of a bit little less known knowledge to share. Have a good time ahead.

Fairy Magic and its Wonders

 Short Introduction:

I'm sure some of you have already come across the wonderful realms and adventures of fairies and fairytales when you were younger? If you are of european descent surely your grandmother told you about the sweet fairies who guarded the flowers. And who could grant you a wish?

Well I will mention this that sweet gentle fairies with wings is romantic image the victorian era made an appeal for. Around the same time, more and more countries became concious of their wandering folktales, myths, lore and mystical beings. A few bright men such as The Brothers Grimm (From Germany) and Asbjørnsen and Moe (From Norway) gathered these tales into printed books. However wonderful and different this was for children and adults of the day, these tales not only held moral lessons, but also how one might be able to help your own self growth spiritually.

In older times this role had been significant for Cunning Men and Hedge Witches, Faerie Doctors or the cunning folk as a gathered term some places on the British Isle's

 - Hedges signified the outskirts or forest boundary
from a city or most commonly a village.
 - They were called Cunning Folk because they knew the forest and outsides of the village.
- Well versed and trained in herbal remedies, ointments,salves, potions and tinctures.
- These various cures were for both humans and animals alike.

- Well known for their connection to the lands.  

  - Old kings and Queens usually had a Cunning man or Cunning woman by their side (also known as seers) 

- Nature Spirits, Unseelie and Seelie and general fae. - Was apart of the guardians these Cunning Folk had to appease

 Various Types of Fae:
Tuatha De Annan; So called Giants who invaded Ireland once upon a time. They eventually gained a godly status and soon took up various roles for their descendants.

Leperchaun: Similar to dwarves and gnomes but more inbetween size wise. These are said to have a pot of gold near the rainbow

Kelpie: A shapeshifting kind of fae who lures unaware travelers into the depths of their deep waters.

Dwarves: Known as the Elementals of Earth in modern times, in fantasy novels and lore they are well known for their skills in crafting great swords, jewelry, keeping treasures. And that they live in caves or in mounds

Sidhe: A Gathered term for "The Little Folk" "People of the Mound"

Fire Elemental:  Well known Salamanders are considered fire elementals. This ties its roots to the earlier forms of Alchemy. Though I have come across small fairies with flame like dresses dancing in the flames of candles.

Water Elemental: Nymphs (water nymphs), Sirens (Greek), Mermaids (English and French origins) Margygre (Norse version of a mermaid and siren though awfully ugly), Water fairies These are Water Elementals due to their mythical associtations with water, such as wells, springs,ponds,lakes and rivers.

Air Elemental: Sylphs are also associations with forms of Alchemy,Vila/Veela, Wind fairies. These elementals love to rustle your hair into a mess. They can make your umbrella go foom!

Mind you this is just a rough list of some of the fae you may come across in your practice and spells.

Now there are certain kinds of fae who may follow families or buying old houses in some countries. That entitles themselves to watch over said families. All they may require is a small offering of honey and milk or rice porridge in Scandinavia.

Some names for these house fae are: Brownies , Hus Nisse , Nisse, Tomte, Wayward Spirits (Slavic lore), Banshee (known to be spirits who warn their families of misfortune)

Where can you find Fairies? 

- Houses (dark corners, or attics)

- Mounds

- Mushroom rings (Witch circle, Faerie ring)

- Bushes

- Flowers

- Tree roots

- Wells

- Rivers

- Under Bridges


- Caves

How do I attract Fairies ?

To Start off you can plant a special plant in your garden. (Or purchase one plant you think a faerie might like) Place this plant somewhere you think it might enjoy being, make a separate corner or patch in your garden (shelf or window sill if you bought a plant)

if you want to attract Scandinavian fairies you can offer them Rice Porridge, Porridge, ale or beer to drink they also like fruit.

if you want to attract Celtic fairies you can offer them: Milk, Honey, Fairy cakes (There are recipes for these in the books I will have at the bottom)

Contacting The Fae: 

Ok you have followed me this far have you? Good, now before I give you my very simple method on how to contact these wonderful fairies. Every book will have their own version of Path working to contact them (Path working is another word for Guided Meditation) I am going to merely write down a few simple tasks that may or may not work.

Method One: Air Fairies:
Stand outside where wind is accessible. Then mumble to yourself or say it out loud if you wish.

Fairies of Air will you grant me understanding of your whispered tales? I ask if you wish to grant me this humble honour if so tell me so when you rustle my hair..

Method Two: Fire Fairies

Light a Candle preferably red or orange. Watch the flame for awhile and breathe slowly. Then ask; Fairies of Passionate Fire will you show yourselves for me? If you see a figure inside the flame, then you might have a fire fairy visiting.


Now I only show you two methods because I want you dear reader to make your own way for these workings. Best of Luck




Recommended books : 

Working With Fairies: Magick,Spells,Potions & Recipes to Attract & See Them


Faery Craft: Weaving Connections with the Enchanted Realm

Fairy Folklore

Of course you are free to look in your own library about local fairies as well.

Enjoy and bye for now.