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Fairy Communication I've learned that faeries communicate with us in a variety of ways, some profound and some profoundly annoying - including dance, music, mimicry, riddles and pranks, signs and symbols. In communication was with everything else, they exhibit typical faeryness: they are tricksy, elusive, mutable, contrary, and often absurd. I've also learned that humor is very important when dealing with the faeries (or with lift itself!). No demon can ever possess us if we maintain the ability to turn and laugh at it. All things absurd, nonlinear, nonsensical, irrational, and madly poetic reveal the secrets of the unconscious and the secret language of Faery. Wordplay and puns are dear to faeries and demand our true engagement if we are to interpret their meaning. The shapes the faeries clothe themselves in can be considered a kind of language too, holding encoded messages. When we are experiencing any problem, it is wise to ask to see the personified aspect of Faery that is its cause. When we allow that image to rise in our minds, guided by opened intuition, the form it takes will encapsulate the inner truth of the situation. By holding this form in our minds, we may enter a dialogue with it. The faery will speak to our inner ear or transmit its information by other means: with symbols, shape-shifting transformations, riddles, puns, and absurdities. You must keep your wits about you; hang tightly to the faery's tail for a bumpy ride. Communication with a faery may not be straightforward proposition, but at the heart of the message faeries bestow, you will find profound truth. By watching the behavior of faeries, we begin to understand their communication. They speak to us in many, many ways, and we perceive their intent with our ears, our eyes, our hearts - and our laughter too. Good Faeries/Bad Faeries Brian Froud ISBN 0-684-84781-8 |
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Fairy Rings Strange rings of grass that are either greener and taller than the rest, or brown and dead. These rings are anywhere from from a few inches to a few feet in diameter. These odd occurances are called Fairy Circles, and the usual folklore explanation is that the circles form where fairies dance. Country folk steered clear of these circles, fearing that they would become trapped inside by the power of the fairies. Another common story behind these circles (particularly in Scandinavia and Europe) is that the Devil roams the countryside with a bucket, stealing milk from the cows. The rings show where he set his bucket down during his travels. And the truth is: Unfortunately, there is a scientific basis for these rings in the grass. There is a variety of mushroom or fungus that grows beneath the soil, and develops outward in a ring shape. Different species of fungus effects the grass in different ways, resulting in the various shapes and looks of the 'fairy rings'. Terri Paajanen |
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The Fairy Call
Sit where the cat sits,
Cross your toes,
Close your eyes,
And smell a rose.
Then say under your breath:
"I believe in fairies, sure as death.
Gadflykins! Gladtrypins!
Gutterpuss and Cass!
Come to me fairily
Each lad and lass!
From "Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book" |
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Invocation To The Fairies Fays and fairies haste away!
This is Harriet's holiday:
Bring the lyre, and bring the lute,
Bring the sweetly-breathing flute;
Wreaths of cowslips hither bring,
All the honours of the spring;
Adorn the grot with all that's gai,
Fays and fairies haste away
Bring the vine to Bacchus dear,
Bring the purple lilac here,
Festoons of roses, sweetest flower,
The yellow primrose of the bower,
Blue-ey'd violets wet with dew,
Bring the clustering woodbine too
Bring the baskets made of rush,
The cherry with it's ripen'd blush,
The downy peach, so soft so fair,
The luscious grap, the mellow pear:
These to Harriet hither bring,
And sweetly in return she'll sing
Be the brilliant grotto scene
The palace of the Fairy Queen
Form the sprightly circling dance,
Fairies here your steps advance;
To harp's soft dulcet sound
Let your footsteps lightly bound
Unveil your forms to mortal eye;
Let Harriet view your revelry ~F.D. Browne-Hemans~
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Faerie Creed
All without may be found within, so
All things of nature are my kith and kin.
To change how humanity has grown apart,
All emotions of nature are in my heart.
No reason in hatred and the wars we've fought, so
All logic of nature is part of my thoughts.
All living things seek to be whole, so
All spirits of nature are kin to my soul. Sing with the stars,
Sleep with the trees,
Dance with the moon,
Listen to the breeze. It whispers truths,
and uncovers lies,
If you open your heart,
and open your mind. So dance with the Sidhe,
So dance with the Sidhe,
the secret in these words Three:
Live being Free. Author Unknown |
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