Part Two: General Faerie Principles

There is a particular Faerie power or energy current

• This energy tends to be:
  • sensual and sexual,
  • ecstatic and mystical,
  • creative and eclectic,
  • invocatory and trance-possessory,
  • imbued with a respect for the wisdom of Nature and a love of beauty
• The sexual and gender orientation is not limited to heterosexuality.
• While we are responsible for what we do, the Faerie Tradition does not have such typically Wiccan rules as "The Wiccan Rede" or "The Threefold Law".
• When in an enchanted, fey state, we are perhaps a bit mad, shape shifting, not completely human, or at least inspired by our gods and guardians, on the road to Faerie.

There is a particular Faerie initiatory lineage

• The lineage is ultimately traceable back to Victor or Cora, sometimes through Gwydion.
• There are particular secret names known to initiates.
• There are certain exercises to develop and strengthen the Faerie energy current, including:
  • the Iron Pentacle,
  • the Pearl Pentacle,
  • the Lead Pentacle,
  • Blue Fire visualization and use
• There is a set of deities - while some of these deities may be found in other traditions, the grouping of the deities and their relationships with each other is unique to Faerie.
• There is a unique set of guardians and invocations. The guardians may be associated with the quarters or with the elements. Each is not necessarily associated at all times with both a quarter and an element.
• Work is based on the knowledge of the Three Selves.
• The initiate gets a cord, or cingulum, of a particular color.
• The initiate is passed a body of poetic and liturgical material, although exactly what it consists of varies a bit from one branch to another.

There are particular Faerie customs and practices

Some are explicitly taught and passed, other aspects are generally understood as part of the Faerie energy. Among these are:

• The use of the horned pentagram (i.e., the 5-pointed star with two points up)
• Primarily solitary or small group working
• The Faerie Warrior Code, which includes the Black Heart of Innocence

Basic Faerie energy exercises
Feri Roads Index