You have found a fairy Ring deep within the forest, a circle of mushrooms. The inside is cleared, but the ring has mosses and grasses and tiny flowers within it. Ferns and sweet smelling grasses surround it. Some people will speak to you of spore and fungus circle. They would say that each season of growth fungus sprouts outside the edge of the space it filled the previous season. Moving ever outward leaving depleted ground within the circle. Those who have opened their minds, hearts and souls to the realms of magic may speak to you of the fairies. Those who know the fairies will tell you that fairy rings are where the Fairies dance and perform many of the rituals of their own magic. Legends warn you that those who join the Fairy dance within the circle under the moon are sometimes lost to time and place. They may even disappear from mundane space forever. Those who do return are always thereafter a bit apart from other human folk. They are still listening the music of the magic realms. Another name for some kinds of the Fairy Folk is Deva. These are Guardian spirits and beings of the land and the plants and other living things. All things are living, stones too, have Deva or Fae. Some Deva may be said to be the plants spirit itself. The Deva, if kindly sought may gift you with great wisdom and healing. They may also seek your help with healing the land. These deva are among beings you might meet beside or within the Fairy's Ring . When you come upon the Fairy's Ring. Bring a gift to leave, perhaps some food or some cloth or bright stones. Some special thing of your own, such as a song. Sit near the ring in a meditation to commune with Fairies and Deva. Before you begin, be aware that some of the Fairy or Deva are sad or angry with the way humans have treated them and while a kind and loving approach will be greeted kindly you may feel the emotions of the Deva and perhaps some of the pain that they feel. Your experience will be your own. I cannot predict if the Deva will communicate with you or not. Attend well to any words or feelings that come to you as you sit within or near the ring and seek the wisdom of the fae. First thank the deva and the fairy for all they have done for you and this Earth. Always ask that all unfold for the highest good and that no harmful thing come from your visit. Always ask and listen with intuition for where you should be within or outside of the circle. Be careful of any promises you make to Deva because these are binding as few things are. When you have settled yourself quiet your mind ask to meet them you may feel a merging of consciousness. Listen for what they have to tell you . This may not be words but feelings pictures etc. Ask if there is something you can do for them but do not promise more than you can do (don't promise to end all logging for example). Then ask for any messages they might wish share with you, then listen . When you have learned what they wish to share , separate your mind from the meditation. Thank them and leave your gift and return your awareness to the mundane world. You may ask if you could take a mushroom to use in future magic or meditation When you ask the fairy and the mushrooms in the ring if you may have permission to pick a mushroom or two and you clearly feel certain that you have received t permission and directions to which and where to pick the mushroom then you may do so. You would separate mushrooms from the soil By hand if possible. Cover over any disturbed soil as neatly and naturally as you can. You will have brought a cloth to wrap it in and a gift . Shiny things, Apple peelings or spice might be such a gift. Tobacco and corn pollen are traditional in some places. Your intuition should guide you in this. Traditionally Fairies love silver, like copper and hate iron. Thank the fairy ,thank the mushroom thank the ALL. Thankfulness is always in order . What I often do and you may choose to do is rather than ask to take a physical item such as a mushroom. Ask if you might in future if need arises call upon energy and /or spirit assistance from the mushrooms and/ or fairy ring . You would ever after be able to connect and "run" the energy or receive intuitive input from it depending on what your particular sensitivities are. Sometimes the gift you give, or the gift you get, is a song. Can you sing your heart song ? Do you know who you are within your inner self? This, whatever road you you walk it is a good thing to learn.