RITUAL: HOW TO MEET A FAERIE

Don't take this lightly. The Fey Folk are wild, and their integrity so
strong and unusual that you must be careful with them. However, if you
approach one correctly, he\she can be an honorable, powerful and
delightful friend and ally.

If you find you cannot handle the power of this rite, courteously end
the visit. If an evil entity arrives by accident, end the visit, either
with courtesy or rudeness, whichever is safest and most effective.

Do each numbered step before going onto the next.

1. Focus on the darkness of the mind's eye, the darkness that's
automatically there when your eyes are closed.

2. See that darkness filled with a glowing green, a Faerie green, a
magic glow.

3. Feel that magic, green, Fey glow start swirling around you, bathing
you in its beauty, bathing you in its magic.

4. Enjoy drinking in that magic for a minute.

5. Let that Fey power feed you, cleanse you, and give you things you
need. Let it work its magic on you.

6. Into that green mist, call out for a Faerie friend. Don't demand a
visit, for we do not control the Fey Folk. Invite with warmth,
courtesy,
good will and good cheer.

7. Greet and welcome your visitor with dignity and courtesy. Ask
his\her
name and his\her need of you. If no name is given you, usually you
should end the visit. When you meet someone on the physical plane who
will not tell you their name, there is usually something awry, right?

8. Never lightly make an agreement with a Faerie. They take commitments
seriously. And are tricksters, who often have an unusual view as to
what
life should be like. You may not want the same goals as they.

9. Visit. Then do the following steps. If you fall asleep, your visit
might be happening on an unconscious level so you would still need the
following steps upon awakening.

10. If you would like, ask your visitor for something you need.

11. Make thanks for the visit, and for any help you were given. At this
point it may be appropriate to give or promise a gift, EG a bit of food
and drink left out at night.

12. Perhaps this spirit will become your friend for a while or even a
lifetime. You can use this ritual to visit with him\her again. But for
now say "Farewell."

13. After doing something like this ritual, one might be in an altered
state without realizing it. If you then do something like drive, walk
at
night along a city street, or cook, you could possibly go through a red
light, get mugged, or burn yourself, all because you were off in
another
world! So, after you finish step 12, do the following two steps:

A. Spend some time consciously focusing on the embodied, mundane plane
by making your mind concentrate on physical things.

B. Then continue this focusing by looking both ways carefully when
crossing streets or paying special, conscientious attention to kitchen
safety or whatever focus is appropriate to the activity in which you
become involved. Use these two steps until you are well focused onto
the
embodied plane.

You may feel very sharp and alert, so think there is no need for step
13. Please do it anyway. For one thing, alert as you are, you might be
alert only to the SPIRIT plane! Take the time to become alert to the
physical realm. If you're feeling really spacy or "out there" add body
stretches or do some other very physical but safe activity that will
focus you onto your own body.

By Francesca De Grandis, copyright 1994.