Fairies

[qos]

Although I've been willing to entertain the possibility of the existence of any number of Otherworldly beings, I've never been able to take fairies seriouisly. However, some of my teacher's allies are fairies, and at least one of them has taken it upon himself to get involved in some of my training, so I've reconsidered my previous position and opened my mind to getting acquainted.

When I asked my teacher about the ally who apparently had been involved in a particularly dramatic inner journey, she referred me to a specific card in Brian Froud's Faeries Oracle. Never being one to resist an excuse to buy a new book or oracle deck, I immediately ordered the deck from Amazon.

"In for a penny, in for a pound," as she said! Suddenly I'm having all kinds of little experiences that add up to a sense that there are more folks than my child and I living in this apartment -- and that I definitely have some new allies. (More posts about that to come.)

On Sunday, I was hurrying to go upstairs, and I stepped too quickly, too hard on the moving blanket laid over the tiles of my entryway. I felt myself slipping -- and then time slowed. I felt myself falling very, very slowly; felt myself hit the ground with enough time and sense to roll back -- and still feel that I didn't hit very hard at all. Eventually I found myself lying on my back, feeling bewildered but unhurt, looking up at the alarmed movers standing in the doorway. Later my teacher's ally confirmed that yes, Someone else had slowed my fall and kept me from getting hurt.

Does all this seem unreal? It does to me. Except these things keep happening lately.

I keep writing these disclaimers. . . and yet I'm embracing all this joyfully. After a lifetime of believing There must be more, I'm finally engaging the More.

Comments

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're able to have a good relationship with them. Just be careful.

Personally, faeries scare me. >_>

[oakmouse]

Personally, faeries scare me.

They scare me too, and I work with them daily. They're not cute twee little flower-winged pretties, they're beings of power. Some of them hate humanity, and some of them are very dangerous simply by dint of being what they are. Others want to work with human beings, and have dedicated a considerable portion of their energy to just that.

What I did, and what I'm guiding caveofstars to do, is work through proven and guarded passageways with faeries who like and value human beings and want to work with us. There's a certain degree of safety in that, and a net of experienced friends to catch her if she slips. No inner work is wholly safe, of course, but some kinds are fairly so and under the right circumstances this is one.

[makhsihed.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that. I wince anytime someone starts talking about working with fairies and such, and got concerned by this post. I may only know caveofstars through LJ, but I've rather developed a liking for her, she's neat people.

Good to hear from you. It sounds like you've got your head on straight and aren't full of glitter and fuzz. Very reassuring. :>

[oakmouse]

I can understand that reaction. I've seen people do some very stupid things, and also seen a lot of gratuitous twinkledust. ;) Luckily I had had my head knocked on straight by years of magical work before I got into faery work, and when I did get into it I went by way of about the most unsentimental route possible: RJ Stewart's books. He makes no bones about the realities of faery.

caveofstars is definitely neat people. *g* Glad to hear from you too; you sound pretty interesting and on the ball. *goes off to friend you*