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qosAlthough 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.
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.
