Quotes Of Fairies And Dreaming Of Loved Ones

A couple of short quotes from people who have been in the news this week.

First from the British broadcaster Joan Bakewell, 81, who says she is 'haunted by death'. When asked what she dreamed about she answered:

"The dead. By the time you get to my age you have lost so many friends and family that they come to you in your sleep, which is really quite nice.

My father might turn up and we'll go for a walk, or just have a chat. He was always an inspirational figure, who encouraged me so much.

I'm glad to say my mother doesn't crop up. We had some unresolved issues, so she wouldn't be welcome."

And secondly from the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson talking about what makes her happy:

"I do believe in fairies. I do believe in magic and when you blow on a dandelion, you will see the light of the enchanted spreading their wings and disappearing off on their own journeys, just like you have today when you opened your eyes.

Don’t let the day go by without looking for fairies and magic.

That makes me happy, as every day is, therefore, a day of exploration and adventure."

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The Cunning People Who Had A Pact With A Fairy Or Faery

Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing by William Black c.1786

In days gone by ordinary people, or country folk had a respect for fairies. They seemed to understand how the faery, or fairy had supernatural powers and therefore they were careful to protect themselves from any encounters.

They would, for example, never speak evil of them and would often leave food or perhaps milk as offerings. Similar, I suppose, to how we leave a carrot and a mince pie out for Father Christmas. It's about currying favour.

In days of old folk were more in tune with nature and super-nature. Some people, known as 'cunning folk' would try to strike up a relationship with a fairy. This was to the advantage of both sides - the person and the faery - but a deal had to be agreed, which was sometimes sexual.

The spirit of the supernatural creatures would appear in various disguises, such as a dead relative's ghost, or maybe in the form of an animal or simply as a more traditional fairy.

The 'cunning person' in the relationship would then have the powers to practise as a healer for health as well as poverty. They had to be careful though, and err on the side of caution. If the 'magic' failed they could well be accused of witchcraft, which would result in some nasty penalties by the state.

It's suggested in books such as Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits that many people in the middle ages fell into other states of consciousness, often unconsciously, because of various factors.

Firstly there was an ingrained belief system of the supernatural going back to pagan times. And what we believe, we can experience. There was also a lack of food. Famine was common, and the majority of women would be constantly pregnant or nursing babies. All of which could destabilise normal consciousness. Mystics traditionally fast and engage in physical mortifications to achieve similar conditions.

Also life was so very different. Without electricity the world would look different. There would be a special kind of darkness and of the perceptions this would bring about. Night time must have been full of mystery where the imagination moved to other levels.

It can't be denied that there were mind altering substances and these were ingested both voluntarily and involuntarily. The water was often contaminated, beer was very strong by today's standards and was drunk in large quantities.  Moulds grew on cereal foods. And, of course, witches had special ointments, herbs, mushrooms and so on that had mind bending results.

Fairies in old England were seen differently as today. Back then they were believed to live in a parallel world to ours. They usually lived in forests, caves and even within the earth itself. Like humans they wore clothes, married, had sex and had the flaws and foibles of humankind.

So, wish the fairies well, think of them kindly as they could be around us today - and not just at the bottom of the garden.

Resources:
Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits
The Book of English Magic

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The Creation Of Real Live Fairies And Goblins

See what you think of this ...

I know of someone who has seen fairies and goblins - real ones, that is. They were at the bottom of his very large garden.

"Yea right," you might say with a snicker.

But isn't it true that man cannot imagine that which does not exist? No one can make a picture of the non existent. In which case fairies, goblins, brownies, undines and so on must be visible to the human eye. Or at least to those sensitive enough to see such things.

Yes, fairies and so on do exist in elemental forms and it's us humans who create them with our thoughts. As mankind develops we begin to think more forcefully. These thoughts become little centres of consciousness within the Divine Mind - or whatever you prefer to call this.

The centres eventually assume different forms, according to the quality and the subject of the thoughts which created them.

Elementals grows in a similar way to a mother's embryo and draw strength and vitality from the thinker. Since, whatever is created on the mental plane must embody itself in a physical form at some time, these elementals must take on some kind of physical bodies.

Some of these centres become fairies, goblins and the like while others become embodied in animal or insect form. There are good and bad elementals dependent on the nature of their consciousness - which, remember, was created by the thoughts of man.

If the centres are made of destructive thoughts they would become an animal or insect that will annoy man and perhaps be destructive to his property. This is all in line with the law that whatsoever man send forth mentally must and will return to him.

The Bible says in Genesis 1:31 - 'And God saw every thing that he had made, and behold, it was very good.' So it's us who have created the not so good on earth by our thoughts.

Some say that man's licentious and obscene thoughts have created the creepy, crawling, stinging and biting bugs and insects that inhabit dirty and unclean places. As these are created by man's lower mind they are unable to use atoms of a high vibration for their bodies, so they choose 'diseased' or low vibration atoms, which can no longer be used by man or animals.

Yes, fairies and goblins and those nasty insects are with us and we created them all. This is a power within us because, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them" Genesis 1:27. In which case, like God, we can create.

Wonder what we'll create today? Cockroaches or something wonderful?

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