When you were a child you were probably told that things like faeries were just a figment of your "overactive imagination". But how could you imagine something that doesn’t exist if you've actually encountered it? Well, here you may find that maybe you actually did see something Otherworldly. Faeries tend to visit young children who (with all their hearts) believe in them. A faerie is an entity that resides in the astral realm and can also visit the human realm. Faeries can give blessings and some are malevolent and evil.

     Now before you try to interact with the fae, you should know what and what not to do around them. You should always respect what they have given you, even if it was a glimpse of their existence. You should leave out offerings to them if you wish to attract them (which will be discussed on this page). However you shouldn’t go around talking about your encounters with them, they have chosen to show themselves not for you to brag and boast about. But never accept food or drink from them while in the astral and never dance with them! Doing so could cause entrapment and/or enslavement in their land. There are many tales of people going to fairyland for what seems to then about 10 minutes and finding out that they had arrived back a day later. So with this information you are ready to contact faeries! Below I will give you ways to attract faeries to you and your home. I will also give you ways of protection from the fae folk.

 

    A faerie garden is a very good way to reach out to the faerie folk. Faeries love various plants and if you plant them you will invite faeries to frolic in your garden. Below is a list of faerie plants that you may use to attract and see them. In your garden you should also leave an untamed area to represent the lush of nature.

Blue Bells- These bell-like flowers are said to be one of the faerie's most cherished flowers. Plant these in your garden and it will invite faeries to dance in your garden. Beware of Blue Bell fields. These are said to be intricately woven with fae enchantments and spells. If you hear a Blue Bell ring, then it means a malevolent faerie is near or it means you will soon die.

Foxglove- *POISIONOUS* The name is derived from "folk's glove" or "little folk's glove". The faeries used these plants as gloves and little hats. Protect your home and bring faerie luck by planting Foxglove.

Primroses- These magical flowers make the invisible visible. Eating them allows you to see faeries. Touch a faerie rock (a rock with a perfect hole in it from running water) with the correct number of primroses in a posy (some say 13) and the gift of faerie-land will become clear. A wrong number means certain doom.

Elder- The Elder tree is the sacred tree to the fae. Never, under any circumstances, cut down or cause harm to an elder tree. Don't place a baby in an Elder crib of the faeries will 'pinch it black and blue'. Elder-berry wine is an extreme treat for the faeries. It is said that if you drink the wine from the same goblet as a faerie did, then you will be able to see it forever. Elder flowers are high in vitamin C and are exelent for teas to cure colds and relax.

(Elder Flowers)

Wild Thyme- Thyme is used in a special salve to see the faeries (recipe in other section). Beware if you use this salve, don't tell the faeries if they aren't friendly. Stories have been told of when the faeries found of which eye you could see them with, you suddenly went blind in that exact eye.

Cowslip- Said to hold the secrets of the faerie's invisibility. Cowslip helps lead you to the faerie gold. Look for faeries around these flowers, near these the veil of the worlds are slightly thinner.

Primula veris (P. officinacis)     

American Cowslip (Dodecatheon Meadia)

 

Hawthorn- These thorny bushes/trees were said to be witches in disguise, or the remains of a deceased witch. These plants were used as evidence in a witch trial as proof that one was a witch, as were bluebells. If you sleep under a Hawthorne on Halloween, it is an invitation for faeries to come and kidnap you. Faeries hold a greatlove for this tree of magick. It is said that the tree spirit holds much of the magick in faerie-world. Used as protection against other harmful magick.

Oak- This great tree was held sacred to the celts and druids. Faeries live in hollowed oaks, making a faerie house in an oak tree is a great way to attract them. Ever acorn is said to hold it's own faerie. Bringing an acorn into your home is yet another good way to bring you closer to the faerie mysteries.

Redwood- The redwood tree is one of the oldest and largest of the tree spirits upon the planet. They are direct descendants from the time known as "Lemuria". They are homes to wondrous faeries and elves who, in spite of their rarity, are not shy about human contact. The redwood spirit can open great spiritual vision, and contact with them will bring extended growth periods that will touch the soul on many levels. They can help clarify one's own personal vision of life.

                                                                                                        

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TheFae - A great site for Faerie info and types of faeries!

Cyberfae - A wonderful forum dedicated to everything faerie

The Faerie Tradition - Information on traditional faerie lore