Chronicle Ten

I have always connected myself with the element earth, because I am very down to earth, an earthy person. The sky has always been the last place on earth I would like to roam. I like my feet to be firmly planted on the ground. I have never ridden in an air plane, and I often have nightmares of crashing planes and UFO crashes. I have a fear of heights; I once went on a nature trip in which I had to ride a sky lift to get to the top of the natural tunnel mountain to walk back down. I cried and closed my eyes; I could not wait to get back off and was extremely frightened. I vowed to never do anything that adventurous ever again. To be able to see air spirits is curious to me because I appear to have no rational apparent connection to the element. Around approximately a week following the exercise I practiced, I began to notice things in which I never had before. I walked out into the yard and stood at the neighbor’s fence. They have cattle and an open field. At times there are no cattle in the field, they move them around. So anyways there I stood looking out over the fields enjoying the scenery. It was a blue sky with few fluffy clouds and butterflies swarmed the field. It was in the evening after work nearing dusk. I looked up to observe the biggest fluffiest cloud in the sky and noticed something odd. Three spheres of a slightly dark color (sort of like shadows) floated in the air above, then to the side of me, then back in front of me, then back up above my head. I turned from side to side following the spheres. Then came floating through them was a long squiggly object. I ran around the yard and continued to see these unknown objects. They followed me to my porch, and I could see them on the porch when I looked up at the white ceiling. However, when I went inside, no more floating objects. I came back outside, there they were once again. I turned around about the yard, they followed, and I then stopped and looked straight up at the sky above my head. I observed tiny sparkles of light (sort of like glitter but slightly larger in size), this fairy glitter came pouring down over me. I thought I was dreaming, however I was awake. Maybe this could be part of fairy glamour, I’m not sure. It was a very exciting episode in my life. Well at least it was during the first few times I have seen the objects. Following this incident I have not seen any more glitter. I have seen the spheres and the squiggly object while I am driving through fog on the mountain, whenever I walked outside to the porch or yard mostly only in the evenings. Also when I leave work I see them outside the building as they follow me to my car. I wasn't sure what this meant or what it really was. I asked myself is there something wrong with my vision. Do I need to have an eye exam. Then I remember I just had my yearly eye exam which was perfect vision. Seeing objects float around on a daily basis is curious yet can be slightly annoying, especially when you continue to ask the beings to reveal more of themselves and they refuse. Could they be shy or could they be toying with me and think my plea is humorous?

Chronicle Nine

According to Ted Andrews book “Enchantment of the Faerie Realm”, each individual may have more success working with certain beings of the realm more than others. I have had questions and lots of them pertaining to the reasoning of my connection to air spirits. Well according to Mr. Andrews everyone’s energy is different, and one person may connect with flower fairies rather than an elemental. During the summer I decided after having already read his entire book once, to go back and reread the material. This time the reading would be different because I would not only conduct my own experiments in attempts to practice his exercises, but I would also record my findings. The first exercises were processes in which I have conducted throughout my entire life, which may be why my results were so fast. These exercises include revisiting childhood, reading myths and fairies tales (in which opens your mind to the presences which exist). One of my hobbies is reading and researching myths, legends and fairy tales. I have always regarded my inner child as alive and well. So I then decided to experiment with the exercise in which you call forth the king of the element you should connect. This element would be according to your birth sign. The king of the Gnomes is determined to be in my element. Therefore I sat under a secluded tree in my back yard, in the evening. Barefoot in the grass with eyes closed and as closely connected to nature as I could be. I sat and conducted the exercise. I did my mediation/visualization. I called forth the king of the Gnomes, I then called forth the Archangel of the element, and lastly I called out my own name in order to link us. Immediately following the exercise, I had no indication that it had worked. I observed nothing unusual in my nature surroundings. Nothing unusual for days.

Chronicle Eight: Book Review

The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Fairies was documented by a Scottish minister named Robert Kirk. He traveled the Highlands in search of collecting stories of first hand encounters with those of the faerie realm. The book has an introduction by Andrew Lang the author, poet and collector of folk/fairy tales. The book appears to have been once hard to find. Dover Publications offers an edition for the price of $6.95. The book discusses themes that particularly stand out in my memory. These themes may also be of interest to others.
The text explains that those of the faerie world are of middle nature between man and angel. References to an array of spiritual beings are made in the text. Which curiously includes references to daemons which were old and intelligent spirits (also reminds me of the Golden Compass film), good/bad spirits and also those of the angelic realm (the nine orders of angels).The one theory in particular which was most curious and disturbing in my opinion was that of the possibility of a double self. A spirit or shape of a person in two places. The author refers to man as the superterranean race, and those of faerie as the subterranean race. He states that those of the superterranean (man) could have a double that is of the faerie (subterranean) race, which resembles each other identical. This spirit is haunting the individual as a shadow. The spirit appears to be specifically assigned to that person. He refers to this type of spirit as a reflex man or cowalker.
The author describes those of faerie to appear to be made up of light changeable bodies (astral form), like a condensed cloud (in which actually describes the presence I have seen) and that they are best seen in twilight (which appears to be directly linked to the denseness of their bodies). Their apparel and speech may be the same as humans as a direct result of the area (country) in which the being resides. Such as the theory that leprechauns will appear wearing Irish dress. These spirits of faerie can appear and disappear at will. The text suggest these spirits are so dense they can enter into any cranny or cleft in the earth (which appears logical to the myth that some reside within rocks and the earth). English authors relate that laying your ears to a cleft of rocks, you can hear inner activity regarding hammering, and clashing of armor. They are also portrayed to be able to swim in the air around you, in which you can not see them unless you have the gift of sight. Only those who are seers or have the gift of second sight have the ability to communicate or see the spirits. According to the text women are actually less likely to have the special ability to see them.
As for their behavior or lifestyle, it is explained that the faerie beings have human abilities such as living in tribes, having children, marrying, and deaths. The author also states that these acts could be solely preformed in the human eye as a mockery of our own daily lives. They have been found to possess aristocratic rulers and laws however they do not appear to have religion. They are also portrayed to be bound to lust and passion just as the human race is also capable.
The text in my opinion was a little difficult to understand and read. As a direct result of the timeframe in which it was written. However, it is a curiousity book that any lover of faerie, or fantasy should not pass by without reading.