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Wonders
of the Faerie Realm
For many years I was associated with a nature centre.
I worked in its animal program and I also served as
one of the centre's trail guides. I took groups of kids
and adults out into nature and taught about its various
aspect I particularly loved working with the preschoolers
because... well, first of all, you don't have to walk
very far with them. And second of all, you don't need
to get real botanical and technical. I would take them
along a wonderful trail and talk about the things we
saw.
One day I was leading
a small group of about 15 preschoolers, their teacher
and a few of their parents. I came to a spot where there
was a natural mound. Mounds are raised areas in the
earth and most traditions taught at one time that communities
of fairies and spirits often live within them-hence
the common name "fairy mound:' I was standing in
front of the group telling them about the fairy mounds.
The teacher smiled at me and then spoke to the group
of kids, "Well, we don't really believe in fairies
and elves, do we?" The group was silent. They lowered
their eyes, not looking at the teacher. I smiled to
myself, thinking, This is interesting.. .let's take
it a little further I proceeded to tell a bit more about
the fairy mounds, and as I was talking a small boy from
the back stepped forward. He put his hands on his hips
and looked up at me. Then in a challenging voice, he
said, “How do they get in and out of there, then?"
I smiled and said, "Many people think it is through
the small openings at the bottoms of the trees nearby”
At that moment a little girl stepped up and said, “They
do not. They use this flower and this flower and this
one over here”’ and she proceeded to point
out specific flowers. The girl's mother blushed. The
teacher rolled her eyes, and I was jumping up and down
inside yelling, "Yes!"
We moved on at that point,
but through the rest of our hike, the boy was plastered
to my one leg and the girl to the other. Finally, an
adult who knew what they had been experiencing. A little
further on we came to a boardwalk that crossed our pond.
I led the group across, and as we got to the middle,
I paused to talk. "You know, they used to say that
if you tickled the water just right, all of the water
fairies would come out, riding on the backs of dragonflies:'
I then coaxed everyone down onto the walkway. I even
made the teacher and parents do it. Then with the tips
of our fingers we tickled the surface of the water for
several minutes. When we stood up, there must have been
200 or more dragonflies soaring around us. It was one
of the most wonderful hikes that I ever led at the center.
I got some interesting mail from it, but it was truly
amazing!
The Faerie Realm
There is still a place
where enchantment lives. 
Where streams sing and winds whisper.
Where caverns lead to
nether realms. 
Where trees speak and flowers tell tales.
Where unicorns dance
in the morning dew. 
Nothing fires the imagination
more than the idea of faeries and elves. Even though
our modern world relegates them to the realm of fiction,
they touch a chord within us, Fairies, Elves, Gnomes,
Nature spirits, Devas, Unicorns and Dragons. The Realm
of Faerie is filled with all of these wonders and more.
Sceptics will say that this realm should never be taken
literally. They will say that this realm and all of
its inhabitants are nothing more than the stuff of fiction.
They are a product of the imagination since no scientific
data record its presence. Humans have a tendency to
be smug, and many times as people grow older their ability
to be open and see the world as the child sees it declines.
When this happens the world becomes a place of wonder
and enchantment.
It is not the purpose
of this article to prove the existence of the Faerie
Realm or the reality of my own and others' experiences
with it. Rarely does the scientific community accept
anecdotal evidence. The experiences of others can be
a barometer-a map by which others can measure and chart
new experiences of wonder. Every tradition in the world
at some point taught that all aspects of Nature have
a spirit associated with it. These phenomena of common
threads should give us pause. It is a reminder that
there is something universal, something wonderful happening
around us.
Here we hope to answer
many of the most common questions relating to faeries.
Have
I had any encounters with Fairies? How do I Meet
Fairies, How do I become more open and aware of
Fairies? How to recognise that Fairies are around
you? When is the best time to find fairies?
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