Fiona's notes

    How Many ‘Ghosts’ are Faeries?

    Ghost… or faerie?
    In my recent podcast, Faeries, Angels, Ghosts and Aliens, I explained some of the similarities — and differences — among these different entities.
    In my opinion, some “ghost” reports are actually faeries.
    Here’s an example:
    Seeking Spirits is a recent book by Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, from TAPS and the “Ghost Hunters” TV series.  At [...]

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The questions include:

Are faeries real?
Do faeries exist?
What do faeries look like?
How do you see faeries?
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The Faeries, by William Allingham

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The Faeries
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How to make a faerie door

Here are my notes from my first “gnome door,” years ago. It was a far more formal design than the faerie door shown at left, but the process of making it is very similar.
The “door” that I made is actually a door and staircase. I went to a dollhouse store and [...]