A faerie primer

Different kinds of faeries

Mar 15th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Kinds of faeries

Someone asked me if the faeries are basically all the same. The resounding answer is, “No.” They are very different kinds of beings, and different kinds may have starkly different ancestry. Here’s my email about this:
There are many words that categorize the beings who are able […]



Seeing faeries

Mar 15th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer

Faeries… would you like to see them? Many of us who see faeries are artists, or have had some art training.
This is a quick lesson in seeing faeries. It’s not difficult, but it might take some practice.
What people usually see
People usually see what’s in front of them. They mentally discard the […]



What faeries look like

Mar 15th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: How to attract faeries

First of all, hardly anyone sees faeries (or fairies), full-face and in bright light. Most people see them slightly out of straight-on vision, or out of the corner of an eye. (When you look straight at them, they vanish. Part of this may […]



Faeries in your family tree

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer, Featured articles

Do you have fae ancestry? I mean really fae ancestry, the kind that can be written on your family tree and documented? If you have Irish ancestry, there is a good likelihood that the answer is yes!

In a nutshell, the Irish fae world includes the Tuatha De Danann, who were […]



The Banshee

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Kinds of faeries

When someone mentions a ghost, most of us think of cemeteries, haunted houses, and transparent figures draped in sheets. Likewise, the word “faerie” is linked with cute little figures with wings, and merry mischief. However, mention a Banshee, and people squirm. The Banshee, like a ghost, can represent death, but that […]



Elves, gnomes and faeries

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: Kinds of faeries

Continued from Different kinds of faeries
The “little people” might not be from the Tuatha de Danann, but they may be beings that were in Ireland before the TDD arrived. Some speculate that their size suggests they’re of the Fir Bolg. Some say that these are the beings who inhabited […]



‘The Little People’ and big people

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer

The Little People
A few times, always outside or just inside our patio door, I’ve seen little people.
This is so preposterous, I’m hesitant to admit to it. However, they seem to be there, even though I’ve only seen them about four or five times in the past three years.
They’re about three feet tall. […]



How to see faeries

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer

I can only tell you what faeries look like to me.
Well, I can tell you what I see that I assume are faeries. Nobody knows what they really are. However, most people who’ve seen these flying shapes seem to independently conclude that they’re faeries. And, I’m not sure why […]



Faerie windows or portals

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer

Now and then, I see a window open up, usually high on the wall near the ceiling. It opens, the light is brilliant, sometimes I see a faerie (blurry sphere of light) fly into it, and then it closes. The whole thing takes about half a second.
Honestly.
It looks so much like […]



Blurry spheres of light - What faeries really look like

Mar 11th, 2008 | By Fiona Broome | Category: A faerie primer

Most of the faeries that we see (and that other people notice in our home) look like blurry spheres of light. Usually–probably 95% of the time–I see them as white or very pale yellow. Sometimes they are pink, or blue, or darkish grey.
I don’t think that the darker ones are “bad”. […]