Do you want to know how to see faeries (or fairies)?
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 they assume this, but it’s startlingly consistent.
Because they only vaguely resemble media representations of faeries, I believe that my “gut feeling” — and that of others — is probably correct: they’re faeries.
But, the truth is, nobody is sure what these are.
About the photos
The photos on the following pages in this series were created with Adobe Photoshop, they are not real. They’re only to help you learn how to see faeries.
They accurately represent what I see in real life, but haven’t captured on film.
Unlike some ghosts, who seem to like to be photographed, I think it might be a mistake to try to photograph the faeries.
I don’t think it would work.
And frankly, while I’m fascinated by ghosts, I’m not quite so scientific about the faeries. It’s a very different field, and more spiritual, in a way.
Types of faerie forms
I’ve seen a variety of faeries. The vast majority of them are blurry spheres of light. I also see faerie windows or portals, which are brilliant openings which appear on my walls, and vanish quickly.
The next most-frequently seen forms are translucent, full-sized figures, the same size as humans or slightly larger.
Then there are the forms which are the size of little people, maybe three feet tall.
Finally, there are the odd things I see now and then, out of the corner of my eye, and since I don’t see them directly or for very long, I can only describe them as odd lights and shadows, usually quick-moving. They range from sparkly lights to large shadows.
In these pages, I’ll describe each kind of faerie form:
- Blurry spheres of light – the most common faeries in our home.
- Faerie windows or portals – just like Quantum Leap.
- Little people and big people, and a few anomalies.
By learning what faeries really look like, you may understand how to see faeries (or fairies)… or realize that you’ve been seeing faeries all along and didn’t know it.
Photo credits:
Fairy in the Moonlight by alexandra elefteriadou,Thessaloniki, Greece
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I was wonderig if you know how to attract fearies into a house?
Hi, even though few people believe in the existence of faeries, I still believe and love them and am hoping to see a real one, even I’m here in the tropics, the Philippines…I do lots of surfing on the internet about them…Saw
photos from different web pages but can’t distinguish the real one…Are there people who really saw them??? I tried a faery lure once, one morning about 5-6am I put milk with honey outside my window hoping a faery would drink or eat it. I stayed in my room really quite and hoping to see one….What I saw were birds but there were no faeries…How can I see them?I’m really hopeless, please help me.
To Maricel M.:
I’m so glad that you believe in the faeries. I think that increases the faeries’ ability to visit our world and feel comfortable enough to be seen by more people.
It can take months for a faerie to feel safe enough to appear. Then again, it can happen in a few days. If you can, I recommend placing the milk and honey for the faeries… and then leave it there. Change it every three days or so. It can be a tiny container, like a thimble or something.
Once the faeries feel safer, visiting your window unobserved, they’re more likely to visit often enough for you to see them sometime.
People really do see faeries. I’ve seen several types of faeries, and I’ve seen them often.
Believing is the first step. Patience is next.
Keep helping the faeries and believing in them, and you will be rewarded.
hi my name finola well i like people to call me that. me and holly ( she has writen to you before) have seen things that people will not belive us but one time in the garden i saw these different coluor (well i think they were i can’t be sure) fairy’s and they were singing a tune
Dear Fiona.
i am 12 1/2 years old
Like Maricel M.
i too am a believer of Faeries/Fairies but i dont know what to do for me to meet one and befriend one
I left some bread On my desk after i ate some myself and nothing happend?
any ideas on how to Attract Faeries To my house/Room so i can have one as a friend?
I even greet the 4 elements
Air
Fire
Water
Air
Magic and Magical Creatures are Real and i do Believe so Plz i ask you if you can help me meet Fearies and other magical beings
I have always believed in the existence of faeries, and reading this article, I realise that I have often seen, out of the corner of my eye, the sort of things you describe when you say “odd lights and shadows, usually quick-moving. They range from sparkly lights to large shadows.” I’ve been seeing them for as long as I can remember.
Maybe I’ve been seeing faeries my whole life!
Ive been seeing alot of little shadows out o the corner o my eye too. I thought about hat they could be, and now i think I have an idea. Plus way back in the thrid grade,i was walking to class when out of the corner of my eye i saw a life sized white figure. I thought it was just my imagination, but now i also think it was a faery. I have had some troubles beileiveing, even though i know that they are real. Thank you for telling me about the ways you have seen them, for now I know that i DO beleive, and i have all along, and that they have let me have several glimpses of them.
Samy, I think it’s important to believe and to be very patient. Some people wait years to see any evidence of faeries, but eventually, they are rewarded.
hi im bekee, and i was so intrigued to know that i have seen faeries all around me my whole life…i always saw things in the corner of my eye i still do…i really would love to befriend a faerie/s but i dont want to attract any bad ones…how is a easy but effective way to do so??
bekee,
There is no way to attract good faeries without also catching the attention of other kinds of faeries. Faeries are like people. If you stand in the middle of a crowd and start talking to one person, others are likely to listen in, and some may also join the conversation… whether you want them to, or not.
Use the same common sense you use when dealing with humans, and you should be fine. You’ll find additional tips in articles at this website, and in the books I’m working on right now.
Cheerfully, Fiona
Hi Fiona…Long time since I visited the website. I read your reply to my question.Thanks a lot.You’re right when you said that we need to be patient. Maybe faeries don’t put their trust on us that easy. So, once again I will try to put a lure on my window with milk and honey..I’m 27 years old. : )..But I believe I can see one.
I am 11 and I do believe in faries and I hope to see one. Thank you for all of your valuable info. I’m so glad that there are people out there like ya’ll
Hello my name is avielle and i also want 2 befriend a faery.i think i might have met some at dusk.it waz cold and i waz sitting in front ofa lake.then out of nowhere there came a fog over the lake in shapes just like winged humans! And then i ran but not be4 i heard sum eerie music.i still remember the words “come o child,away away.4get thy sorrows and thy pain.come o child, 2day,2day.but do not 4get where thy duties lay.”im still scared but facinated too.
I have never seen a fairy but I do believe in them. I have a big spider in my windo so I can’t really do the milk and honey, I don’t want to move the spider. Are there any other methods?
people can make faeries with wonderfull kind thoughts, imagination, and belief.
FIONA I AM TEN YEARS OLD AND I THINK I HAVE SEEN A ELVE I WAS IN THE FOREST WITH MY DOG AND SUDDENLY MY DOG STARTED TO BARK I LOOKED OVER AND SAW AN ELF LIKE CREATURE HE WAS ABOUT 2 AND A HALF FEET TALL IN GREY CLOTHING ANY IDEA HOW TO ATTRACT HIM
do you mix the milk and honey together in the thimble?
Hi…Well, I’ve been starting to meditate and I’ve been seeing a lot of shadows out of the corner of my eye…And actually last night… (I know this is going to sound REALLY creepy to some readers) I was hearing like little whispers and they were like “your fears will overcome your courage”. I didn’t exactly freak out…I kind of just tried to fall asleep. It got me a little frightened, but I thought that it might not be true. Then I started hearing laughter. Not giggly laughter, but, like, evil laughs. There is a such thing as a dark (or evil) fairy, right? Do you think that that’s what was whispering to me? It was probably my imagination, though…What do you think?
ok so i left the milk and honey out and its been more than 3 weeks. i do believe still. i have left things in one spot in my room then come back and they had moved. my friend had beads fly at her as well but she didnt see what threw them. i am building stuff for them and even talking to them. once something landed behind be out side and it sounded pretty heavy, i turned around and still nothing but a few minutes later a bird landed near me. the only thing was i couldnt see what was on its back. i hope to see a fairy soon if you hav any advice i am ready to listen. thnx! P.S. im 11 years old!
Luna,
Faeries are like people: There are good ones, bad ones, and most are a little of both.
In history — as I talk about at this website, particularly in How Shakespeare Changed Everything — most people were afraid of faeries.
Generally, I think it’s smart to have a healthy respect for faeries and what they can do for good or for mischief.
I wouldn’t worry about your encounter. It might never happen again.
If it does, it might be smart to talk with someone who teaches meditation. Get his or her advice.
Sincerely,
Fiona
Fallon,
You can, and I recommend it, but it’s not necessary.
Sincerely,
Fiona
Im a definate believer but i have some questions on spells for attracting the fae people…do the spells count as black magic or attracting unwanted attention like séances….b/c i don want to be involved in any of that AT ALL…and i have found that there are many spalls that require a lot semi presious stones and such things which are difficult to find…any
alternatives? – thank you for ur help…
I’d reccomend talkin to ‘em.
im 14, and i really do beleive in faeries and other entities and spirits. i actually have the ability to sense energies (ie people, spirits, etc). i have someone like a mentor who told me that my third eye is developing, which explains why i have been able to see some spirits around my house. when i was very young, like 3 and younger, i saw several faeries that were in the house i lived in, and they would play with me and talk to me. i was wondering if you could tell me anything that would help me regain this sight or just speed up the process
Back then I used to believe in faeries a lot. I’d get teased by it sometimes in school because well, I was “too old” to believe in them. But what my schoolmates never understood was that it was NOT the Disney kind of fairies believed in but the rather earthly spiritual ones (If you know what I mean). Plus some religious schoolmates would say that I was going against the Catholic ways. At first, I didn’t give up. I tried to be patient with the foresight although for six months nothing has changed with my vision. Plus, the bullying continued so I had to accept that faeries weren’t real and decided to “grow up.” But thanks to your article, I know realize that I HAD been seeing them my whole entire life! In my old school where we were surrounded by greens, I’d see patches and colors of light floating around me when I’d sit down on the grass in the field. I thought they were just sunspots, but from your article it made me believe rethink otherwise. And recently I’ve been seeing the people like ones from the corner of my eye then vanishing. I’d also see random rays of light out of nowhere as well, as you’ve stated, they’re faerie portals right? So anyway, I don’t know. I haven’t been obsessed with faeries lately and all of a sudden I just suddenly feel the gut to research on them again. Maybe they’re luring me back?
Lucky to know there’s someone else out there who believes in faeries like I did.
Thanks,
Ysabel from the Philippines.
P.S.
BTW Did I forget to mention I’m highly artistic too?