Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Faery Freedom


In a couple of days, I'm off to co-facilitate a weekend of Faery magick, focusing on a chance to explore, introduce, and deepen our relationships to the Fae world.

I know that sometimes people get freaked about the Fae - usually out of bad past experiences or the curse of the Precious Moments figurines. Either way, both ends of this Faery-ick spectrum are not something I've had to deal with. However, these perceptions stopped me for a while from fully opening to this spiritual path and magickal energy, but once I got over it (with a nice push from the Faery clan leader I work with, Elavin), I realized how deep and powerful this magick is.

It's all about freedom and not the kind that is without responsibility. For if there isn't some kind of understanding about interconnection, then free-livin' is just rampant selfishness - not a Faery virtue at all.

Faery Freedom has been presented to me as a tree image. Each branch, each twig sails off into the air, reveling in its direction and sense of purpose, but it is ultimately intimately connected to the rest of the organism. If it grows out of balance, it can bring down an entire branch and sicken the whole tree. It's the same with freedom and the individuality that's often preceived to go along with it - we do strike out in various directions that seem like completely unchartered horizons, but without the support of a family, friends, previous explorers, farmers growing food, etc., we wouldn't be going anywhere.

And all to often, our culture values inbalanced and eventually malignant growth more than it does a community-based model.

May we all dare to explore freedom as the faeries do - in conjunction with one another.



(The first image is of the Faery Godmother by Brian Froud, an amazing artist of the Fae. The second is some stock photography.)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I can hardly wait to hear about your coming new adventures with Elavin and her folks. Please give them and our lovely Willow my regards.

Bless the Bees!

Beverly said...

I discovered the magick fae a few years ago and have to say I'm a true believer. I look forward to your follow-up post!

Anonymous said...

Hmmm...I had never heard of this..only in fairy tales. Until recently, someone told me they see them. This was a sane intelligent gentleman I know. We didn't get to talk about it beyond that. I confess, my curiosity has been getting the best of me.

And now..you write of this.

Needless to say, now I am VERY curious!
Never in my life have I heard anyone say they are real, and now twice from intelligent people.

I am open to all things..most especially magic! So I hope you will tell me more. :)

Thank you for sharing this. Have a wonderful and magical weekend.