For today’s post, I have decided to go over some of my favorite faeries that embody the energies of the seasons of the Wheel of the Year. Banshee: Samhain is the season that I associate with the Banshee. She is the Faery Wailing Woman and one who detects the deaths of those in certain…
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7 Celtic Goddess Who Embody Aphrodite Energy!
For today’s post, I have decided that I would do a blog post about Celtic Goddesses that embody Aphrodite energy. I feel this will be a good companion to my post about Aphrodite fitting into my Faery Lifestyle! Now, this is not a countdown, it is simply seven Goddesses from Celtic lore that…
Read MoreHow Aphrodite Relates to the Faery Lifestyle!
For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on how the Greek Goddess Aphrodite relates to Faery and to my concept of the Faery Lifestyle! I thought this would be a fun and interesting post to finish out the week of Valentine’s Day. Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty,…
Read MoreMagic Mirrors
For today’s post, I have decided to discuss the magick of mirrors. Mirrors have always had magical connotations from Snow White’s Evil Queen gazing into her mirror asking “Who is the Fairest One of All?” to the Lady of Shalott whose mirror “Crack’d side to side” after she became enamored by Lancelot. The…
Read MoreMy Top Five Hot Tea Blends
For today’s post, I have decided to do a countdown of my five favorite tea blends that are easy to find in bag form at local grocery stores. Each of these blends are in the Bigelow brand, but I do still love other brands like Celestial Seasonings, but my current favorite is Bigelow (and…
Read MoreThe 7 Gifts of Faery
For today’s post, I have decided to focus on the 7 Gifts of Faery as described by Lucy Cavendish and Serene Connelley in The Book of Faery Magic. Seven is a very important number in reference to magic in general and it is especially true of the magic of a Faery nature, exemplified by…
Read MoreResolutions in the Faery Lifestyle
Happy New Year to all! I cannot believe it is 2023! I hope that everyone had a happy, safe, and fun New Year’s Eve. For today’s post, I have decided to share how I work New Year’s Resolutions in my life. That is why I have referred to my concept of…
Read MoreFlower Brides, May Queens, High Queens: Archetypes in Analysis
For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at Arthurian Faery Queens in the realm of being a Flower Bride who became May Queen when married and eventually turned High Queen. Guinevere, Isolde, and Blodeuwedd are all Faery women who can be seen through the lens of archetypal Flower Brides. The…
Read MoreAuthors That Made Me Fall In Love With Literature
For today’s post, I have decided to do a post about the authors that got me into great literature in my formative years. I have broken this into four parts, American, English, Irish, and French. American English Irish French ~I hope you have enjoyed my short analysis of the authors that shaped my formative…
Read MoreSpirit Animals
For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at the concept of spirit animals. I have always had a deep connection to many animals, and as I have a deep connection with the Fae this makes sense. While I personally feel my most potent spiritual guardian is a Faery guardian, I…
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