You find yourself pulled to this place . . .
a Land of Enchantment.
"None that breatheth living aire does know Where
is that happy land of Faery." Spencer, c.1590 a.d.
ORIGIN OF THE FAIRIES:
Long ago before history was recorded on the tiny isles of Britain,
there came into being the FAIRIES. No one, not scientist, or Folklorist,
has a clue as from where they first came. But here they are, and here they
mean to stay!
Many people have their opinion about Fairies,
but predominately it is the opinions of the people of the 17th century
that still prevails. Some think the fairies are spirits of the dead, or
fallen angels, others feel they are astral or elemental spirits or beings.
THE DICTIONARY may denote a FAIRY as being an
imaginary creature; usually very small and graceful with human form; capable
of working good or ill to humans.
IF THE FAIRIES ARE spirits of the dead reborn
into a new form, then many believe that they are of a particular class
of the dead that mean to the living some harm. Are they the Evil Dead?
In Cornwall, the fairies are thought to be the souls of the "heathen" dead,
and they are almost always sinister. This beliefe remained until it became
somewhat altered. Fairies were believed to be the souls of those who died
before Christianity, and were not good enough to go to heaven but not bad
enough to go to hell. They lingered on, shrinking until they became as
small as insects, eventually disappearing altogether. Sometimes they were
thought to manifest as white moths, and other flying insects.
BUT THIS WAS NOT THE MOST COMMON BELIEFE ABOUT
FAIRIES, many believe that they were simply a race somewhere between something
physical and spiritual. They were of a race of invisible beings who lived
within an invisible world of their own. This world somehow overlapped the
world of man, and often fairies were thought to be mixing in the human
condition for sport and folly.
ARE FAIRIES FALLEN ANGELS? No one knows but some
believe that they were cast down from heaven by the Lord for sinful pride.
Some were thought to have fallen into the Sea and others onto the Land.
Still others, the wicked ones, fell into Hell, where the devil has given
them great powers and dominion over men whom they entice with riches and
other worldly gains. Those that fell to the Sea and the Land were thought
to have had a more gentle and loving soul and therefore they never do harm.
Well if they are left on their own they will do no harm! All they wish,
is to dance during twilight or in the early hours, mostly in the moonlight,
to their sweet fairy music, undisturbed by the mortal world.
Follow all the links
below to the World of the Fae -
Be Sure to Click on Each Picture!!
The Gallery of Flower Fairies
Become a member of these wonderful communities
The Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Fairies
Sadly, the society is now closed - If you know different let me know!
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