The first time I ever heard the story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, I was hooked. As a young girl, I voraciously consumed any movie, book, or show on the Arthurian legends. The magic, the heroism, the adventure. But it wasn’t just the men in the stories that intrigued ...
According to Celtic lore, you must NEVER take food from a fairy or while traveling in fairyland. Else ye be stuck there forever! But what if we want to appease the faeries living in our own homes? Or the fae in our gardens? Follow us on a journey to the enchanting realm of the fae and learn ...
A shrill neigh fills the air around you. A thick green mist envelopes you and blurs your vision of the path before you. You only had to make it down to the water and back home with a bucket full. But now it’s too late. The dangerous creature your mother and grandmother warned you about is ...
If you’ve ever held lepidolite in your hand, you’ll understand when I say it’s a mystical stone. Some might even say it’s an enchanted key that opens the door to the land of the fae. When I work with the good folk, I frequently use this amazing stone. Come with me on a ...
There’s a world parallel to ours, or perhaps underneath. Or maybe somewhere in-betwixt. It’s a world in the mist, under and beyond the sea, filled with beings not unlike ourselves. And yet somehow they’re completely different. I’m talking about the fairy realm. The fae ...
Is the Goddess of love calling to you? Aine (AHN-ya) is an Irish Celtic goddess who rules over love, fertility, summer, the self, the sun, wealth, agriculture, and the moon. Aine literally means bright, joy, radiance, and splendour. She is a goddess full of energy and generosity but can also ...
While researching a customer’s ancestral goddess, I came across something intriguing. There was an Irish sept, the Corcu Loigde, that claimed descent from a Fairy Queen named Cliodhna. It turns out, my Irish ancestors were part of the sept and I am able to claim fairy blood! What’s ...
Witch. Mermaid. Fairy Queen. Cliodhna has many faces and names. Recently, while doing some geneaological research, I found my ancestors claimed descent from this elusive Celtic fairy goddess. I had no clue who she was, but almost instantly she began reaching out to me through the ether. She has ...
As a little girl, nothing fascinated more than the faery realm. I watched any and every movie that featured fairies, devoured fairy tale books, and had figurines all over my bedroom. It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I learned there were more than a few types of fairies. And that the ...
The Celts believed strongly in the “good folk” or “sidhe”, also known as fairies. One such belief was in the Cait Sidhe or cat fairies, of which we magically know little about…until now. A guest writer known as Koala Anne has been on a journey to learn as much as ...