Author: A Solitary Pagan
Fairies 4
Fairy lore. Physical characteristics of fairies vary. Some are tiny, winged, gossamer creatures a few inches tall who can alight on a drop of water and barely make it tremble. Some are dwarfs and “little people” barely smaller than mortals. Others are giants. Fairies are both ugly and beautiful. They are usually mischievous and unpredictable and must be placated by gifts of food and spotlessly cle...
Fairies 1
A host of supernatural beings and spirits who exist between earth and heaven. Both good and evil, fairies have been associated with witches. During the witch hunts in Europe and the British Isles, accused witches often sought to save their lives by claiming they were taught their witch arts by fairies, which seemed less malevolent than if they had been taught by the Devil. For the most part, fairi...
Fairies 3
The elusive fairy races were regarded with suspicion and superstition by the larger races and gradually became endowed in popular belief with magical attributes and characteristics. These races, such as the Lapps, Picts and Romano-British-Iberian peoples, were not so small as to be unable to mingle with the Celts, Normans and Saxons. Many were made into servants and serfs, while some married and m...
Fairies 2
There are four principal proposed origins of fairies: 1. Fairies are the souls of the pagan dead. Being unbaptized, the shades, or souls, are caught in a netherworld and are not bad enough to descend into hell nor good enough to rise into heaven. 2. Fairies are fallen angels. When God cast Lucifer from heaven, the angels who were loyal to Lucifer plunged down toward hell with him. But God raised h...
Tribal Witchcraft
Anthropologists and other folks who research and catalog the customs and activities of tribal peoples use the word “witchcraft” to define certain phenomena which the modern witch would not recognize as witchcraft. This is just an arbitrary English word that has been applied to something the native people would have completely different word for in the scientific community’s efforts to put a single...
Experiencing Energy Signatures
Each person and entity has their own energy signature. By learning to recognize your energy signature from someone else’s, you become more attuned to the energy around you. There are many exercises that you can do to help you with this. One that is easy is making note of some of your friends’ energy signatures (or how they feel to you when they are around you). When someone comes into a room where...
Types of Empaths Earth empath
And lastly, an Earth empath feels a very deep connection to the Earth. Think of this trait as the macro-level of being a plant empath, where plant empaths are tuned to individual plants, and Earth empaths are tuned to all of nature and the Earth at large. As such, they can be strongly affected energetically by natural disasters, weather, and the environment being harmed. Connect with nature. For E...
Types of Empaths Animal empath
Animal empaths can pick up on the needs and feelings of animals. It may feel like a somewhat telepathic connection, where the empath senses what an animal wants. These people are naturally inclined to go into work with animals, particularly where they’re directly caring for the animal. Spend time with animals. If you’re an animal empath, you likely already know that being around/helping animals br...
Types of Empaths Plant empath
Types of Empaths: Plant Empath.Plant empaths are people who feel a strong connection to plants. They are very sensitive to the energy, needs, and health of plants. This goes beyond just noticing when a plant needs water or sunlight. Plant empaths often have an intuitive sense of a plant’s life and environment. They may notice changes in a plant’s energy, leaf color, or posture before any obvious s...
Types of Empaths Intuitive empath
Intuitive empaths have very strong intuition and may pick up what other people are feeling and thinking or take on the negative energy in a room, Orloff explains. As such, it’s important to have ways of avoiding taking on toxic energy. This is also sometimes referred to as “claircognizance,” where the person is almost psychically attuned to others with just a look. In her book, Orloff details a s...
Attuning Your Energies 8 Respect The Entities You Work With
When you start working with entities, of any type, always show the utmost respect for them. This is one thing that most people overlook when working with entities, manmade or preexisting. Many, either because of ill instruction or ignorance, try to dictate and control the entities through threats and intimidation. This is the surest way to minimize the effectiveness of your magickal workings. To m...
Attuning Your Energies7 Become More Creative
Expanding your creativity is extremely helpful when working with any type of magick. When it comes to creating entities, however, creativity should be given the highest priority of development. Thinking in a creative manner will allow you to solve a problem with at least ten different solutions, with most of them being highly feasible. When you think creatively, you realize that not only is anythi...