Faery craft: weaving connections with the enchanted realm

475 Pages·2012·19.76 MB·English

by  Emily Carding

About the Author
Emily Carding (Cornwall, United Kingdom) is an author, artist, and
priestess. An initiate of Alexandrian Wicca and a member of the
Starstone Network, Carding has been working with inner world
Faery contacts since childhood. She has been trained in techniques
of Celtic shamanism by John and Caitlín Matthews, and has worked
with renowned Faery teachers R. J. Stewart and Brian and Wendy
Froud. A respected and active member of the Faery and tarot
community, Carding’s work has received international recognition.
Visit her online at ChildOfAvalon.com.
Llewellyn Publications
Woodbury, Minnesota
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This book is dedicated to that Faery being
who is reading over your left shoulder right now…
Contents
The Faery Prince
Preface
Introduction
: Knowledge
CHAPTER ONE
: Connection
CHAPTER TWO
: Trust
CHAPTER THREE
: Honour
CHAPTER FOUR
: Magick
CHAPTER FIVE
: Joy
CHAPTER SIX
: Inspiration
CHAPTER SEVEN
: Balance
CHAPTER EIGHT
The Raven King’s Daughter
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
The Faery Prince
A Faery Prince has snared my heart Hiding it deep within
his own
From all things mortal kept apart Where roots and
brambles overgrown Guard it well against the light And
keep it green and shadowed there Though I have searched
by starry night And in the spring sun warm and fair Not
prince nor heart may yet be found But promised whispers
on the breeze And sweetest music in the ground Lead my
senses with their tease So I must venture in between
Where dusky rose sings her lament And seek by twilight
what lies unseen With hope to heal what has been rent…
Emily Carding, 2011
Preface
Iwas honoured when I was asked by Llewellyn to write a book about Faery
lifestyle and practices, but I was also daunted. How could I convey to others a
connection and way of life that has always been so instinctive and natural to me?
As a child I would go on missions for the faeries in my dreams, passing
through a little wooden door in a hill and visiting a magnificent underworld
realm of vivid colours and magickal creatures both menacing and benign. It was
not until much later in life that I would learn of the truth behind these visions
and the legacy of the Faery tradition, in which the Faery beings dwelt in the
hollow hills. How fascinated I was to learn that my dreams had revealed this
realm to me! The diminutive flower fairies of English lore had never held the
same kind of wonder.
My connection with this realm led to an aura of otherworldliness that made
many people uncomfortable, including my parents, when I would spend the
longest time simply contemplating a blade of grass in the garden, admiring its
microcosmic magnitude!
Upon leaving home for university, I was soon able to develop my fascination
for magick and the otherworld with the discovery of a local magickal
community. As my college was within the grounds of a nature reserve, most of
my time was spent by the lake in the company of trees rather than in class, but it