Natascha Roeoesli

Roeoesli is an artist from Switzerland. For myself it feels like there's something a little bit off about these pictures, whether it's bone structure, facial features... I don't know I can't put my finger on it. Not exactly my favourite faerie artist, but there's no mistaking her talent.

Her website features more of her work and accomplishments as well as a section providing tutorials, which I found interesting. So feel free to check those out.

http://www.tascha.ch/content/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

The Seventh Son

In Celtic tradition, the seventh son had always been an important figure full or power and promise (the seventh daughter not always so). But when someone is the seventh son of a seventh son, this is usually fairly significant and legend has it that these individuals have 'the sight'.

Numbers have always found their way into our conception of the world (yay for all you mathematicians out there), especially into our conception of spirituality. I was raised in a catholic home and as such, came to recognize that some numbers are spiritually significant. Some of these numbers are; 3, 4, 7, 12, 13, 40.

Here is a link to a page describing the symbolism of numbers from a Christian perspective.   http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/symbols/numbers.htm

3 is the number of God or of the heavens, the representation of God is split three ways in several religions - the holy trinity in Christianity, the Trimurti in Hinduism, etc.

4 seems to be the number for earth, and we can see this through how we seem to view our world; there are 4 cardinal directions, 4 elements (fire, water, earth, air), the '4 corners of the globe'. The number 4 also seems to be somewhat significant in Buddhism, the 4 noble truths, the 4 sights, etc. And Buddhism, unlike some of the other religions, does not seems to place importance on an omnipotent being. The focus is more on the individual's struggle with the world, which then makes it interesting in this context that 4 is such an important number in that area.

This brings us to the number of this post, 7. On the link provided above, 7 is the number of perfection and it gives some religious references there. In addition to that, there are 7 days in a week, 7 wonders of the world, James Bond is 007, there are 7 note in a traditional Western musical scale, there are 7 chakras, and back to the beginning of the post with Celtic mythology, the hero Cúchulainn had seven fingers and seven toes on each appendage. There is something about this number that has enchanted humankind. Going back once again to the link above saying that the number 7 is perfection, if you add 3 (heavens) and 4 (earth) you get 7. Something to think about. See for yourself how many things you can think of that involve some of these numbers both symbolic and not. Or, if too much over stimulation has left your imagination sadly under qualified for such a task, do a search in the engine of your choice.

Fairy Berries by ThinkGeek

These cool little glowing globes of led light may the just the fairy decoration you were looking for to enchant that un-faerified space in your life. These very small balls can be used around the house, outside, in your car, ... wherever you see fit.

The Specs can be found on the website, as per usual. http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/e98c/

And this is a very uneventful demonstration of them in action

 

 

Mr. E's Audio Series

I came across this audio series about faeries the other day. It seems to primarily discuss different aspects of the fae; how to connect with them, what they are, where they are, spirituality, etc. There is also this 'group of 8' idea that seems to be a topic discussed more than once, which is what Mr. E describes as the 8 seelie (good faerie) nations in his world.

You can stream the audio clips right off of the site so you don't have to download anything.

http://www.realfairies.net/category/mr-e-audio

Blackmore's Night- Faerie Queen

Susan Schroder

Susan Schroder creates stunning faerie photography http://www.susanschroder.com/

Wearing Clothes Inside Out

There are many schools of thought as to what a faerie is or what they do, but a pretty common belief is that there are the faeries that will harm you, and ones that will be friendly and kind to you. Good faeries and bad faeries if you will. Even some of the good faeries can be harmful to humans without fully intending harm, though tricks and jokes and the like. Knowing this, traveling though faerie inhabited lands can be somewhat dangerous for an unsuspecting and unprotected traveler. And because of this people began coming up with ways to protect themselves from fair folk, good or bad. One such way is to turn your clothes inside out. Some sources say that doing this will make you invisible to them, others say that it will only protect you from their charms and spells. It's handy either way. You never know right? ...

Fairy Mints

There isn't anything special about the actual mints in this case, but if you like the idea of going around carrying a big tin with a fairy on it, this might be for you.  
 http://www.accoutrements.com/shop/products/Fairy-Mints.html

Benita Winckler

Winckler is a German artist who produces most of her work with computer software rather than the traditional paint or pencil methods. The results are stunning nonetheless.

Be sure to check out the rest of her work on her website  http://www.atelierwinckler.com/index.html

Faery Gold

The Fae sometimes give gifts as rewards or as payment, often in the form of gold. They'll also give gold if they're trying to buy their way out of something. Unfortunately faeries can be known for their greed and their trickery, and they will sometimes disguise leaves or rocks or something else worthless as gold. The disguise is called glamour, a topic discussed in a previous post here. The 'gold' will eventually turn back into its old and useless form when actually used as gold.



On that note, there is a non-faerie related form of gold that miners call fools gold. Back when everybody was on the gold rush band wagon some miner found a large amount of what they thought was gold, but when they got it checked out it was just gold coloured rock. The rock was called fools gold as a result.