Walking Between Worlds Faery Shamanism for the Modern Mystic

We all have the ability to open this sacred doorway or portal to the other worlds. Here are several different ways in which you may reach the Faery Fold. You do not have to do everything listed here. You may prefer to 'Journey', you may prefer to 'Awaken the Senses', or you may prefer the profound simplicity of a forest walk. If you are new to this then sample and see what works best for you.
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How to embrace the discipline of working with the Fae is very important. You should approach this with an open heart and a disciplined mind. There is plenty to discover when you work in a consistent way. Practice practice practice - but with the element of surrender. We surrender to the wild - being free.

"In all chaos there is a cosmos, in all disorder a secret order." Carl Jung

Use the ritual of this simple tea ceremony to cleanse your mind of clutter - focus on the preparation and siping of the tea with a devoted heart. This allows you the quiet time you need to focus on the following sections 'dreaming the Fae' into our being exercises.

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Walking in the forest, the field of your dreams - either a real forest or a dream one can be a deeply healing experience. Try not to force what you may discover, simply be open and see what you see.

Try this and feel the healing benefits. Take time out to walk upon our Mother Earth barefooted, it is only by walking barefoot upon her can we truly sense what she is feeling. It is good to walk barefoot whether the day is sun-filled with a gentle breeze caressing the leaves on the trees, or a stormy day with banshee-shrieking winds crashing through the trees, breaking off their dead limbs and hurling them to the ground. It is good to experience all types of weather walking upon Mother Earth barefoot. Do take care that there is no broken glass or other objects that may harm you along the way.

"Yes, you are creating your reality AND reality is creating you." Nassim Haramein

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Assignment 3: Faery Forest Walk Cleanse. It is time to reaffirm that initiation is only one step into the realms of the faery shaman.

Use the ritual of seven cycles of breath to cleanse your mind of clutter - focus with a devoted heart, you will inhale - hold for the count of seven, hold and stay for the count of seven, exhale for the count of seven and into the void for the count of seven. You repeat this cycle seven times. Be aware that you may become a little lightheaded - that is very normal as so many of us engage in very shallow breathing.

This preparation allows you the quiet time you need to focus on the following sections 'dreaming the Fae' into our being exercises.

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When we awaken our senses and heighten our awareness we are able to see more clearly into the realms of the Faery. I encourage you to do these one after another, all fives senses. You may find it tiring to begin with. Ensure you have some freshwater, maybe a soothing or energising cup of herbal tea.

The following series of perceptual exercises will help you engage with your senses so you can move beyond the limitation of what your eyes can see, and begin developing primary and synesthetic perception. Enjoy.

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Awaken your senses to breathe in Faery Magic. Look through your ancient eyes and see perhaps for the very first time during this incarnation for a long long time.

Too many humans impose again and again their opinions, even their energy, on a world they are reluctant to understand. If only we can begin to open up and accept the nature of the Faerie without our conditioning and expectation continually tainting the messages, we will do better than we have done before. 

What color is your blood? Are you sure it’s red? Why is it that your veins are blue? When does your blood change colour? Why? Don’t think back to that biology class you had to take in high school. Your body knows the answer. Ask it.

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Listen to the magic that is everywhere. Explore the realms of sound from your inner world.

To be faery is to be a series of contradictions: it is to be noble and unstudied, natural and dignified, elegant and covered in earth, full of laughter but utterly serious all at once — and to change between all of these in the blink of an eye. 

What are the sounds around you? Try to identify as many natural sounds as you can. Is there a bird singing? Are there bees humming? Are the sounds around you all man-made? Is there anything rumbling? Any high-pitched squeaks or cries?

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Touch like you have never experienced before the sensual beauty of feeling for the first time.

To be faery is to live fully, drink deeply, and invite sensuality and conviction into your life on a daily basis. It is to live without putting out that bright spark, that raw essential self that society can sometimes seek to bury, dim or be ashamed of.

Take a moment to caress your face. Feel your lips, passing your fingertips over their entire circumference. Caress the face of your beloved. Next, become aware of your feet. Wiggle your toes inside your shoes.

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When the lands of Faerie and the human world entwine, all is empowered and made more beautiful. The human world becomes more ensouled, and the missing pieces of our broken hearts are found again in the simplest and sometimes the most powerful of ways. For the faeries, I cannot speak, but it would seem to me that, if we have been able to do so much harm, we must be able to bring solutions, creative and compassionate, in their place.

What does your skin taste like? Lick your forearm. Is it salty or sweet? What does your blood taste like? Try it next time you cut yourself, and be aware of the taste. What does water taste like? It is commonly held that tap water is tasteless. This is not true. Water has its own taste, and the water in every city and stream tastes different.

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May your dreams be vivid and peppered with meaning. "Stop the words now. Open the window in the centre of your chest and let the spirit fly in & out." Rumi.

What is your scent? Everyone has a unique scent. Smell your hand after you’ve chopped garlic or basil. Inhale many different scents: the sweet smell of flowers, the pungent smell of vinegar, the acrid smell of spoiled milk, the sweet scent of lavender.

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"Synchronicity is not just about things happening at the same time - it's about things happening in a sequence that is magical and different that alerts us to a joining up between meaning and occurring events", Robert Moss

Take a journey to the middle worlds now, seeing through your ancient eyes. You may prefer to download the audio - this is a more traditional way to journey. However, for our visual friends the video is here for you.

When you delve into the deeper and more complex journey requests and suggestions it will become an important part of your journey landscape. The anchoring place is where you start all of your journeys initially. Even after all these years, I start in the same place.

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Your second journey - once again listen to the sound of the drums and allow your body to relax. Set your intention by saying out loud or in silently to yourself that you are journeying to find your faery friends or maybe your power animal. It is important to set an intention just like you would for any other spirit work. Begin by envisioning a place in nature that you are familiar with.

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Shamanism comes alive as we Journey to the Upper Realms of wonder. Before we begin it is important you are clear and set your intention and say out loud, or in your head, that you are journeying to meet your faery guide or whomever else you may wish to meet.

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Explore the beauty and richness of witchcraft in this darkness. There is a darkness that lay deep within each of us. It is found deep within our psyche and is commonly called the shadow; that side of us that like to blame for bringing negative situations into our plane of existence; that side of ourselves that cowers in fear at the unknown. Let us take a brief look at the dark side. It's rarely been so important to step into Witness mode and calmly take in both a long breath and the long view.

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Come and dare to meet the Fae. Whilst filming this on a still day the winds came whispering, you can hear them in the video and they would not be silenced. I looked later and could clearly see my Marga, my stern spirit friends nodding in the background of the film - they made me smile as they said -we cannot control nature - we must learn to work with it and all of creation.

Understand that Faeries may not make themselves visually obvious to you, it may be that you experience a change in mood, feelings of kinship and happiness, maybe a brush behind your ear, tickling on your head, even being physically pushed although there is no one there that you can see. Be open to all the possibilities of communication.

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I am honoured to introduce you to my dear friend herbalist Elizabeth Heck and her inspirational ways with herbs. This was filmed on the land she and her husband have been caretakers for just over 22 years. You will find more information about Elizabeth a her amazing courses in the bonus lecture. However for now enjoy and discover the pure pleasure of brewing your very own faery tea.

This is a practice I first came across in Sweden when I was invited to 'sit out' in the wilderness from just before sunset to just after sunrise. This was not as onerous as you may think - it was just before midsummer so was a little more than 2 hours in total! However, most of my like-minded friends indulge in the practice often as it feeds to the soul in a beautiful way. 

The concept of a wilderness sitting or quest is ancient, cross-cultural and universal. Spending time in nature alone nurtures and reconnects us to the spirits and ancestors of the land. It is the simplest way to refresh and consciously reconnect ourselves with the larger web of life.

I have included a Faery Trance audio file here in the resources section that you may wish to either take with you as you to assist you going deeper in the practice. It can also be used as a stand-alone practice. 

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This is pure witchcraft coming alive before your eyes. You will journey to meet with tree spirit and maybe even the Far is here for you to download in mp4 format. This way if you have a tree in nature you may physically go there with the recording. Mentally ask tree to help you with journeying. Trees can facilitate journeying and are great allays.

Before you begin be very clear about your intention. It is simply to merge with tree the first time or to ask tree to open the portals of the far for you at this time. There are several levels within this journey, those who are more experienced may choose the extend themselves. Be patient with yourself and see you see - do not force an outcome.

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The beauty of witchcraft as taught by my maternal grandmother. Trees are natural storytellers, although they can be quite shy.. They hold a powerful healing force as the record keepers of this world. They see and communicate globally, albeit slowly. If you are needing some assistance in connecting with the tree spirits, the Dryads, look for a rock nearby, (the stone people are such solid reliable helpers). Hold the rock against the trunk of the tree, meditate on both the rock and the tree and you will see that the tree tells the rock, the rock will then tell you the answer to your question! Works every time, try it.

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Trees have been silently guiding us on our journey through life from the moment we each took our first breath. Join with the spirit of tree. My maternal grandmother taught me my witchcraft, honouring the trees was a big part of this.

We are, in fact, intrinsically interrelated and interdependent with trees and their spirits. They are the ones who came before us. They created just the right environment for us to live here on this earth. We have consciously and unconsciously co-evolved with trees ever since. Over the course of our evolution, their stories became our stories and our stories became their stories.

Great tree of bliss! Your swaying braziers
Musk each second with Eternity!
I wade incessantly your sea of star-flowers
Your trunk soars blazing from my heart.

- Jalal-ud-Din Rumi

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Together let us merge with the sacredness and wonder of a wonderful tree - your tree. Together we may dream the good dreams exploring the wonder and re-emergence of unification with the Fae. Thrive with this ancient way of witchcraft.

Trees were the ones that nourished us. They challenged us to learn how to receive their gifts of food, wood and fire. The more we learned from them the more we realized they offered the raw materials for tools, shelter, clothing, paper and medicine.

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Assignment 5: Dryad Wisdom. The dryads are the faery spirits of our tree brothers and sisters. They are a great way for us to begin to communicate opening with the magical beings of the other worlds.

Water, we are 70% water - can you imagine a world without water? Water purifies, restores. cleanses, and heals when we call. We have always held a special place in our hearts for the element of water and we celebrate a spiritual connection to the sacred essence of water with washing and immersion rituals, baptisms, and prayer. 

Every day ensure you have a conservation plan whenever you use water; taking a daily shower, soaking in a much-needed chakra clearing salt bath, drinking a glass of beautiful water, brushing your teeth - take the time to pause and reflect and say a simple thank you. 

You will not meet the water faery unless you see and genuinely treat water as sacred.

"Without water, there is no life;

so water is not an image or simile,

but a symbol of life."

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This is a gentle easy ritual to bring in healing for water and the fae. It was shown to me by a dear friend, an elder who is the custodian of his lands. His blessings were granted to share it as far and as wide as can be found.

By asking water for its powerful energy to flow to both reveal the fae and to remove the obstacles in our life and get you back into the flow of our intended path, we will discover ourselves with renewed inner peace. Instead of focusing on negativity or hurt, we’ll be free to embrace our true nature, our true ambitions, and the true path of our life.

We all need to become proactive and dive in, do the physical work of cleaning our shores, rivers lakes and more to assist the work of healing her, protecting her and making all water sacred and blessed. I urge you to act locally. There is no time to waste.

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"Without water, there is no life;

so water is not an image or simile,

but a symbol of life."

Dive deeply into witchcraft elemental magic as you go to the water's edge - any body of water you can. See the water through your ancient eyes and see with the truth that says when you engage your senses to perceive the world, you can achieve deep understanding of our interconnectedness with all. 

Breathe your truth.

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In the air realms we may find the Sylph and other air fae folk, they are often known as wind singers,  Like others of their kind, they possess the ability to shapeshift and may assume human form.  What are they called where you live? This is where shamanism and witchcraft bond in a beautiful way within our cells.

Kind of nature, they are most helpful with wishes involving air, though they will assist with any positive desire. In addition, they are associated with mental development and one of their functions is to inspire human creativity. 

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Feel the change in the air as do a shamanic journey with the Sylph to where they take you today - let go.

"We're in a freefall into the future. We don't know where we're going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you're going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It's a very interesting shift of perspective and that's all it is... joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes.” Joseph Campbell.

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I wrote this many moons ago in honour of the dragons and their gift of fire.

The dragons were slain in vain

Never did they use their flame to harm us

Their fire only burned the past

That which no longer serves us

Their fire only ignited the future

That we were to become

By extinguishing the dragon

And their beautiful fire

We extinguished our own

Sacred flames and desire

We lost our honour and connection

We lost our ways for millennia

Now we seek to redress the wrong

The dragon should never have been slain

However they retreated and remain

To rekindle our souls pathway

We apologise and ask them 

Please visit our hearts

So that we may know

Their fire burning within our flame

Feel their presence

Honour their worth

Brightly burn them back to life

Right the wrongs and step boldly

Back onto the liquid path

That meanders through the veils

And hale we’re home once again

In all dimensions of time

Sharon Ramel

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Fire ceremonies are an obvious way to connect with this mischievous fae. As I am inside I have created a small sanctuary to work within. Please use what you have on hand. There is no need to go out and purchase anything - other than a tea light to do this safely. However, a candle of any type will suffice and a flameproof vessel to burn up and bring in your desires.

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Here and see the Earth Faeries. Connect and regain re-sacredise your relationship.

Earth faeries or Elves, Gnomes, Trolls are the givers of material gain and stability. The rulers of the forest. Protectors of outdoor circles and groves. These faeries have personality and individuality. They are fully sentient beings with feelings and rights. Think of that the next time you call them to your circle or walk in the woods. It will greatly enhance your experience. 

"Who we are is a mystery that we uncover more clues to every day." ─Alberto Villoldo, Ph.D

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Look into the video and see what you may see. This area has so many of our fae friends looking from behind a leaf, peering over a log, staring out from a faery cave. This is a wonder-filled area in the Sequoia National Park. I was privileged to be there and spent a delightful healing five hours walking barefoot amongst these sacred trees and the gentle soft-land they reside in.

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Everywhere we may garden, and where ever that may be we may call upon the fae to assist us in creating, protecting and working with our gardens. Size does not matter. Love matters, integrity matters. You matter. Your relationship with the other realms matters.

"There is an ancient longing....

There is an ancient call.....

Hear the longing of your spirit to nature's dancing hall.

There is a voice within you....

It's been there all along...

It is the voice of the note you are within the earth's song."

Orion Foxwood

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All your activities in seeking our the fae have just one aim when all is said and done. We are seeking a clear connection to source. This connection is absolutely necessary for the week-being and health of every aspect of our lives. Whether we reach that space through prayer, through dialogue with Angels or the Fae or daily activities to conjure pour nature based practices. We are in fact acknowledging in a deep and meaningful way that we are in partnership with all that there is - seen and unseen - in this way we are whole, we are complete.

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There are many ways to meet the fae. One way is to use oracle cards. Personally, I like to make my own. 

If something created by someone else, no matter how purely channelled, no matter how meaningful or beautiful, doesn’t work for you,  just make your own.

The Fae folk love it when we get creative. Whilst I do not encourage you to go out and purchase a toolbox of goodies for this course - it is unnecessary - I thought you might enjoy this activity.

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Creating and going to Sacred Groves and Enchanted Gardens have been a favourite habit throughout millennia possible because they attract faeries. The Wise Ones and Witches would gather in perfect love to create sacred, protected and enchanted places in order to work and live there. The Wise Ones always knew that living in a protective and magically elevated place is going to help them achieve more and direct their energy more effectively. It does not matter whether you are an urban dweller or rural you can create the magic to both see and draw in the faeries and home and at play.

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Many of us travel, be in within a small or larger picture of the world. When we move around and wish to see the Fae, or indeed do any magical work, we should first attune ourselves to the place we wish to work in. This a gentle sacred well meditative trance that I was privileged to learn many moons ago whilst at a sacred well in Britain. #FaeryShamanism #ShamanicJourneying #Shamanism #Witchcraft #Manifestation #Spirituality #Spiritual

This is just a fairly short list of appropriate offerings that you might like to consider to give as a gesture of our pure heart to your fae friends.

Go deep into our Earth mother to ask for Earth healing using a crystal below and our fae friends. You may dedicate this meditation to either a specific location all the entire globe. 

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A brief meditation in gratitude to the one breathe that breathes us all as we move together in unity. 

"In the end you have only your heart to answer to. What will it say to you at the end of days? That you lived in the shadow of someone else's inquiry or that you lived in the light of your own? Latisha Guthrie.

Drink deeply from the underground river of your unconscious soul images, metaphors and symbols you live your life by.

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Yes you heard me right in the video. For how can you graduate from life itself! We are as a culture hooked into ‘graduation’ of every phase in life these days. Personally I was both mystified and horrified to see three year olds ‘graduating from kinder’ - seriously!

You have stepped into the realms - there is no beginning and there is no end. As you face your fears, as you deepen and commit to your oath, to your dreams. Layer upon layer you change and all the while our fae friends gather to assist this magical mystical passage into our heart - a heart that knows.

Together we have walked the Faery pathways, and along the way you have developed your own special relationship with the faeries. This is needed more than ever before, and your faery rediscovery will heal, excite, delight and stimulate your body, mind, soul, both as a unique individual on this planet with a purpose, and as a being in relationship with the web of life.