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December 2020

December 15, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Favourite Fairy Fiction Series

Since this is the last blog for me here of 2020 I thought it would...

December 01, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Why the Roots of Your Fairy Beliefs Matter

If you enter into a discussion in any fairy group on social media you will...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Hoaxes, Gaffs, and Quest for Proof

Fairy Faith doesn't proselytize or preach the way that formal religions do; it's a belief...

October 2020

October 19, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies and Modern Technology

The subject of fairies and modern technology is an intriguing one that encourages some good...

August 2020

August 06, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Pareidolia and Fairies – Seeing What We Expect

There's been a trend in fairy groups for years of people posting pictures of what...

April 2020

April 15, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies on TV- What to Watch

Since many of us are currently looking for good or interesting things to binge watch...

March 2020

March 20, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Popular Questions About Fairies

I asked people on social media if they had questions about Fairies that I could...

January 2020

January 23, 2020

Irish-American Witchcraft: Do I Believe In Fairies?

My reality includes fairies as both a cultural concept and an experienced subject. Like my...

March 2019

March 19, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Right and Wrong of Fictional Fairies

Fairies are a hot topic in fantasy and urban fantasy and have been for decades,...

March 03, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Gender Identity, and Sexuality

Fairies have always represented the liminal, the outliers, the forbidden, and the things disallowed by...

March 01, 2019

Book of Blackbirds: Faeries and Elves, Revisited

We can find real magic in these connections with others, and in our connections with...

February 2019

February 19, 2019

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairies, Tradition & Popculture

Just because a belief is new doesn't mean it's wrong anymore than a belief being...

December 2018

December 04, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Top 5 Modern Misunderstandings About Fairies

Most misunderstandings of fairies are rooted in confusion via popular culture over the last hundred...

September 2018

September 05, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: Fairy Queens, Folklore, and Popculture

I might argue that for us to move forward successfully as a spiritual movement we...

August 2018

August 18, 2018

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Good and the Bad of Fairy Work

Speaking for the kind of Otherworldly beings I deal with danger and blessing are two...

December 2017

December 04, 2017

Irish-American Witchcraft: When Fairies Do the Haunting

Hauntings aren't always what we assume; I've seen a lot of people aggravate a situation...

October 2017

October 03, 2017

Fairies in Movies: Folklore on the Big Screen

This is my list of movies, varying from campy to well done, that portray different...

November 2016

November 26, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Dangerous Fairies, Winter, and Staying Safe

It's a good time to remember that there are more dangers in winter than just...

October 2016

October 18, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: The Morrigan and Samhain

One question I get asked fairly often is whether or not the Morrigan had a...

July 2016

July 28, 2016

Outside the Circle: Dark Spirits of Lammas

The Witches of the past learned their magic from the fairies, meeting them in the...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Is It a Haunting or Fairies?

You don't necessarily need to be sensitive or able to directly See these beings; for...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Irish-American Witchcraft: Finding Fairy – Enchantment and Wholeness

Enchantment is something to actively engage in, not passively experience.

September 2015

September 01, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Irish Fairies in America

Some people do see the Gods as anchored in one terrestrial space. Others think the...

June 2015

June 30, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Honoring the Liminal Gods

Although Morgan does honor the Irish Gods, respecting and honoring the aos sí is the...

June 16, 2015

Irish-American Witchcraft: Midsummer – Honoring Áine and the Other Crowd

Midsummer is fast approaching and Morgan takes a moment to share with us her family's...

December 2014

December 19, 2014

The Zen Pagan: Santa Claus and the Nature of the Gods

Sophisticated cynics know that it’s a bunch of bunk, of course. There is no jolly...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

The Busy Witch: Midsummer Traditions

For me, the summer solstice has always been closely linked with the play A Midsummer...