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What Is Fairy Gold?

Fairy Gold’s Definition
in Myth, Fairy Tales, and Other Lore

Lore, myth, and Fairy tales warn,
“Beware of Faerie gold.”
Lore, myth, and Fairy tales insist,
“Fairy gold is a trick,
a cruel deception.
Fairy gold will turn to leaves in your pocket.”

The warnings are the cruel deceptions:
They are pseudo-spirituality,
biased scholarship
meant to stop you from
trusting your Fey kin,
using magic,
and honoring your Goddess-given desire
for prosperity and good luck.

Lies about Fairy Gold and the Fair Folk

I wrote this essay because lies about the Fey Folk make me heartsick. (I will explain why momentarily.) I saw no one countering the lies, let alone offering alternatives. So this essay is comprised of some of my own.

Though the essay focuses on lies about Fairy gold, it also rectifies other lies about the Fair Folk. So mote it be!

Fairy Gold Is Not Fake
It is Real Wealth

Fairy gold turns to leaves in my pocket? How lovely!
How blessed!
How wealthy
to have a pocketful of leaves!
How fortunate.

They are herbs that heal my body.
They are greens for a salad.
They are fodder for a cow,
so its meat can nourish mine.

Not all lore and myth is gold.
Often they have been stolen, tossed aside,
and replaced with false ore.

Fairy Gold Is Real Treasure

Fairy gold does not always turn to leaves.
It might stay gold. I can buy herbs, salad greens,
fodder for cows, cows, meat from the grocers,
a home that shelters and pleases me,
and all other necessities,
including what will nurture my
joy and usefulness to others.

Fairies, Deception, Whimsy, Love

Deceptive tales insist that Fey folk
are nasty,
hate humans,
play cruel tricks,
and whimsically cause human tragedy.

Fairies and other mythical beings
have taken care of me lovingly
since my birth.

More about Fairies, Deception, Whimsy, Love

The Fairy Folk are playing a trick when they offer gold.
Not a cruel deception, but creative whimsy.
It is a loving surprise: When you return from Fairy realms,
examine your pockets’ contents.
Find their worth.
Is it what you asked for?

It is what you need.
So mote it be!

Fairies Love Humans:
Fairies, a Ruling Class, and Propaganda

This essay counters lies by pointing them out and providing alternatives. Everything in the essay was learned through personal experiences:

I have spent 76 years traveling with the Fey. These remarkable companions saved my life, giving me an abundance of magic, love, and wonder, to say the least.

I have adventured through Fairy realms and come back to the mundane world better equipped to create a wonderful material and spiritual life.

For decades, I have noticed the deceptive ruling class’s lies about magic and Fairies.

The ruling class tries to stop anyone—except themselves— from having power. So they lied about Fairies. This made most people forget humankind’s long-standing beneficial alliance with the Fair Folk. Old stories were twisted. Forgetting the history of their ancestors, people stopped turning to Fairies.

This meant most people lost the help Fairies can give for everything from creativity to abundance. The Fair Folk have always helped humans fight oppression and lifted up the oppressed.

Slander that is the exact opposite of the truth about the kind and beautiful Fey makes me heartsick. It makes me heartsick that a ruling class would lie to stop humankind from turning to the Fey for help to be prosperous, grow healthy crops, be inspired in their art, and more. It makes me heartsick that deception keeps people from the beautiful, happy companionship that the Fey give me.

Let’s address the etymology of Fairy gold. That will create a foundation for further explanation of how lies about Fairies entered myth, folktales, and other lore.

Origin of Fairy Gold (Etymology)

The idea of Fairy gold comes from oral tradition. Oral tradition is the oral transmission of a culture’s values, morals, and other aspects, through stories, live music, chants, and more modes.

But ancient stories, music, phrases, and other communications can be twisted to suppress and oppress. Disguised as wise advice, intentionally corrupted forms are meant to sever us from our Goddess-given wisdom or otherwise diminish us. This diminishment includes alienating us from otherworldly allies.

Along with the ones previously mentioned, there are two other sources for this essay. They are my past life memories and common sense. I remember a time before certain ancient wisdoms were warped in both oral tradition and lore. Common sense insists there must’ve been such a time.

I will give examples of the corrupted forms used for propaganda. First, let’s do a spell. That otherworldly moment will build a foundation for those examples.

To cast the spell, simply read the next section. If you don’t consciously experience magic, no problem. Magic is happening. The otherworldly foundation for examples is built:

The Original Meaning of Fairy Gold
The Original Knowledge

Think back,
let your cells think back …
cells travel back … cells feel back …
to before Fairy tales were written down.
Now your atoms feel the original oral tradition.
The original knowledge
tells you the truth about Fairy gold.

The primordial Fairy gold.

Usage of the Term Fairy Gold

Propaganda that feeds oppression replaced the truth about Fairy gold. Now the term Fairy gold appears as a device in folktales and literary stories that supposedly prove the following lies:

* Fairies are awful.

* We should fear them.

* Longing for bounty and happiness is not legitimate. It is greedy.

* Wanting worldly possessions is shallow. So you are superficial if you stand up for your rights to material wellbeing.

* You should scorn momentary happiness, as if being in the moment were not among the most spiritual traits.

* Momentary happiness is an illusion.

* There is no difference between a healthy pursuit of momentary happiness and a pursuit that is an addictive avoidance of feelings, responsibilities, and life itself.

Here is how I use the term:

A Fairy Witch Spell
for Wealth, Joy, and Freedom

A note on the following spell: Despite my lifelong, wonderful experiences with the Fey Folk, a lot of evil Fairies exist. They will play cruel jokes and deceive you to destroy your life. They rejoice in making people suffer.

For example, I said above that examining your pockets will reveal something you need. That is not true if a bad Fairy gave you a “gift.” When you reach into your pocket, its contents will bite you like a scorpion, even if the “gift” seems like your heart’s desire at first.

Acknowledging bad Fairies and the harm they do is vital. As is learning how to protect yourself from them. So I will address that in a moment. But rejecting all Fairies is like rejecting all humans because of the harmful ones. It would leave us isolated. Then good humans and Fairies cannot help protect us from the bad ones. Oppressors’ insistence that Fairies are inherently bad is a tactic to isolate you.

Bad Fairies often prey on humankind, usually without humans noticing.

My essay, Ethical (and Unethical) Fey Teachers, has more information about bad Fairies and their human pawns.

There is also more about how to deal with bad Fairies at the end of this essay, where I also discuss revisiting the essay while keeping in mind evil Fairies.

The following magical spell fosters an alliance with kind Fey. It also fosters the ability to tell the difference between good and bad Fey.

And with that, here is a spell that is one of my alternatives to Fairy gold being used in deceptive lore.

The spell consists of a series of affirmations. The affirmations are also informative. To perform the spell, simply say the series of affirmations, silently or aloud. There is no need to recite in a special way. Simple spells are sometimes the most effective ones.

I have kindly Fey kin.
The Fairy Queen and King are my kin.
My Fey kin honor my longing
for bounty and happiness as sacred.
They know that worldly possessions
and material wellbeing are important.
They help me stand up for my rights.
They celebrate my happiness.
They help me be in the moment
because they understand that being in the moment
is the greatest source of true happiness.

Fairy gold turns to dust.
Everything turns to dust. Even stars.
I am stardust.
Crumbling to dust is part of life. It does not invalidate life.
Dust is part of the circle of life.
I am constantly reborn,
letting a moment fade away
and being reborn in a new moment.

Fool’s gold is a synonym for Fairy gold.
I am gratefully a fool:
Belief in life’s goodness is
gorgeous, happy, sacred tomfoolery.

I will not be the fool open to every Fey.
I will be careful
and discerning.*
I ask my good Fey kin to guide and protect me.
I examine the situation—including my motives—
to know whether good or bad Fey have arrived.**

Fairy gold,
Fairy gold,
Fairy gold.
It is wealth.
It is the loving camaraderie of my Fey kin.
It is the moment.
Fairy gold.

I have spoken truth. So it is!

Notes:

* When assessing the morality of a Fairy, I suggest you reread this essay. While reading, keep in mind that my remarks about leaves in your pocket vs a scorpion ready to sting are not the only exceptions to my statements about the goodness of Fairies. This should help your evaluation of a Fairy.

It felt important to write the earlier parts of this essay in the manner that Italians call “taking a position.” That can mean, as was the case with the earlier parts of the essay, portraying a nuanced situation as black-and-white, to make a point. Lyrical composition was needed to bring the point and its magic home. Lyric could not have accomplished that without taking a position.

(My perfectionism is telling me: Doing the hard work of writing the lyric and this follow-up disclaimer will equip me to construct lyric that does not require taking a position. My perfectionism adds that I need to walk away from this essay for a year so my subconscious can process the writing I’ve already done, so I can rewrite it. Shhh. Though I often walk away from a piece for months if not years, until I know how to write it, that doesn’t feel necessary for this essay. Its points have been presented with depth and nuance, which has been quite an accomplishment. And no one else is making these points so it’s time to make them. Shhh, perfectionism, I am telling you the truth, shhhh.)

** If you need more help assessing the morals of a Fey being, make an an appointment for a psychic consultation. Often, situations are so individual that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution. Decades ago, I became the go-to person for individuals facing challenges with otherworldly matters. I was trained for this work from childhood and learned even more over the decades I have done it.

There are more lies about Fairies than I covered here. If certain lore—or modern opinion—about Fairies seems wrong to you, and you would like me to address it, tell me in the comment field below. Even if you don’t know why the lore or opinion puts you off, I am happy to look at it and share my thoughts.

An Empowering Definition of Karma

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A misrepresentation of karma serves those who want others powerless and desire an immoral society.

It’s no surprise many people reject the idea of karma. An oversimplified understanding of it is disempowering—e.g., shaming people visited by unfortunate circumstances. Let’s look at a definition of karma that is empowering and joyful.

Karma is usually defined as “If you do good, good comes back at you. If you do bad, bad comes back to you.” While I believe that is an important truth, it is also so oversimplified as to be dangerous. Psychic physics aren’t that simplistic. Instead, it seems to me karma is the unfolding of the specific repercussions of whatever you do. Example:

If you cut down a tree, you end up with wood. That’s one possible repercussion. That’s one possible repercussion. But, when the tree falls down, it might hit you on the head, which adds an additional repercussion. Or the tree might hit someone else, and then their son kills you in revenge.

Or you use the wood to build beautiful furniture, which you sell, and its buyers are happy, and you have money for groceries, which helps support the local grocer.

We’re all aware of the threats posed when too many trees are killed. Those threats, too, are possible repercussions. And, if cutting on a smaller scale, a space you clear can be a bane—or a boon—to the forest’s animals. If some of them leave as a result, each refuge will have its own impact on its new home. E.g., a possum who takes up residence in your yard could eat a lot of ticks, which might lower your chance of contracting Lyme disease.

Karma, as defined in this post, has three large benefits. It helps us
1) Understand that reality is an unfolding series of events that we affect.
2) Take responsibility for how much our actions impact the rest of existence (All Our Relations!).
3) Claim the beauty, power, and magic of such an intensely intricate weave.

Replacement of those three enormous strengths with “The bad you do comes back at you, as does the good” can rob us of power as well as the chance to be morally accountable for the chain reactions caused by our actions. There are also enormously positive chain reactions, in which we can take healthy pride. Misrepresentation of karma serves those who want others powerless and desire an immoral society.

Embracing karma’s full ramifications might seem grandiose but is actually humble. Humility is knowing one’s strengths as well as one’s weaknesses.

Humility is also knowing one’s place in the universe, but not in the way it’s meant when someone tries to make you feel worthless by saying, “You better learn your place instead of being uppity!” When we understand karma, we can see our place in life’s weave in terms of our immense power to do good or wrong. Again, humility is acknowledging both your strengths and weaknesses.

Another way understanding karma can help us see our place: we might start to actually experience the incredibly vast and complex weave of life. That can be simultaneously self-enlarging and humbling.

Self-larging because we can see ourselves both as part of something magnificent and as a magnificent element of the larger magnificence.

Humbling because, for one thing, the grandeur of the cosmos provides perspective that can remove any over-inflation of self. For example, we might start to sense there are millions of factors influencing the outcome of any situation; we can see how powerless we are by comparison to all those factors. (I cannot use that as an excuse to avoid taking responsibility for consequences of my own actions.)

The humility gained by acknowledging the consequences of my actions and inactions, and by acting accordingly, improves my life. For example, when I make reparations for wrongs done, I more fully engage in life, which frees me from any unhealthy preoccupation with self that has trapped me; I get swept up in the World Tree—the larger picture, the Gods’ plans. Being caught up like this is humbling on some level. But it is also empowering and even ecstatic.

The idea of “Your good acts generate good acts coming back at you, and your hurtful acts generate hurtful acts coming back at you” remains important. But reducing Karma to only that ends up blaming and shaming good people for the unfortunate events they suffer. Life is more complex than that. The World Tree—life—is a sophisticated organism. It consists of many parts: branches, trunk, leaves, roots, bark, sap, etc. Those many parts are made up of innumerable cells. All this weaves together in a complicated synthesis. Our own actions are only a part of that tapestry.

Spell to See One’s Karma
and Enjoy Life’s Weave

There are constant contradictions that, in fact, are not contradictory. Each one, when riddled entirely by the intellect, seems unable to abide as a reality. But, if entered into as an experience, the supposed contradiction has the chance to be understood, because we get to experience it as a living, breathing fact.

Later, that reality may seem impossible again. That is because, when we retire too fully from action into intellect, we might lose touch with reality again. Our minds are wonderful tools to use constantly, but they get in our way when we think the only way to discover whether something is a truth is to keep it spinning in the mind instead of applying it as an experiment.

So it goes with understanding karma: sole intellectual analysis of it will not work. But when I try to live according to it, it makes sense experientially. That is one of a witch’s powers: to know something is true because you feel it with your gut and in your soul. Witches use their fine minds without being trapped by their limits; instead, we use the whole being—mind, spirit, and body. The following spell helps us do that.

Optional: after putting a purple candle in a candle holder, sprinkle a teaspoon or so of lavender by the holder’s base. If you prefer, use the candle and no herb.

Recite the following. To what extent you can manage, say it from the bottom of your heart.

May I honor and celebrate
my place in the weave of all existence.
May my Pagan heart thrill
to the beauty and magic
of the intricate, powerful weave that is life.
May I see the ripples from all I do.
May I take responsibility
for my place in the weave,
so that I act with good intention
and make reparation for wrongs I’ve done.
May I understand that these words I say echo through the World Tree, as do all words and deeds.

Now say, “So mote it be” (while lighting the candle, if you’re using one).

Let the candle burn down. Or extinguish it after a few minutes to relight again, should you want to repeat the recitation some time soon. If leaving the building or going to sleep, extinguish the candle and relight it when you have a chance. Never leave a burning candle unattended.