Fae Work - Blog Posts

hi!

i found your blog and i was wondering if you could help me. i'm a baby witch and i'm having a hard time trying to find books to read about fae. i do not want to begin fairy work right now, i believe i'm not ready, but i'm obsessed with them since my childhood and i want to learn more. do you have any books recomendations? or even other sources of fae and fae work. if you don't, that's fine.

even if you just read this, thank you very much! i hope you have a nice day.

Hey there! I will tell you, my journey into fae work started like yours, and at some point, the fae will make themselves known, wether you’re ready or not, so knowledge is important. I have always liked faeries too, and I ended up researching the fae in various folklore- brothers Grimm, traditional Scottish and Celtic folklore, whatever I could get my hands on.

Unfortunately, the vast majority of my collection of folklore is inherited from various grandparents and great grandparents, so a lot of them are incredibly old or out of print.

HOWEVER! There IS the Spiderwick Chronicles! Before you laugh at me, hear me out: one of the authors is Holly Black, and that lady does her research!

This is a companion to the series- and a lot of the lore in here checks out; if not the types of fae specifically. Turn your clothes inside out if the fae confuse you? In there- and that’s pretty obscure. Start here, is my recommendation, or the folklore section of your library!

Hello I’m S. ♋️ Do you do free readings? I was told a fae is around me to protect me for reasons I don’t know. And I was hoping you could tell me why? How he found me? And how he feels about me? Thank you!

I do indeed do free readings! Faeries are my specialty.

Why he is helping you: the Three of Wands

Building a firm foundation- more patience and planning are needed before all pieces are in place.

He wants something from you, most likely. He’s getting all his ducks in a row first.

How he found you: the Two of Wands

Awaiting results from something you have started. Be certain the end result is really what you want.

You are likely working on something he would see completed. I can pull another card, but I would rather talk privately about this one- make sure this is something you really want to know.

How he feels about you: the Nine of Swords

Keep quiet and listen; you will find out something that will help you better your life. A cycle of completion follows a job well done.

This can be read one of two ways: 1) he’s not quite ready to interact with you yet, but he wants to help you with this project. When he is ready, you’ll learn something from him, or 2), he feels no attachment to you. You’re a means to an end.

Try to get a better understanding of his motives. If this endgame of his doesn’t harm you, you might let it play out. He’ll probably move on, or maybe he’ll teach you something anyways for your trouble. But, if his endgame will harm you in any way, you need to get rid of him.

I hope you found this helpful.

Hi, I have a quick question about the fae. Are they known to leave people gifts of shiny things? I haven’t done any work with the fae, but for about a few months now I’ve been finding coins nearly everywhere I go, when I almost never find them normally. Today I was on the train and I looked on the seat next to me, where no one had sat after I sat down, and there was a coin there that definitely wasn’t there when I got on. I’ve also been finding keys and even a ring (which fit me perfectly, too), and it’s at the point where it’s a little too coincidental to ignore. Do you have any insight/thoughts?

Hey anon! Yeah, the fae tend to leave shiny objects around- especially if they like you or want to get your attention. I once found a whole sugar spoon, and that was how I met our garden faerie. I recommend reaching out, and seeing if they want something, and mayhaps leaving an offering. See what happens!

✨Faeries✨... and why you shouldn’t mess with them for now

I am an experienced faerie witch. I do not recommend faerie work for the beginners. It’s just not something you can dive headfirst into!

Faerie witchcraft is the path where you work with the fae to accomplish spells, divination, and other spirit work. However, unlike spirit work, the fae are extremely temperamental and should not be called upon for trivial matters.

When working with the fae, it’s important to keep manners in mind. Sometimes it’s unavoidable (glares at my dumbass parents who thought I was joking about the faeries in the yard), but unless you’re like me, and thought faeries were the coolest and learned literally everything about them even before starting witchcraft, then you probably have no clue of faerie etiquette.

Here’s a handy-dandy list of the basics!

Do not leave offerings only during spell work! This tells them this is payment and that you only want to use them. It irritates them, just like when someone goes up to you and goes “Here’s this thing, now do xyz for me!” No one likes that.

No thank yous or you’re welcomes. Also reads as part of a bargain. If you say thanks for doing something, then they will assume you are bringing them a thing in return and hassle you until you do so. Saying you’re welcome is like you’re graciously accepting this gift they’ve given you... when you haven’t given them anything...

If you bake something, try to leave them some. They like the tasty sweets.

All faeries are different. Some like red, some like blue. Some get incredibly offended if you give them lemon loaf cake and will kill your sage. Some do not have genders or pronouns, and will inflict bodily harm if you don’t call them by their names (In case you can’t tell, this is stuff that’s happened to me..). In any case, keep their preferences in mind.

No iron offerings.

No chocolate (generally; if they express interest in chocolate, make sure they can have it and then give it to them. One of the garden faerie is allergic to chocolate but eats it like a lactose intolerant person eats ice cream.)

When in doubt, ask! But be aware, faeries do lie. Like rugs, in fact. They lie by omission usually, but they do it often- the pixie called out the garden faerie about the chocolate allergy. *rage intensifies*

Anyways, that’s all I can think of for now! I’m always open to questions, so drop me an ask!

Faerie etiquette and whatnot is so very important! One of the reasons I got into faerie witchcraft is because weird stuff was happening when my dad began clearing out this one really wild part of our yard, and I found out that there were angry faeries! Angry faeries are not fun.

Things to Research Before Working with the Fae

Research is the most important thing to do before heading into Faery work and witchcraft. You want to have a lot of in depth and versatile knowledge covering many areas of the topic so you’ll be able to understand and interact with the Fair Folk! If you don’t want to work with the Fair Folk you can use this list to help yourself understand them and take the proper measure if you ever stumble upon them. I know the list could go on forever but I’m compiling the topics I find build a good foundation of understanding. I have compiled this list to give those interested guidance and a push in the right direction, it is best you do your own research before asking other’s personal knowledge and opinions!!

The Basics

Terminology ( Fae, faery, fairy, changeling, seelie, unseelie, sidhe, etc)

The Origins of the Fae (Tuatha de Dannan, Aos Sí, Tylwyth Teg)

Faeries in Different Cultures: Celtic (Irish, Scottish, Gaulish, French), Norse, Influences from Greek and Roman culture.

Folklore & Myths!! ex. Oisin and Tír na nÓg , Fenian Cycle, Arthurian Legend. 

Celtic Gods, Goddesses & Heroes- strong influences and connections to the Fae

Types of Faeries (study diverse types from pixies,brownies, pooka to Kelpies, Bwbach and Red caps) *Make sure you can at least answer who, what and where about them.

The Otherworlds (Tir na Nog, Caer Arianrhod, Annwn, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, etc.)

Faery Landmarks (fairy tree, fairy ring, fairy hill)

Signs of the Fae

Sacred Trees and Plants (Hawthorn) 

Protection!! very important

*Bonus if you learn Celtic Culture

Getting into Working with Them

Connecting to Nature and the Land

How to Banish Faeries & Protect yourself, house, family, etc.

Faery Behaviour and Proper Etiquette

Proper Offerings, How to give an Offering

Animals associated with the Fair Folk and Why? (raven, deer, etc)

Faery Festivals and Holidays (Samhain, Midsummer, Beltane)

Why certain things offend them- iron, saying “thank you”,etc.

The Courts (Seelie, Unseelie, trooping fairies, solitary)

Setting up a Faery Altar

How to work with them in Rituals 

Faery Flowers, herbs and crystals

A proper and personal way to communicate with them!!this means developing psychic ability, tarot, meditation, signs, etc.

Hagstones, heptagram/faery star

Some Good Books :) 

The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by W. Y. Evans Wentz  

Encyclopedia of Spirits by Judika Illes 

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews 

Faery Craft by Morgan Daimler 

Celtic Mythology: Tales of Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes by Phillip Freeman

**if you have more topics, books or anything else feel free to add some!