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Title: A Witch's Guide to Faery Folk: Reclaiming Our Working Relationship With Invisible Helpers (Llewellyn's New Age Series) by Edain McCoy ISBN: 0-87542-733-2 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.65 (26 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good place to start...
Comment: The advice presented in this book is a good place to start for a guide to working with the Fae. The dictionary addresses many types of Faeries but I feel it would have helped to have illustrations to accompany the definitions, even simple black and white sketches would have helped, to provide the mind with visual memory cues when working in meditation. My advice as a remedy to this is to use one of Brian Froud's books to provide the visual side of it, along with the good information in this book. Don't get me wrong, the info and ideas are very useful, and I do recommend it to those looking into working with Faeries. The advice is sensible and she writes wonderfully.
Rating: 2
Summary: Fuzzy, but not as bad as it could be
Comment: I am an academic folklorist, and my specialties are fairy lore and classical fairy tales (which are related, but not identical areas of study). Speaking as a scholar, I have to say that her scholarship, while not outstanding, was better than a lot of New Age fairy books. She occasionally indulges in the fluffs, but she has the sense to list most of the fairies in her rather interesting "Dictionary" as dangerous, and not to be contacted. In this aspect, I found her to be better than Ted Andrews, and even the otherwise excellent Patricia Telesco; most of her fairies aren't adorable, and she advises respect at all times, even with benevolent fairies. The breakdown of the steps involved in spell and ritual construction were useful, and she included a halfway decent bibliography. On the other hand, this book definitely has problems. Her sections on the fairies of various lands are generalized and sloppy. She doesn't footnote -- her scholarship is strongest when she's referencing Katharine Briggs, but she doesn't credit her. To top it off, she commits one big, blistering error, which, if contact was attempted, might get some dumb fluff bunny killed: the bannik -- the Russian spirit of the bath house -- is most definitely a "Contact not advised!" entity. Folklore relates that, while banniks have occasionally been known to do good deeds, in general they are considered among the nastiest spirits in the Russian fairy pantheon; one of their favorite activities is skinning unwary bathers alive (see _Russian Folk Belief_, by Linda Ivanits). In general, I agree with the person who stated that if you want accurate fairy lore, go to Katharine Briggs (I would also suggest Carole Silver and Maureen Duffy); however, this is the most useful book for Neo-Pagans interested in making contact with the fairies in a ritual context. Just be sure to cross-check fairy types with Briggs' _Encyclopedia of Fairies_!
Rating: 1
Summary: Absolute dreck
Comment: This is just a dumbed-down, cutsied-up half-summary of material derived from other secondary sources like Katherine Briggs' _Encyclopedia of Fairies_. It succeeds neither as a folklore reference, nor as an occult book.
Don't waste your time. Find an old copy of the Briggs book, instead.
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Title: Faery Magick: Spells, Potions, and Lore from the Earth Spirits by Sirona Knight ISBN: 1564145956 Publisher: New Page Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.99 |
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Title: Enchantment of the Faerie Realm: Communicate With Nature Spirits and Elementals by Ted Andrews ISBN: 0875420028 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 01 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Book of Faeries: A Guide to the World of Elves, Pixies, Goblins, and Other Magic Spirits by Francis Melville ISBN: 0764154575 Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Pub. Date: 31 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Fairy Spells: Seeing and Communicating With the Fairies by Claire Nahmad ISBN: 0285634704 Publisher: Souvenir Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Faeries: 25th Anniversary Edition by Brian Froud, Alan Lee ISBN: 0810932741 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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