Faerie Magick Podcasts

Faeries have been documented throughout history.  Around 1000 B.C., the Greek poet Homer wrote The Illiad, in which he describes, "watery fairies dance in mazy rings."  ("Mazy" means maze-like, or like a labyrinth.)In the 12 century, Gervase of Tilbury described portunes (one kind of small faeries) in detail.  He said that some are as tiny as one half inch tall, or as little as a small finger.Later reports confirm his descriptions.Shakespeare popularized the image of playful, tiny faeries in his play, A Midsummer Night's Dream.  However, he didn't invent them.  (Nobody invented faeries.  They already existed.)There are many theories about the origins of faeries, going back to the time of Genesis in the Bible.  We know so little about faeries, it's difficult to decide what's true about them, except that they exist.In this 13-minute podcast, Fiona Broome talks about many faerie (or fairy) topics.* Little faeries in history * The possible importance of our belief in them* Early descriptions of faeries as "pygmie