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Fairies and Grimoires, Pt 3

In response to the enquiries about who are the seven sisters, and are they fairie queens, or figures from Celtic myth, I decided the best thing to do was to quote directly from the manuscript, so people can see for … Continue reading

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Fairies and Grimoires, Pt 2

I was gratified by the number of public and private emails and enquiries  I have received since my blog about the fairies and grimoires.  A number of people have asked for more information about my sources, and I am happy … Continue reading

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Fairies and Grimoires

Fairies, like angels, are a topic on which there is a huge diversity of views.  I was re-reading The Fairies in Tradition and Literature by Katherine Briggs, which covers a great deal of ground, considering the origins of faeries in … Continue reading

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Spring Angels

As I work on my essay for the forthcoming angelic anthology Both Sides of Heaven, I am struck by the fact that the number of named angels in texts is huge, yet most of them are largely ignored.  It is … Continue reading

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