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Faeries
I beckon you to fly with me to Tir na nOg. Together we shall dance and sing and chant and play in the Motherland. Together we shall explore the complexities of each our souls and find the sorrow and laughter. Together we shall come to know the deep and mystical energy of the Faery and the OtherWorld Together we will be like pebbles tossed into a still pond as our belief and dedication in this mission ripples in all directions throughout the lands of our great blue-green, living planet.
You have entered the realm in which we find the origin of the universe. From the great cosmic mother's womb came forth life. From this realm descended the Ancient Ones of the Faery-Faith. The Land of Faery is the dimension where the Ancient Ones dwell, which is comprised of the Otherworlds, plains, or realms of existence located on the Tree of Tree. Climbing the branches, spiraling up into what is called the Heavenly Realm we move into sacred space and sacred time, where the planets orbit within, the stars are clustered, moon and sun shed their light, signaling night and day, winter, spring, summer, and autumn. In the deepest space of the branches dwells the origin of Spirit before its dissension into the physical plain.
The pantheon is richly abundant with goddesses mighty in magick, enchantment, and divination, and gods powerful in battle and wit. In the Faery-Faith the gods and goddesses are known as the Ancient Ones, the Tuatha De Danann (Tribe of Dana), and even more commonly as the Faery.
The mysticism, which is the backbone of the Faery Tradition and spirituality is, indeed, part of the Faery heritage; for there was probably never a time when the Dana did not believe in the invisible Otherworld, nor held the thought of not being able to travel there to discover the deep mystery of life. The Dana have kept this belief alive, even through the encroachment of new religions, and the possibility of meeting death by holding the ancient views.
the Tuatha De Danaan survived through the folk-voice of the fili, Bardic poets, who were collectively known as 'aes Dana', servants of the Goddess Dana. The fili were experts in native learning (i.e. legal tradition, history, genealogy, and the science of natural phenomena, which are aspects woven into the Tradition's divine myths).
Most importantly, these heroes of the Tuatha De Danann make-up a warrior aristocracy, the major emphasis of what might be solar gods. This thought is attached to Newgrange, the great megalithic mound which overlooks the River Boyne,
Till Do Cheum,As Gach Cearn,Fo Tionnag-iuil an Dachaidh!
May your steps
return from all corners of the globe,
Under the guidance of the star, That points to home!
