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Ep 104: Willa and the Forest Spirits

A delightful chat with Willa, an Australian woman who has made her home in Zürich, Switzerland. Willa’s encounter took place five years ago in the Tarragona region of Spain.

Warning: These are not fairytales. The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast is designed for viewers and listeners 16 years and older. This show is unsuitable for children or anyone who might be sensitive to creepy content.

Early one morning, she took a stroll through her friend’s garden and came face to face with some beings, whom she describes as ‘forest spirits’, sitting in three trees growing inside a spiral of arrangement of rocks. As Willa described: “I saw them, they seemed to be “looking” at me. My impression was they were aware I could see them. The situation…lasted only for about a minute before they seemed to fold in on themselves and disappear.”

This is an image of the beings that Willa drew recently. She said “here was a hint of wandjina about them.”

Describing herself as a lifelong ‘skeptical person’, we discuss how coming into contact with these beings has made a subsequent impact on Willa’s life and how she feels about visiting this location in the Tarragona region again, later in the year. We also discuss Willa’s call, to aid people like me and you who have become homeless.

Here she is volunteering during lockdown in the kitchen of the Pfuusbus in Zürich. If you would like to donate or find out more about the Pfarrer Sieber organisation here’s the website: https://www.swsieber.ch/

In the UK there are several homelessness charities including Crisis, Shelter and St Mungo’s.

The other episode which I refer to re Tree Being: • Call to the Otherworld: Encounter in Alber… warns why we shouldn’t seek out a fairy beau!

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This episode also released as a video on YouTube

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
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My mindfulness meditation free here:
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Ep 92: David Halpin: Irish Folklore – Children, Fairies and Cillíns

Writer, David Halpin is a specialist in Irish folklore, fairylore and mythology in general and ideas around consciousness.

David looks at the Irish stories and fairy folklore in a refreshing way, through the lens of writers such as Jacques Vallée and John Keel. His group, Circle Stories on Facebook is an excellent resource and there is a shortened version of Circle Stories on Instagram.

We discuss some of the stories on Duchas.ie Schools Collection (see link below) which relate to children. Some of these involve children being taken to fairyland NB. these are not changeling stories which are a separate type of fairy lore. We also talk about unconsecrated burial grounds called ‘cillíns’.

Please give him a follow!

⭐️ B O N U S episode on Patreon releases Monday 16th November 2024

SHOW LINKS:

Circle Stories on Facebook

Circle Stories on Instagram

The Schools Collection Duchas.ie
A collection of folklore compiled by children in the 1930s

The story about the child taken by the red fairies is here on Duchas
https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5044715/5033787/5136106

David mentions this graveyard during our discussion.
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/kilranelagh-inspiration-for-ancient-saga-and-modern-detective-series-1.4297546

Cillíns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cill%C3%ADn

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

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Ep 90: Druid Adrian Rooke and Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies

Adrian is a well-known and much-loved Druid of The Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids. He is a dear friend. I often join him at Stanton Drew to provide the the equinox and solstice public ceremonies. Everyone is welcome. The link to the Facebook page for dates etc is below.

Some years ago, he told me about his experience with Gwyn ap Nudd. I know Ade well and there’s very little that phases him but this encounter had a profound effect on him, as he describes here.

We also touch on:
– what it’s like to feel different in this world
– the struggles of addiction
– finding your true path and much more!

I hope you enjoy this chat. Adrian has led a really interesting life and has helped so many people in his role as a counsellor, particularly for people suffering from addictions. We all love his stories and he has a lot of wisdom to impart in this world.

⭐️ In the B O N U S episode on Patreon I share a video about the ‘Dancing Fairies of Sennen Cove’ Cornwall, where I visited in August.

SHOW LINKS:

Contact Adrian
http://rooketherapy.co.uk/contact/

Ogham Pendants
http://rooketherapy.co.uk/sacred-oghams/hand-carved-sacred-oghams-wands-necklaces/

Ade’s workshops with Jo Dunbar, Medical Herbalist
https://www.botanicamedica.co.uk/walks-workshops/

Celebrancy
http://rooketherapy.co.uk/ceremonies-on-offer/

Join us at a public ceremony at Stanton Drew
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558165827994

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

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Ep 91: Darragh Mason: The Dark Man

I chat to Darragh Mason, author, researcher and host of Spirit Box Podcast, about his new book Song of the Dark Man.

Our discussion begins with an overview of what, rather than who, ‘The Dark Man’ is. We then move onto the folklore and finally go over some of the first hand encounters which make up the second half of Darragh’s book.

It’s genuinely a fantastic read and I thoroughly enjoyed it from start to finish. I also found that it brought a deeper understanding to the encounters that we’ve heard here on Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast, where our guests have crossed paths with aspects of The Dark Man.

So, if you haven’t got your hands on a copy of Song of the Dark Man yet, then tarry not…you need this book in your life 🖤

And be sure to check out Spirit Box Podcast on YouTube where, through his interviews with a fine array of incredible guests, Darragh explores folklore, esoterica and the mysteries of spirit world: https://www.youtube.com/@SpiritBox
Audio version on all apps including Spotify and Apple:

Darragh also has a Spirit Box Podcast Patreon group which I am in too. It’s a brilliant community of people, sharing and supporting one another. Always something interesting happening. I highly recommend it as a community with a great bunch of folks 💚

⭐️ In the B O N U S episode on the Modern Fairy Sightings Patreon, I share some stories of The Dark Man (often known as The Black Man in Irish folklore, which does not refer to race) from the Duchas.ie Schools Collection of folklore from 1930s Ireland

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: The Curious Folk tier is available to join with a free one week trial!

Subscribe, rate, review and share the wonder ❤️✨

If you enjoy the show, please consider sharing your favourite episodes with friends. Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you listen, and if you can, please support by joining The Curious Crew on Patreon

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Ep 89: Pat Noone ‘The Lads From the Other Side’

Fairy Encounters in Medieval England: Landscape, Folklore and the Supernatural

Pat Noone is a well known Irish farmer of Green Hills Farm in Kilconnell, Galway. He has led the way in teaching fellow farmers and people around the world about how to be a good guardian of the land, living in harmony with nature and the fairy realm.

Pat has fairy forts, and fairy trees in his fields and folk are able to book overnight stays. Some folks have had interesting experiences there!

I chat to Pat about his family’s understanding of ‘the Lads from the Other Side’ and the important messages he has for us as a guardian of the land and a land healer.

Check out Pat’s website for more info:
https://patnoonehealer.com/

and you can follow him on Facebook too:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006376218573

⭐️ In the B O N U S episode on Patreon, I narrate some stories from Dermot Mac Manus’s ‘The Middle Kingdom: The Faerie World of Ireland’ (1973).
https://www.patreon.com/themodernfairysightingspodcast

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: The ‘Curious Folk’ tier is now available to join

Subscribe, rate, review and share the wonder ❤️✨

If you enjoy the show, please consider sharing your favourite episodes with friends. Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you listen, and if you can, please support by joining The Curious Crew on Patreon

Want to report a sighting?

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Ep 84 Danu Forest and Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies

Danu is an author, teacher and traditional Celtic wise woman, who was called to Glastonbury many years ago to work with Gwyn, who is said to dwell in Glastonbury Tor and the Black Mountains of Wales. Danu offers Celtic Fairy Tradition Courses and Natural Magic Courses online.

Having researched a series of recently reported encounters here at The Modern Fairy Sightings Project with the figure known as Gwyn ap Nudd, King of the Fairies, Lord of Annwn (the Welsh Otherworld) I chat to Danu Forest, author of, Gwyn ap Nudd: Wild God of Faerie, Guardian of Annwfn about her understanding of him, how she came to be a dedicated priestess of Gwyn and what he offers to us, in encountering him.

We also discuss the secrets held within the hollow hills of Glastonbury Tor!

I previously recorded one of Danu’s pathworkings to meet Gwyn which is found in her book about him (pictured above).

You can find that pathworking read by me for listeners on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/gwyn-ap-nudd-by-100454770

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Links

Other encounters involving Gwyn ap Neath / Glastonbury:

Episode 91 of Spirit Box Podcast: Jessica Mitchell ‘I saw the Dark Man on Glastonbury Tor’
Modern Fairy Sightings Ep 80: Neil Rushton’s experience on Glastonbury Tor
Modern Fairy Sightings Ep 78: The Dark Rider on Glastonbury Tor
Modern Fairy Sightings Ep 46: A Series of English Encounters

Other encounters featuring The Dark Man:

Modern Fairy Sightings : Ep 76: Otherworldly People: Encounter on the Thames
Modern Fairy Sightings Ep 73: Green Gnome Visitation Changed My Life (Oklahoma)
Modern Fairy Sightings Ep 83: The Puppets are Coming for Me

Host of Spirit Box Podcast, Darragh Mason’s book, Song of the Dark Man releases soon. Preorder your copy here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Song-Dark-Man-Witches-Crossroads/dp/1644119099

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

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Ep 83: Jason Atomic and the Blue Being

Artist, Jason is a well known face in London’s underground ‘freak’ subculture scene. His art background originated in creating comics which he now feels may link originally to an experience he had as an 11 year old child, when he came face to face with a small blue non-human being in his bedroom in East Grinstead, West Sussex.

Having researched UFO lore and demonology throughout his life, Jason decided to contact me with his encounter after hearing paranormal researcher, Paul Sinclair on this show, describing his experience of seeing a small creature with ‘elephant-like skin’.

We discuss later experiences, including powerful ritual experiences, his witnessing of anomalous light forms in clouds in Japan, synchronicities around manifesting and we mention Voodoo spirits, Papa Legba and Dhamballa.

Thanks to Jason for sharing his experience with us.

🌟 In our bonus episode this time we’ll be looking at the Studham Common encounter in Bedfordshire, in 1967, when five or six children saw a small 3ft blue being during their lunchtime. Plus we’ll look at other blue-being encounters 💙

Jason’s impression of the blue being he saw as an eleven year old child.

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Satanic Flea Markets take place throughout the year.

Utagawa Kuniyashi’s impression of Karasu

Jason’s performance aesthetic with the elongated smile, which may echo his earlier experience.

The incredible Fetish Hat (improved replacement)

Artist, Matt Fox’s impression of ‘The Intruder’

‘Dhamballa La Flambeau’ by Hector Hyppolite

Links

Jason Atomic
https://jasonatomic.co.uk/home.html

Follow Jason’s work on Instagram and Twitter

Satanic Flea Market
https://www.baphomart.com/satanic-flea-market/

Slimelight club
https://electrowerkz.co.uk/slimelight/

Paul Sinclair’s experience
https://www.scarlettofthefae.com/episode-40-paul-sinclair-personal-experiences-and-paranormal-activity-in-uk/

1950s/60s Comic Artist Matt Fox
https://issuu.com/twomorrows/docs/mattfoxpreview

Papa Legba
https://symbolsage.com/who-is-papa-legba/

Dhamballa Voodoo Snake God
https://atlasmythica.com/damballah-wedo-vodou-snake-god/

Japanese Shinto Shrines
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto_shrine

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: The ‘Curious Folk’ tier is now available to join

If you enjoy the show, please consider sharing your favourite episodes with friends. Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you listen, and if you can, please support by joining The Curious Crew on Patreon

Want to report a sighting?

Contact me at: scarlettofthefae@gmail.com

If you love the show and want support it and join our loving community you can find us at Patreon

Ep 82: “The Puppets Are Coming For Me…”

This episode is one of those remarkable shares that seem to lead us through a new threshold of understanding.

We hear from a guest who, as a child living in rural Greater Manchester, England, encountered small black creatures emanating from a chimney breast in her bedroom. The main image drawn by our guest is the long nosed being and the hairy ‘leader’ which featured in her experience.

🌟 In the Patreon-Exclusive full length episode, you hear of a later encounter with The Hat Man and a small figure which appeared at the window around the time I responded to her initial email.

⚡️ This episode is unsettling in places so do take care if you’re listening at bedtime!

Huge thanks to our amazing guest for sharing her experience with us.

Links

Concealed Revealed Project (Dr Ceri Houlbrook)

Wild Edric

For those who want to aid Gaza in a practical way see Operation Olive Branch and please follow Leaf Moon on Instagram who is focusing on aiding verified families to get to safety: https://www.instagram.com/mothandmythos/

Recommendations for Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: The ‘Curious Folk’ tier is now available to join

Subscribe, rate, review and share the wonder ❤️✨

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Want to report a sighting?

Contact me at: scarlettofthefae@gmail.com

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Ep 81: Experiencing the ‘Wee Folk’ in Ireland

chat with a woman from Ireland who had number of experiences as a child in Ireland and describes a later experience as an adult, being ‘pixie led’ in a forest in Edinburgh.

We also hear about her Grandmother’s experience as a child, churing butter on her father’s dairy farm in Cork and how a priest came to heal a hex that was put on the family’s dairy production pre-mechanisation.

Image: Image: ‘Dewdrops from Fairyland’ (1912) by Lucy M. Scott illustrated by A. Duncan Carse

⭐️ Head to Patreon for bonus content and to join our lovely community.

Recommendations:

Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

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Want to report a sighting?

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Ep 79: Night Time Gnome Came Looking for Me! (New Zealand)

I speak to a man in Auckland New Zealand, who grew up in what was originally native bush land. As a child, he had what sounds like a gnome encounter inside his home. His response to the frightening experience had a profound effect on how he decided to live his life from that point forward.

Our guest’s inspiring story suggests what may be possible if we can look beyond our fears and lean into communication with landscape and the non-human beings who reside there.

It feels like an important story for us to hear at this time.

Image: Comus, Arthur Rackham (1921)

⭐️ Head to Patreon for the full length version of our chat in video version ⭐️

Recommendations:

Astrology recommendation: Pam Gregory YouTube

For more info on chakras head to ‘The Body Mirror System of Healing’ and I recommend Martin Brofman’s book: Anything Can Be Healed.

New Zealand folklore :

Pirongia. Mystical mountain of the Patupaiarehe

WAKA HUIA – MATAKITE FULL EPISODE (youtube.com)

Search Te Ara – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Understanding tangihanga – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Wellbeing:

Pathworkings/Meditations for Wellbeing:

My ‘Connecting with Ancestors’ meditation is free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/94431793

My mindfulness meditation free here:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/96431208

SUPPORT THE PODCAST: The ‘Curious Folk’ tier is now available to join

Subscribe, rate, review and share the wonder ❤️✨

If you enjoy the show, please consider sharing your favourite episodes with friends. Don't forget to rate and subscribe wherever you listen, and if you can, please support by joining The Curious Crew on Patreon

Want to report a sighting?

Contact me at: scarlettofthefae@gmail.com

If you love the show and want support it and join our loving community you can find us at Patreon