Description: Pagan Portals - Living Fairy, by prolific writer Morgan Daimler, is the calling of the Othercrowd back through active practice and holy days based on the Pleiades.

Verdict: The human world and the Otherworld have always been intrinsically connected just as the beings within them are, but these connections have been strained in the Western world over the last millenia. Cultural and religious shifts have pushed the Other to the fringes and centered humanity in the world and in many spiritual frameworks.

As we move into the 21st century the Othercrowd is pushing back, seeking a return to their place in things. Many witches are feeling this shift.

Living Fairy is a look at ways to deepen your practice of fairy witchcraft by actively calling the Good Neighbors back, and connecting to them more experimentally. It emphasizes older ways of relating to them within a modern framework, while acknowledging the good and the bad that comes with this work.

There is also an emphasis on moving away from solar and lunar holy days into a system focused on the stars, which may perhaps be an older way to relate to both the fairies and our spirituality.

For those unknowing, in Celtic mythology, the Otherworld is the realm of the deities and possibly also the dead. In Gaelic and Brittonic myth it is usually a supernatural realm of everlasting youth, beauty, health, abundance and joy. It is described either as a parallel world that exists alongside our own, or as a heavenly land beyond the sea or under the earth.

The Otherworld is usually elusive, but various mythical heroes visit it either through chance or after being invited by one of its residents. They often reach it by entering ancient burial mounds or caves, or by going under water or across the western sea. Sometimes, they suddenly find themselves in the Otherworld with the appearance of a magic mist, supernatural beings or unusual animals.

For example, an otherworldly woman may invite the hero into the Otherworld by offering an apple or a silver apple branch, or a ball of thread to follow as it unwinds, and so forth.

But, I digress, for here in this dutifully sculpted new book on Fairy Witchcraft and Star Worship, author Morgan Daimler describes how the cycle of the Pleiades rising and setting in the sky relate to the Others, and how this might play out in your observations of the ritual year.

It’s a rough outline, as it’s still an ongoing investigation into the importance of the Pleiades and just how she will come to use them, but it’s a very interesting section nonetheless; one that I myself found increasingly intriguing the more I think about just how this will eventually pan out.

Ablely blending academic research with spiritual practices, Morgan delves deep into the subject matter to hand, and through her practice and experiences, brings forth a magical thread of her own that entices us, therein connecting us to the Faery magick of the past with the celestial fabric of the Pleiades in the beautiful night sky.

About the Author - Morgan Daimler is a blogger, poet, teacher of esoteric subjects, witch, and priestess of the Daoine Maithe. Morgan is a prolific pagan writer, having published more than a dozen books under Moon Books alone, and she is one of the world’s foremost experts on all things Fairy. She lives in Connecticut, US.

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