A Fairy Path
By: Daniela Simina - Moon Books - $17.95
Overview: A Fairy Path: The Memoir of a Young Fairy Seer in Training by author Daniela Simina is an autobiographical work offering unique insights into the practice of fairy ritual healers of Romania.
Verdict: An autobiographical work offering unique insights into the practice of fairy ritual healers of Romania, A Fairy Path: The Memoir of a Young Fairy Seer in Training follows a very young Daniela, whose rebellious streak and decision to pursue the path of fairy seership clash against societal norms and restrictions imposed by a dictatorial political regime.
Filled with fairy occurrences, charms, spells, and ritual work directly experienced by the author, A Fairy Path does more than just tell a story: It provides material that substantiates the reality of fairy phenomena in modern times while offering those who follow a fairy-based spiritual path resources for study and practice.
Here in A Fairy Path: The Memoir of a Young Fairy Seer in Training from author Daniela Simina (herself an author and teacher with a special interest in European fairy folklore and traditions) what we are brought forth is a highly moving, powerful, and beautiful account of child hungry to learn the secret ways of fairy and finally being initiated into the hidden tradition of her ancestors.
Furthermore, we see her move from magical innocence to empowered experience as we get treasured glimpses of the suppressed fairy folk magic of Romania. And not to give too much away [**SPOILER**] but the book ends with her finally coming into her own power as a seer and healer, even in the midst of an oppressive political regime that tried to suppress such knowledge.
For those unaware, and taking it back to dawn, for want of a better characterized informational origin point, the iele are feminine mythical creatures in Romanian mythology. There are several differing descriptions of their characteristics. Often they are described as faeries (zâne in Romanian), with great seductive power over men, with magic skills and attributes similar to nymphs, naiads and dryads found in Greek mythology.
And so here in A Fairy Path, well, it does exactly what it says on the tin re: guides the reader gently by the hand into the land of the faeries, but moreover instructs those wanting to know exactly how to take such a fairy path as described throughout.
For it offers valuable insights into both the rewards and perils of interacting with such powerful entities, along with showcasing, nay highlighting the path taken by the author’s younger self; all through the process of integrating personal experience, folk belief and, of course, magic, melding it neatly into an intelligible being of understanding about a world that might well fast become too hostile for a newbie traveler to traverse (that being without this info to hand, of course).
In closing, this magnificently-hued, impassioned memoir also includes a book of magic at the end containing the spells she learned as a child, which has led most all that have read it to ponder the hope that there will be a Volume II released sometime soon.
About the Author - Daniela Simina is a practitioner of energy medicine, fairy witch, and author focusing fairy lore and traditions. She researches, writes, and teaches various classes on esoteric subjects related to energetic healing, yoga, and of course, fairies. She lives in Alpharetta, GA.
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