Product Description

Forests, lakes, mountains, caves-even your garden-are alive with nature's spirits. Enchantment of the Faerie Realm can help you commune with elves, devas, nymphs, gnomes, and other faerie folk. With just a little patience and persistence you can learn to recognize the presence of these mysterious, magical creatures.
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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #88162 in Books
• Published on: 2002-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780875420028
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From the Publisher
When we were young, the world was filled with wonder. The winds whispered in our ears. Shadows had life. The clouds told stories.

But today, we no longer see with a child's eyes, and many people scoff or laugh at those who do. Sure, we have technology and modern conveniences, but we have built boundaries around ourselves and our lives seem to have lost much of that wonder and joy.

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm by Ted Andrews will show you that the worlds of amazement you used to visit are still alive and awaiting you. Though the doorways to the enchanted realms may be obscure, this book will show you methods for seeking them out.

Every soul has a purpose, but we can lose sight of it due to our involvement with outer activities and responsibilities. Enchantment of the Faerie Realm reveals the good news! There are still noble adventures you can undertake. You can still visit trees that speak and find caverns that lead to other realms. This faery realm refreshes your creativity and your spirit and helps you to keep joy alive.

Enchantment of the Faerie Realm will help you rediscover your lost child. At the same time, you will find faeries and elves, gnomes and dragons, sylphs and mermaids, and more. It will help bring bliss into your life.

About the Author
Ted Andrews is a full-time author, student, and teacher in the metaphysical and spiritual fields. He conducts seminars, symposiums, workshops, and lectures throughout the country on many facets of ancient mysticism, focusing on translating esoteric material to make it comprehensible and practical for everyone. This includes resynthesizing ancient scriptures, literature, and teachings for use by the modern spiritual student.

Ted is certified in basic hypnosis and acupressure, and is involved in the study and use of herbs as an alternative path in health care. He is active in the holistic healing field, focusing strongly on esoteric forms of healing with sound, music, and voice. Trained in piano, Ted also employs the use of the Celtic harp, bamboo flute, shaman rattles, Tibetan bells, Tibetan Singing Bowl, and quartz crystal bowls to create individual healing therapies and induce higher states of consciousness. Ted is a clairvoyant and also works with past-life analysis, aura interpretation, dreams, numerology, and Tarot.

Andrews is the author of The Healer's Manual; Animal-Speak, How to See & Read the Aura; Dream Alchemy; Crystal Balls & Crystal Bowls; How to Develop & Use Psychic Touch; How to Heal with Color; Sacred Sounds; Magickal Dance; and many other titles.

Customer Reviews

Too organized, but not bad
_Enchantment of the Faerie Realm_ is not a bad book, really. It has its amazing moments and its less-than-amazing moments. I especially like the idea of faerie tales as meditation exercises; the legends and fantasies dreamed up over the centuries might well be our best key to the nature of the fae. The meditations are also good; I especially liked "Meeting the Flower Faeries" and "Tree Faeries." I only wish the list of flowers and trees had been longer, but the meditations can be used with any plant, so that's no big deal.

Unfortunately, much of the book is devoted to a hyper-organized approach to the fae. There is too much ceremonial magic and not enough whimsy or wild magic. Note that the high points I mentioned above are also the moments in which the book is given over mainly to wild magic. In my work with the fae, I've never gotten the idea that they're a strict bureaucracy. They aren't that organized, and trying to organize them just misses the point. The fae *aren't* like us. They're wilder and more unpredictable, and I bet there are a lot of fae giggling a bit at parts of this book.

I also don't like the emphasis on using the fae to work on your psychological issues. If you're going to get to know the fae, it's best to get to know them just for the joy of getting to know them. And, yes, that *will* make your life happier and more interesting, but that is just icing on the cake. Don't use the fae; befriend them.

Opinions, opinions
I personally loved this book. My mother bought it for me when i was about eight...and I remember flipping though it with my best friend Olivia in thrid grade. It didn't matter to us that we couldn't understand half of the words, or much of the content-but we loved the stories. We had so much fun reading about the different types of faries, tree-sprits, ect and we even ventured to try some of the exercises. I am now 13 and I still love this book. There have been many times when I re-discovered this book on the shelf and re-read it. As I got older i also began to understand more of it as well. I think that this book was one of the things that- as all of my friends stopped believeing in magic-kept me from losing part of the child in me as I grow up. I know now that no matter how old I get I will still be a believer. I may not go aroung avertising it but it's really the thought tnat counts!:)

Disappointing :o( Contrived
Not up to par with Animal Speak. This "Faerie" book seems contrived & cranked up as propaganda to put the Fae of many cultures, as well as the Elementals of Nature under an artificial construct of male rule. It seems someone's ego got away with them here. It is not really about what the title suggests. Very misleading.If you believe the realms of the Fae & the powers & beauty of nature should be modeled after "man's kingdoms" & "societies", instead of the other way around, go for it. Otherwise you will be as disappointed as many, by a closer insight into the mindset of a modern male author, you hoped would do better. I'm very sorry to say I can not recommend this book. In fact IMHO it is a heartbreaking attempt to usurp the Fae, for misguided use.