Hi everyone! How are you today? I just finished another awesome book which I want you to know about, although you most likely already do if you’re interested in all things fairy. This time, I’m speaking about Pagan Portals – Fairy Queens: Meeting the Queens of the Otherworld, by Morgan Daimler. Thank to the publisher for sending this book!
- Series: Pagan Portals
- Print Length: 104 pages
- Publisher: Moon Books (October 1, 2019)
- Publication Date: October 1, 2019
- ISBN-10: 1785358332
- ISBN-13: 978-1785358333
Guided by an expert in the field, we get to know the unnamed Queen of Elfland, Queens Nicnevin, Áine, Aoibheall, Cliodhna and Una, their folklore, how to honor them and connect with each of them. The author also provides basic information about pop-culture Fairy Queens that, although may not come from history and mythology, are also available to work with. My favorites? The Queen of Elfland, Queens Nicnevin, Mab, and Morgen la Fey.
As with any Pagan Portals book, Fairy Queens is an introduction, and a very good one, on the subject of female fairy royalty. Whether you’re interested in their folkloric figures and want to know about them, or are searching to include them in your Craft, this book will be pretty useful.
Although one myth contradicts another, Morgan Daimler explains with easy how they all construct a single image, giving you a complete portrait of each Queen, leaving almost no detail unexplained I the process. Celtic mythology is a tricky subject, one I found confusing to say the least when I was young, no matter how appealing, but Fairy Queens makes it look like child’s play. It is not, just in case.
I’m eager to start with the meditations and the journeywork included in this book, because yes, you get instructions on how to connect with each of this queens, except for the pop-culture ones. You get enough references to do it on your own, though. However, the author is crystal clear when explaining the risks about doing so, along with the precautions one should take, among which there is meeting with your very own fairy guide. How awesome is that?
I left everything behind and forgot my responsibilities when I got this book, and I’m happy I did so. Pagan Portals – Fairy Queens: Meeting the Queens of the Otherworld, by Morgan Daimler, is charming, beautiful, educational and useful. One of my best readings of this year!
PS: In case you want to know about the Fairy Kings, which I’m sure you do, the author wrote an article about Finnbheara, Fairy King of Connacht. You can also find information about Kings Oberon, Gwyn ap Nudd, and Donn Firinne on A New Dictionary of Fairies, by Morgan Daimler as well. If you ask me, it’s intriguing that there are several Queen with unnamed Kings; maybe this makes those who know more special?
About Morgan Daimler:
Morgan Daimler is a witch who has been a polytheist since the early ’90′s. Following a path inspired by the Irish Fairy Faith blended with neopagan witchcraft, Morgan teaches classes on Irish myth and magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the United States and internationally. Morgan has been published in multiple anthologies as well as in Witches and Pagans magazine, Pagan Dawn magazine and the CR journal Air n-Aithesc, and they are one of the world's foremost experts on all things Fairy. Besides the titles available through Moon Books Morgan has self-published a book of Old and Middle Irish language translations called The Treasure of the Tuatha De Danann, and an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series called Between the Worlds.
Have you read this book? Would you recommend it or not? Let me know in the comments! Kinky regards, K!
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