Inside The Secret World of Fairies
Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the many exquisite ways you can help heal the earth and your own bruised spirit.
If there’s one thing those who love fairies wish for, it’s to see a fairy, or to hear from someone who has. Almost 45 years ago something rather special happened. R. Ogilvie Crombie, or Roc as he was affectionately known by friends, went for a walk in the Royal Botanic Garden in Edinburgh, and had an experience there that proved life-changing. ‘It was a glorious day’, Roc recollects. ‘I wandered about for a while enjoying the beauty and peace of the rock garden and other favourite spots.
Extraordinary things happen when fairies are around. In 1962 Peter and Eileen Caddy, their three children and friend Dorothy Maclean were living in a caravan park near the seaside village of Findhorn, Scotland. To make ends meet they planted vegetables – no easy feat with dry sandy soil, a cold windswept location and only twenty-six inches of rain a year. Then Dorothy discovered she could contact the nature spirits, who told her how to make the most of the poor soil, and everything changed.
It’s tempting to assume fairies were dreamt up to amuse weary children, or simply pretty images drawn from the imagination, but those cultures close to Nature know otherwise. Those with a profound connection with Nature have had an ongoing connection with these diminutive caretakers of creation.
Like all numinous possibilities often fairies are hidden from view. They require us to stay humble, to make an effort to seek them out. Yet while they don’t reveal themselves lightly, they often change lives when they do.