2018-02-09, 12:39 AM
Over at my blogsite Dead but Dreaming I investigate both folkloric and modern faeries, and their place in various theories of consciousness. I hope some PsienceQuest members might enjoy a visit...
(2018-02-09, 12:59 AM)Kamarling Wrote: [ -> ]Welcome, Neil. Thanks for the link - I'll certainly have a browse through the subjects.
I'm interested to know whether you have come across the work of Patrick Harpur. I met him a few years ago after reading one of his books. I attended a weekend seminar he runs on the subject of mythology (classical and folk) with a special focus on these otherworldly beings.
Here's his website: http://www.harpur.org/PJCHdaimonicreality.htm
(2018-02-27, 09:33 AM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Following its most recent revival (or "reboot"), its administrator is Simon Young, co-editor of the recent book, "Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present":
http://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-mo...3#pid14433
Young describes himself as "a fairy sceptic but with a very small 's'", who can't explain sightings but takes them seriously. The Society's website is here:
http://www.fairyinvestigationsociety.com/
(2018-02-28, 08:28 AM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]And now the Daily Grail reveals that fairies even have their own census - it's a free PDF file edited by Simon Young, detailing about 500 experiences from 2014-2017:
https://www.dailygrail.com/2018/02/fairi...-research/
http://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploa...2017-1.pdf
(2018-02-28, 08:48 PM)neilrushton Wrote: [ -> ]Very good.Quote:And now the Daily Grail reveals that fairies even have their own census - it's a free PDF file edited by Simon Young, detailing about 500 experiences from 2014-2017:
https://www.dailygrail.com/2018/02/fairi...-research/
http://www.fairyist.com/wp-content/uploa...2017-1.pdf
neilrushton:
Quote:Indeed - it's full of remarkable anecdotes of experiences with faeries. I would say that the vast majority are genuine subjective experiences and are suggestive of a distinct phenomenon that goes largely under the cultural radar.
It is so far under the radar that it might as well be buried with Jimmy Hoffa. We have lost our 'naturalness', our ability with our senses, to investigate these nature beings. There was a time not so long ago when we humans could commune, communicate and enjoy the company and learning experiences of the nature beings. That art is lost but will return. "New research has found that some people still regularly have encounters with them" where some = very few.
Quote:I'll be writing a blog-post about the census in the next few weeks over at https://deadbutdreaming.wordpress.com
(2018-02-27, 09:33 AM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Courtesy of the Daily Grail, here's an article from ABC (Australia) on the history of the Fairy Investigation Society:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-08/th...ty/9382520
Following its most recent revival (or "reboot"), its administrator is Simon Young, co-editor of the recent book, "Magical Folk: British and Irish Fairies, 500 AD to the Present":
http://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-mo...3#pid14433
Young describes himself as "a fairy sceptic but with a very small 's'", who can't explain sightings but takes them seriously. The Society's website is here:
http://www.fairyinvestigationsociety.com/