Running with the fairies : towards a transpersonal anthropology of religion / by Dennis Gaffin.

Author
Gaffin, Dennis [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2012.
Description
viii, 293 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

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    Fairyfolk are fairyminded people who have had direct experiences with the divine energy and appearance of fairies, and fairypeople, who additionally know that they have been reincarnated from the Fairy Realm. This book gives an account of the living spirituality and mysticism of fairyfolk in Ireland.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-290) and index.
    Contents
    • Introduction
    • What are fairies?
    • Opening up
    • From childhood to Eureka
    • Connections - adult fairy experience
    • Lightness, drama, and the natural world: attitude and preparation for fairymindedness
    • Lightness and drama
    • Fairyfolk in the natural world
    • Minette's fairyLands
    • Fieldwork and personalwork
    • Perspectives and writings on fairies
    • No bad fairies
    • The unconceptual
    • Realization
    • Awareness of fairy
    • Incarnation and reincarnation
    • Mission, purpose, responsibility
    • Fairypeople traits
    • Physical traits
    • Sensitivities and personality
    • Healing and well-being
    • Individual transformation
    • Fairyfolk together
    • Ireland: the fairy portal, artistry music, art, creativity
    • Consciousness, evolution, planet.
    ISBN
    • 1443838918
    • 9781443838917
    • 9781443842877 ((paperback))
    • 1443842877 ((paperback))
    LCCN
    2012453279
    OCLC
    792927829
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