The Original Mermaid
You could say that professional mermaiding began in 1904, when young Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman dove into a glass tank at the Melbourne Exhibition...
Brown Sugar Fairies
PHOTO BY JOHN ALEXANDER
For those who have never seen Brown Sugar Fairies, the glorious celebration of diversity in the fae realm created by Aiysha...
Raiment for a Faerie Queen
PHOTOGRAPHY BY ELIZABETH ELDER
What better way to end an homage to faerie queens than with a magical, glittering queen riding on a unicorn? In...
Once Upon A Time In Lapland
Photography by Angi Sullins and Silas Toball
I admit it. I’m a wonder junkie. An inspiration addict. My fairy-tale fanaticism led me to create immersive...
Thirteen Things a Hedgewitch Can Find in the Forest
Illustration by Guinevere von Sneeden
• A path where she’s quite certain there was no path before.
• A delicious bright orange ruffled mushroom that is...
It’s Just A Story: Finding The Real In Faerie
Feature Image:
British Library / Alamy Stock Photo
Rumpelstiltskin (1913), by Warwick Goble
It is night. Darkness has closed in around us as I lie in my...
The Inner Journey
Sometimes finding the way to a magical place or space within yourself is the best type of journey. Escaping outside yourself, through immersion in...
Embracing Your Shadow
PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE PARKE
Many of us try to avoid our dark side completely, but the truth is our light would not exist without our...
Dreaming With Trees
You, dear darling reader, have been enchanted by your own faerie queen. Whether she lives inside you or exists as an influence in your...
Looking For Unicorns
Late summer in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, in northern New Mexico. Aspens, standing tall and graceful on the steep mountainside, their white trunks...