Mushroom Maidens

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i choose a drizzly day in the gloaming to wander through the emerald cathedrals of the Cascadian coastal rainforest. I love days in the...
Tobias and the Angel (1475–1480), by Filippino Lippi Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons

Between Heaven and Earth: Angels of the Renaissance

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Portrayals of angels abound in popular culture. With compelling personalities and forceful wills, angels appear as heroes and villains in books and film and...
Visconti-Sforza tarot courtesy the Morgan Library at themorgan.org.

The Story of the Cards

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Warm sunlight is pouring into my tiny office and a steaming cup of coffee sits on my desk. I’ve just finished anointing my hands...
The Ermine Portrait of Elizabeth I of England (1585), attributed to Nicholas Hilliard

The Good Housewife’s and Husbandman’s Guide to Faeries

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It is my purpose to tell you about our English fairies so that you may appropriately honor them and avoid angering the Fair Folk,...

Rebirth Through Renaissance Magic

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The era is named for rebirth—a transformation, a new arrival. A new you? The charms and spells to use in a Renaissance frame of...
Photograph by Jasmine La Fleur

Stepping out of the Shade: An Unlikely Fairy’s Perspective

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I could feel the cool granite through my heavy layers of skirts as I sat on a fountain’s wide rim, its waters babbling behind...
Rabbit Among the Fairies (19th century), by John Anster Fitzgerald

Into The Night Woods …With Moths, Bats, Mushrooms, Fairies, and Other...

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Spring has its freshness and promise, summer gets all that lush light, and winter brings cozy idle hours—but autumn is really the most creative...
Night Flight by Kelly Louise Judd @swanbones

Blodeuwedd: The Woman Made of Flowers

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Feature Image: Night Flight by Kelly Louise Judd @swanbones She opens her eyes. What does she see in the first moments of her existence? The Mabinogion...
Vintage circus costumes, headpieces, and backdrop from Morris Costumes @morriscostumes

Queens of the Air

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY STEVE PARKE You’d think that these two were connected at the hip, so in sync they are when they perform together, whether on...

The Magic Of the Fae

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Feature Image: Titania (1866) by John Simmons © Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives / Bridgeman Images As you wander through the forest, the enchanting melodies of the...