#fae magic

[fairy-magick]

[astra-ravana]

Looking Into Hag Stones

A hag stone, also known as a witch stone, adder stone, holey stone, or eye stone, is a naturally occurring stone with a hole running through it, usually created by water erosion. These stones have been revered in folklore and magickal traditions for centuries due to their unusual appearance and the belief that they hold protective and mystical properties.

History and Lore

• Ancient Origins: Hag stones have been found across many cultures and continents. In Celtic regions, they were often associated with Druids and used in rites and protection rituals. The Welsh called them glain neidr or “adder stones,” believing they were created by serpents.

• Medieval Europe: During the Middle Ages, hag stones were believed to ward off witches, curses, and evil spirits. Farmers would hang them in stables and barns to protect livestock from being “hag-ridden” or attacked by malicious spirits.

• Maritime Tradition: Sailors used hag stones as protective talismans against storms and sea monsters. They would tie them to the rigging of ships or carry them as personal charms.

Uses

• Protection: Traditionally, hag stones are hung above doorways, tied to keys or bedposts, or carried as amulets to ward off negative energies, curses, or the “evil eye.”

• Seeing the Unseen: A common belief is that looking through the hole of a hag stone allows one to see into other realms—such as the fae world—or to spot spirits and magical beings otherwise invisible.

• Dream and Sleep Protection: Tied above beds, they are believed to prevent nightmares and protect against sleep paralysis or spirit visitation.

• Fertility and Health: In some folk traditions, hag stones were believed to cure illness or enhance fertility when worn close to the body.

In Magick and Witchcraft

• Tool of the Craft: In modern witchcraft and neopagan practices, hag stones are used in spells and rituals for protection, clairvoyance, and elemental magick, especially water and earth-based workings.

• Fae Magick: Hag stones are particularly potent in faerie lore, believed to be keys to fae sight or gateways to the otherworld.

• Charging and Consecration: Many practitioners cleanse and charge hag stones under moonlight, particularly during the full moon, to enhance their magickal properties.

• Divination: Some witches use them in scrying or as focus objects in meditative practices.

The hole in the hag stone represents a gateway or portal—a liminal space that bridges the physical and spiritual worlds. It symbolizes perception beyond the veil, spiritual insight, and protection through awareness.

[ruby-pink]

entwined; to grow together; woodland lost -- but found

[etheribot]

4 reasons one might work with the fae ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪

introduction ~

the fae is a large group of spirits, and their distinct personalities depends on the specific type of fae, the culture they come from, and the individual spirit themself. some fae may be rather willing to help and work with us humans, others may not! just like humans are all unique with our own personalities, backgrounds, and views, fae folk are also just as unique! please keep this in mind when reading this post, and when working with the fae.

this post highlights some of the pros of working with the fae. there's a lot of fear-mongering that happens with the fae, and that makes me sad. i wanted to take a moment to share the good that comes from working with these lovely and wild spirits!

also, there are more than 4 reasons one might want to work with a fae. i limited myself to 4 on this blog post because i didn't want to get too rambly, and 4 is one of my lucky numbers.

1. help in the garden!

fae are, in general, nature spirits. they care very deeply about the natural world around them, and if you are someone who also loves the environment and wants to actively work to make our Earth a healthy and thriving place, you'll find it easier to gain the respect of most fae.

if you're a green witch with a garden, a kitchen witch who grows their own herbs, or even if you just have a little plant on your desk, you may find that having a respectful relationship with the fae can help make your plants thrive!

2. protection!

when you have built a respectful relationship with a fae, they will often go out of their way to protect you. of course, they don't do this for nothing. if you protect them, they'll protect you.

how do you protect the fae? one example could be protecting the space they live! for example, the faerie i'm closest with at the moment lives in a oak tree in my front yard. during halloween, lots of kids litter in our yard >.< so, before the trick or treaters come out i put a little fence around my friend's tree to deter would-be litterbugs, and the next day i go out and pick up all the litter, not letting it sit for even a day! it's really that simple!

in return, i've received protection from that fae as well. just the other day, after i had impulsively visited a graveyard, my fae friend was kind enough to warn me that something negative had attached itself to me. so, with their warning, i cleansed myself, banished the energy, and re-did my wards.

3. increased confidence

in my experience, the fae are one of the most obvious types of spirits to work with. there really isn't much room for "how do i know that i'm really communicating with the fae?", because the fae are pretty hard to miss once they decide they're cool with you.

at first, it might be radio silence as they decide whether or not they want to interact with you, but once they decide it's pretty hard to miss. even if they decide they don't want to work with you, they're really open about it! i've had fae come back to me with, essentially, "the offerings are nice, but please stop trying to talk to me. i'm not interested." and if they decide that they would like to keep interacting with you, it's even more obvious!

basically, they are very open spirits in their own unique way. because of how open they can be, it actually can help you build more confidence in your skills as a witch!

4. they're excellent motivators.

so, maybe this is a stretch as far as "pros" go. in a way, they really are excellent motivators! however, the way the way they motivate can be a bit intense, and may not be the best for everyone.

for example, many fae dislike things that are messy and disorderly. the fae i'm closest with is like that, as well. if i let my room get too messy, i will be hit with a very severe headache until i get up and start tidying. once i start cleaning though, poof! it's gone! it's annoying and painful, but on the bright side it has forced me out of a few depressive episodes.

a personal note

i've been a bit mia lately due to the holidays. i promise this blog isn't dead, i've just been kinda busy @.@

anyways! lately, i've been getting more questions about fae work. before, i never really spoke much about it because i thought it may not be that interesting to others. but, as more people ask me about it i've felt more comfortable talking about it, and in turn realized that i just really enjoy talking about it! i love fae work! expect to hear a bit more about it on this blog in the future. and thank you to those who have asked me about it in the past! you've given me a bit more confidence to talk about fae witchery 🩷 my asks are always open, as i love talking about the fae! i also have a lot of ideas for the new year about some more fae-centric posts.

that isn't to say that i won't talk about other things. i don't want to limit myself to one niche, you know?

if you've read this whole post, you're a lovely and kind person tyty

[highestelf420]

Powerless December 5, 2010

Most elves and otherkin in this modern world, or postmodern world if you wish to view it that way, feel overwhelmed and powerless. We are, quite a many of us, alone and separated. Most of us have neither wealth nor social status, fame nor worldly power. The mere fact that we admit being “other” relegates us to a category of society, best described as loony. That is, naturally, a dark magic spell used by traditional society to enact peer pressure to discourage anyone from straying too far from their accepted norms and mores. We are dealt with in the same way that TV shows and movies deal with people who suddenly converge on any place where they think UFO’s have been sighted, portraying them for the most part as irrational wackos.

Because we are elves, we naturally both recognize and ignore such dark and limiting spells. And it is our strength to do so, to refuse to submit to the peer pressure of the society around us that in many ways most defines us as elves and other. We frankly don’t care what they think, we don’t care what they think of us, and we are somewhat in doubt whether most of them actually think for themselves at all. For some of the most common sayings for raising children in their societies, is “children should be seen and not heard,” and “shut up, don’t argue, and do what you’re told”, and their command of the power of reason goes no further than, “because I told you so”.

However, though we ignore such bullying, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t take its toll on us. We miss Elfin desperately. We miss our loving kin and we miss a world where people are rational, reasonable and kind. We live in this world, seemingly powerless to do much about the various problems that confront it, from Global Climate Change, to Poverty, potential mass epidemics and a chance that in the not too distant future these gun toting, hate filled, screaming morons who shout down anyone who tries to reason with them and are so eager to bring the apocalypse, might just get what they want.

You might think that if there really were a loving God in the Universe SHe might give power to we elfin instead of those, who while paying Hir lip service really worship those dark and wicked “gods” to whom they offer blood sacrifice on a daily basis and who proclaim that sex, other than for procreation, is evil and pornographic.

But this is the material world … Dear kindreth, … that most dark of places; their natural habitation and it is truly we who are the visitors here, we who have come to transform it, not with force and violence, but with magic. For that is the truth of it. We have no powers in this world but these, really, the powers of magic. The powers of love, intelligence, creativity, reason, kindness, enchantment and all the other powers of magic, which are our inheritance and birthright. Would you really have it any other way?

Though it seems otherwise, we are not at all powerless in this world. We possess that greatest power of all … the miraculous. Use your magic, beloved. Be your magic and you will see that amidst the darkness a new light is rising.

Fost Tae Lodver (Touch the truth), The Silver Elves {x} {x}

[auset66]

guess we all are leaving people and circles behind which used to be very close to our chest? Times are weird. I wish you all good luck. I am going through the same with you all. 🌱🍓 whatever new is comming except it. These opportunities. Let go of past people, carrer and patterns to make way for new opportunities to come. I am also trying. We all will try. ❄️💫

[lunalighting512]

if i was a fae i would float like a few inches off the ground just to mess with people a little

"yeh bro ive always been this tall"

[crk-purefount-au]

Foolishfae Lost Dolls AU (most of my asks will probably just be my thoughts on this AU my brain has thought up from this point onwards because you've given me the go ahead to share my thoughts on this AU of Lost Dolls)

Pure Vanilla and White Lily met when they were children in the Blueberry Yogurt Academy, and neither knew the other was a faerie. White Lily's whole family was built up of faerie's pretending to be normal cookies, while Pure Vanilla was a changeling pretending to be a kid named Vanilla Custard.

Lily's parents were burned at the stake once their true nature was revealed, and she fled into the forest. Pure Vanilla followed after her, and took her to the faerie village where he originally resided. They ended up becoming the village leaders, and expanded the village into a proper kingdom.

Then Vanilla went to the Witches Banquet...

His mind was mainly intact, thank goodness. But his wings, on the other hand, were incredibly mangled, and he suffered a throat injury that made speaking incredibly painful... He refused to go back to his kingdom in such a state due to pain, and fear of rejection. After all, what's a faerie without their wings? The Fount eventually finds him, and tries to take him home with him. Truthless fought him as much as he could, but the Fount beat him.

Truthless tried to fight back time, and time again, so the Fount did the only thing he thought he could: drug his other half so he can't leave! It was a fairly strong love potion, one that pretty much made the target not able to do anything without their "lover" in mind.

Truthless was fully aware while under the potions effects, but he could barely move without assistance. The Fount doesn't learn his true name until after Truthless escapes with the twins, so after getting his doll back, he commands Pure Vanilla to stay with him for eternity.

Fae commands can't be purposefully disobeyed, so the only reason why Truthless was able to leave is because he didn't know he was told to Stay With The Fount. But, the command sticks with the name, so Truthless feels a vague sense of Wrongness after going to the Silver Kingdom. The Wrongness stays with him, slowly growing unbearable until all he can think about is returning to His Fount.

Meanwhile the twins are very confused! Like, what do you mean faeries are real, and why did papa not tell us about any of this!? They just wanna go back to the floating island they were previously living in, and forget about all this nonsense!

(Also, side note, Hollyberry Dark Cacao and Golden Cheese aren't faeries, they make sure to never call White Lily or Truthless by their true names because those are important and should only be used in certain situations. They still sorta dead name Truthless Recluse by calling him Viridescent Daydream, though)

I have been obsessed with these ideas!! I just had to drawn more Faerie inspired twins! (Yes, they look like you-know-who's sprites for a reason. And that reason is, I love them)

I also imaging that Truthless Recluse inadvertently disobeying the order to stay with The Fount manifests first as a headache, then as nausea, until it grows so unbearable he can barely get out of bed.

When he does get to that point, the twins are extremely distressed. Why won't their papa get out of bed? Why does he just apologize and beg for that man to rescue him??

The other Ancients are also concerned, but because they're not as well versed in Fae magic, they think the best thing for Truthless Recluse is to put more and more distance between him and The Fount. (I imagine that would make this worse)