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Arthur
Conan Doyle declared photographs of fairies in England were real
Are
Fairies Real?
by Robert Scheer
I was recently analyzing statistics for the New Age Info web site and noticed
the query "are fairies real encounters" was a phrase many visitors have been
searching for lately. So I thought an article about whether fairies are real
would be instructive.
The topic of fairies, leprechauns, little people, nature spirits, elves,
brownies, goblins, elemental beings or whatever name they may be called is one
that has fascinated me for many decades. Ever since Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle,
author of the Sherlock Holmes stories, examined photographs of fairies taken in
Cottingley, Yorkshire in 1917 and declared that they were authentic, people have
been wondering if it is actually possible to take real pictures of real fairies.
When I was editor and publisher of Power Trips, the magazine about sacred sites
and places of power, I published three articles that supported the belief that
fairies are real. One short report in the June/July 1998 issue, told of a Mr.
Geoff Tiney of Braybrooke, Leicestershire, England who claimed to have found a
fossilized fairy in a stone wall. It happened after a windstorm toppled an old
apple tree onto a dry stone wall. While her husband was repairing the wall, he
found a stone, measuring about eight by ten inches that seemed to have the
uncanny resemblance of a real fairy. A mold was taken of the fairy stone before
it was returned to its original position in the wall.
The other two, more detailed articles were both written by Tanis Helliwell, the
author of "Summer with the Leprechauns: A True Story." The first, published in
the April/May 1998 magazine was titled "Humans and Elementals Celebrate Our
Sacred Earth." It told of the elemental beings of New Zealand that are known by
Maori elders as Children of the Mist, and how they closely resemble Ireland's
legendary Tuatha De Danaan. Ms. Helliwell described how she was walking
along a forest trail in New Zealand when she saw a group of "small beings, about
two and a half feet tall, human in appearance." They were wearing earth toned
clothing that allowed them to blend in with the foliage. One of the creatures
communicated with her by telepathy, clearly allowing her to understand they
desired to cooperate with humans "to create a world of beauty and harmony
between our two races."
The second article, "How to Contact Elemental Beings," in the December/January
1999 Power Trips, revealed that there are elemental beings living in Haida Gwai,
the islands in British Columbia formerly known as the Queen Charlottes. These
nature spirits are very similar to small creatures in the forests of Northern
Japan that the indigenous people call the "little people." Although some
elemental beings closely resemble humans, albeit much smaller versions, other
races of them are more goblin like. Many, but not all of them, have a desire to
work with human beings to make the world we share a healthier place. The article
concluded with "Ten Commandments for Humans Who Want to Work with Elementals."
The first recommended that people must believe elemental beings and fairies are
real, because positive human thoughts make them stronger and more energetic.
Whether you call them little people, leprechauns or elemental beings, there
seems to be a great deal of evidence that many people around the world have not
only encountered them, but have even communicated with them. For these fortunate
individuals there is no doubt that, yes, fairies are real.
Robert Scheer is the editor and webmaster of the New Age Info, New Age
Journal, New Age Travel and New Age Web Directory websites.
Power
Trips magazine ceased publication in 1999, but a very limited number of
back
issues are still available and may be purchased online at
http://cedarcottage.com/powertrips/back.htm.
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