FLUORITE is my favorite gemstone to work with. It aids in concentration, mental clarity, and helps ground the beholder with stabilizing energy making it great for students. Fluorite is known to absorb negative energies and can aid in auric and Chakra cleansing, as well as protect the beholder from psychic manipulation. It is also known to be used as an aid in developing psychic abilities, for it helps link our human mind to the universal consciousness. If you are up against a chaotic situation, wear a fluorite pendant or keep one close by to help absorb those icky energies and aid in mental stability. Due to its powerful ability to absorb negative energies, Fluorite should be cleansed often. (x)(x)
(This is not about having some plant slave to do your bidding, this is about building a meaningful & mutral relationship with a plant spirit, it will be your friend, and you should treat it with love & respect as you would a human friend or even a pet. Plant spirits are willing to help you & teach you if you are loving, respectful, and attentive)
The purpose of this technique is to raise, or grow, a plant as a “familiar” (serving spirit) or as a magical plant. In ancient times, a small circle of stones was set around the chosen plant, to “bind” the numen (spirit) there. (But for this we are using crystals to empower your familiar not bind or enslave it)
Then a hole was dug down toward the roots (carefully) and a chosen power stone was set in place, to “charge” the plant. Today the technique has been expanded, but is still true to the original intent (minus the binding). You can begin with a seed, or young sprout. Simply prepare the soil for planting, in a secluded area, which is suited to the physical needs of the plant (you could do this with a potted plant too, it just need to be big enough to accommodate the plant’s grow so that the crystals don’t hinder it). Place a stone or crystal of your choice about three inches deep into the soil. Quartz crystals are good choice (Moss Agate is another), but you may wish to consult a table of correspondences for various stones, etc.
Next fill in the soil over the stone, and plant the seed (or sprout) as is appropriate. Then lay a circle of 8 stones around the plant site. At each of the four elemental quarters place a crystal of the same type as the one you buried (these four are part of the 8 forming the circle). The other stones may be of any kind you wish, as long as they compliment each other, in relationship to their occult nature. Space the stones to allow for the growth of the plant. I will give two techniques for the raising of a plant familiar. These will show you how to establish contact with the plant numen, and how to communicate your purposes to the plant familiar. In this way the plant will become charged, and conscious of your needs. Then you will have a physical and spiritual helper, for your works of magic and healing.
This technique is important to magical work involving herbs. Dry herbs in an herb store are not charged (in most cases) and can only serve through their remaining physical properties. There is, however, the placebo effect to consider, as well as coincidence, and self-delusion. These have been used successfully for quite some time. I will not deal with these here, as most popular Authors are doing an excellent job of passing this off on us as authentic spells. I intend to give you the actual techniques which empower herbs, and whose effects were the basis for the powers attributed to herbs from ancient times. No Con, just the facts.
Method: If planting by seed, wait 7 days after the sprout appears to proceed with the following (if a young plant, wait 7 days after planting it). Remove the stones between the quarter stones, and plant a seed at each point. Next bury the quarter stones where they lay, at least an inch deep. The seeds may be of the same type as the plant within the circle, or an assortment. Each day, place both palms upon the ground within the circle, forming a triangle with fingertips (index fingers touching & thumbs touching). The stem of the plant will be in the open area of the triangle, centered between your hands. Using your imagination & visualization abilities, sense your power flowing out through your arms, from your personal power center (just below the navel for women, and at the solar plexus for men). You must also talk to the plant and send it visuals, communicating your needs and desires through mental images. You must take good care of the plant from this point on, and keep it from harm. To create a strong bond with your plant familiar, you can add 3 drops of your own blood to a quart of water, and use this to water the plant as needed.
Magically, you have first increased the level of the numen through the crystals. Secondly, you have extended its power and influence to the other plants. This is because these plants became more empowered under the influence of the center crystal and plant. They were also bathed in a cross quarter current of energy, guided by the center entity (main plant) , through the quarter crystals. If you need the physical parts of a herb for your spells, potions or whatever, then use only the plants enclosed within the original circle of stones, and never the center plant. The center plant IS the familiar, and the others are merely extensions of it.
The final step in creating this plant familiar, is to establish your “link” and your “rapport”. To do this, you must sit comfortably before the plant, and stare at it. Allow your eyes to lose focus and your vision to blur. In this state, observe the shape of the plant, trying to leave your mind blank. The plant will “send” you an image as you stare. You will receive this as a distortion of the plant’s shape, so that it will begin to resemble some other creature such as an animal or an insect. This new shape is the spirit of the plant, and you will call on this image as you work with the familiar.
The familiar can give you extra power in any magical work, whenever you summon it. “House plants” can become protective entities for your home through plant magic. Plants can be given as gifts, charged for a special purpose. To summon the familiar, you simply imagine your plant in it’s setting, and visualize it becoming the spirit creature. Mentally call it to yourself, and allow it to enter into your personal power center. To empower through the familiar, mentally send in into any herbs which you are charging (instructing it as to the desired effect) and imagine that it passes power to them, imagine them glowing after contact with the familiar. When you are finished, always return the familiar to the plant.
“A fairy (also fay, fae; from faery, faerie, “realm of the fays”) is a type of mythical being or legendary creature in European folklore, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural….“ -Wiki
The word Faerie (fairy as spelt in America) is a word that originates from the 16th century. They may also be referred to by many names within various folklores such as "Wee Folk”, “Fair Folk”, “Little People”, and so on. “Faeries” are found within almost every European mythology ranging from Scandinavian to French folklore. Within a lot of European folklore, the term “faerie” is used as an umbrella term for various non-human entities and spirits. This includes, but not limited to, brownies, trolls, banshees, cait sith, goblins, gnomes, and so on (a list of faeries). There are even some folklore, fairy tales, and stories that include entities like griffins, dragons, and unicorns as “faeries”.
“ Faeries, also known as Fairies or Fey, is a term used by both themselves and Humans to describe any magical creature that lives in the Invisible World. "Faerie” could also be another name for the Invisible World itself,“ -Spiderwick Chronicles
The meaning of the word has changed over the years. There are in fact various different meanings for the one word Faerie (as well as many different ways of spelling it).
”(in folklore) one of a class of supernatural beings, generally conceived as having a diminutivehuman form and possessing magical powers with which they intervene in human affairs, “Dictionary.com
"an imaginary supernatural being, usually represented in diminutive human form and characterized asclever, playful, and having magical powers,” -Dictionary.com
“a small imaginary being of human form that has magical powers, esp. a female one,” Google Dictionary
“They are nature sprits/beings found on Earth and beings from another realm, known as Faerie. With a myriad of appearances and personalities like anyone else, fae are the universes’ beloved contradictions rolled up into a ball of different life,” faeriepedie
"…the fae are anthropomorphic personifications of nature. Nature, when looked at realistically, is hardly fluffy. When it is, it can still usually sting, claw, bite, burn, prick, or at very least tickle you in sometimes-uncomfortable places,“ -anderen-faq
Many definitions consider faeries as "invisible beings” or “Spirits of nature”, but it changes depending on the certain tradition, lore, cultural, or personal background.
Now, I’m sure quite a few of you picture fairy as the pictures above. A small humanoid being (usually female) with butterfly wings or various other insect like wings.
This “definition” of fairy became very popular during the Victorian era (mid to late 19th century). The genre of faeries and fairy tales was quite popular during this era .
What really are Faeries? The most consistent definition is “Non-human” and “Supernatural”.
They are non-human beings from folkore, fairy tales, myths, and legends; however, many agree that things like gods, angels, demons, and ect are not faeries…or are they?
“From post-Christian ideology to faery lore, it was believed that fae are magical creatures without souls and because people believed that they had no doubt in their right minds that fae must be in the pay of the Devil. One belief to this cause was that the children that Eve hid from Yahweh…"
”One popular story held that when the angels revolted, God ordered the gates shut; those still in heaven remained angels, those in hell became devils, and those caught in between became fairies…“
”A fourth belief was the faeries were demons entirely. This belief became much more popular with the growth of Puritanism. The hobgoblin, once a friendly household spirit, became a wicked goblin…“
It is also noted that some believe the Faerie to be the gods of old. The gods that have been forgotten.
What do I think faeries are?
Now, we are venturing into the area of my own personal belief (UPG).
Faeries are the beings from the realm next door. They are entities born from the dreams of the gods (and some even the collective dreams of mankind). The word "Faerie” is used to describe these creatures that originated from that land, the Faelands (Feylands, Faylands, Farielands).
They possess “supernatural” abilities and have an ability towards magic.
Various UPG names that I call them
The Dreaming People
Arcadians
The Fair
-Brian Froud
The word “Faerie” or “Fae”, as I use it, is an umbrella term for many different beings from the Faelands. If it originates from the faelands, then I typically consider it a faerie.
They are, and should be considered individually, beings of various backgrounds, personalities, “morals”, appearance, and so on. Faeries are both beautiful and grotesque. They are both powerful and feeble. They are both wise and foolish. They are beings that should be considered as individuals, even though they do have a “group” mentality at times.
