Kanani’s fangirling reaches record-breaking proportions on this one as we’re discussing her very favorite topic…The Good Folk! Author Morgan Daimler joins us for a fascinating discussion on Fairy lore and helps us explore a big question among modern Witches: Can you (or should you…) work with Fairies in Magick? We share our own experiences with The Good Folk, offer suggestions for the upcoming New Moon, and discuss why Peter Pan is actually the worst. Don’t forget! We are donating 10% of our April sales to The Pride Foundation’s COVID-19 response. This includes retail and wholesale items. Also, leave us a review on Applecasts, and let us know what you think of the show!
Our Guest Today
Morgan Daimler is a witch who follows a path inspired by the Irish Fairy Faith. A wandering priestess of the aos sidhe, Morgan teaches classes on Irish myth, fairies, and related subjects around the United States and online as well as having a Youtube channel focused on fairylore. Morgan’s writing has appeared in many different magazines and anthologies; they are also the author of a variety of books including the urban fantasy/paranormal romance series Between the Worlds, and through Moon Books Pagan Portals Fairy Witchcraft, Fairies: A Guide to the Celtic Fair Folk, and A New Dictionary of Fairies.
Resource List
Morgan’s blogs:
Living Liminally
Irish-American Witchcraft
Morgan’s YouTube Channel
Fairies: A Guide To the Celtic Fair Folk by Morgan Daimler
A New Dictionary of Fairies by Morgan Daimler
The Good People: New Fairylore Essays by Peter Narvaez
The Fairy Faith in Celtic Countries by W.Y. Evans-Wentz
Meeting the Other Crowd: The Fairy Stories of Hidden Ireland by Eddie Lenihan
Eddie Lenihan–YouTube
Motherfoclóir Podcast
Story Archeology Podcast
The Irish Pagan School
Elf Queens And Holy Friars by Robert Firth Green
The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns, and Faeries by Robert Kirk
The Secret Lives of Elves, and Faeries (fiction) by John Matthews
Fairy Faith Documentary
Fae Propaganda Department
Peter Pan – not a man child per-se. Peter pan was an elf lord. He stole children and returned them decades later. He had no concept of time, no moral compass as humans know it, he made the children he took forget their past lives in deference to the games he chose to play. In fact, he had no imagination of his own. He stole the children because he needed someone to come up with games for him. He could not create them himself.
Tinkerbell, while problematic, was literally enslaved to Peter pan. She had no self will. She was created to serve his whim.
Yes, this is a very dark story, indeed, as many fairy tales are. Remember, the fey are not human, and to put a human moral compass on Peter Pan and expect him to act like a human is as absurd as asking a wolf to act like a human.
The Fey are powerful, intelligent and strong. They also have no more obligation to treat us kindly than we do chickens. Some people are vegetarians. Most are not. Not sure that the chickens can tell the difference.