I have desired to write this post since last weekend, but no words were coming to me.
Last weekend was May Eve and May Day. Beltane Energy was running high for those of us here. The entire MayFest is foggy in my memory. I can remember points of interest here and there. I have not been able to remember in any kind of linear fashion in order to write about it. Those may be my own restrictions that are hindering me.
Do you know the myth attached to Faerie Rings? It used to be quite common. People used to avoid Faerie Rings like we avoid puddles. Maybe more so... If you step into Faerie, either on purpose or accidentally, your World changes. Your senses are delighted, and you are in a different World with a different way of keeping Time. One night in Faerie equals 100 years in our World. Step in, feel good, party like you've never partied before, step out, and all your friends are dead and the World has moved on without you. Ah, the danger of Faerie...
Last weekend felt like being in Faerie... There was Love, Passion, Fun, Song and Dance, an Openness that's very unusual for a crowd to share and More...
I had decided it would be okay if, upon waking, I found the World had moved on. My friends were in Faerie with me, so how could it possibly be a bad thing? It couldn't. If we decided we didn't want to be in the World, we could have stepped back into Faerie for another one hundred years.
I don't know what else to say... If Faerie beckoned me again, I would go.. (and in less than two weeks I'll be heading to Ireland - Land of the Fae. We'll see what happens then...)
Dance of the Wild Faeries
Gary Stadler And Windy Rule
Posted November 5th, 2009 at 3:16PM
I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange to hear
And followed the glow of a shimming light
That seemed to grow distant as I grew near
The woods were alive with the fragrance of spring
But winter was everywhere clear to see
The moon shone bright and a bat on the wing
Beckoned me closer and said to me:
"A clearing close In the forest you'll find
A fabulous banquet, a fairy ball
If you close your eyes and you open your mind
The veil disappears and you'll see it all"
Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring
Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night
When I closed my eyes to the shimmering light
All memory faded and I could see
That a mushroom circle of red and white
And myriad fairies surrounded me
Beyond all space and beyond all time
On gossamer wings did the fairies fly
With a joy unknown to a music sublime
The fairies danced, and there danced I
Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring
Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night
"Those who seek us surely find us
See the trail we leave behind us
Some bewildered, some enlightened
Some are brave, some are frightened
Are we kind or are we vicious?
Nectar poison or delicious?
That, my sweet, you will discover
Fairy foe, or fairy lover"
Come and play as the wild fairies play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring
Come and dance the wild fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night
I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange to hear
If you happen to pass when the moon is bright
And the veils are thin you will find me here...
If the veils are thin you will find me here
Here's a YouTube link to hear the song. Most of the time when I hear it, it's Little Diva singing it slower, with a lilting Faerie-like voice that makes me want to run into the woods and get lost....
Wild Faeries Dance
The lyrics on YouTube are slightly different towards the end than the ones I've posted.
