Why Fairies Aren't Bad Part 3 or How this all ties together

So why don't I think there are bad Fairies? Well, first is I don't believe that beings and living things are inherently bad or evil. We have learned that most people who we might label as evil have had emotional trauma and/or severe psychological problems. These are pretty uniquely human traits. I do not believe there is a battle of good and evil inside humans or in nature. These concepts are human constructs.

Then we move into the oral tradition. Fairies have existed all over the globe in every culture before written history. All of us have ancestors that connected with Fairies. Then we have the injection of Christianity that tells people that the thing that happened was a trick. These beings are ruled by the devil and here to trick humanity. So the stories that were being told change. The perspective shifts. Much like how the medicine woman that was birthing babies and healing the sick became the witch who was hexing and tricking the tribe, Fairies morph from beings who share space and work with us to beings who have menace in mind. Nature has become something to conquer rather than to live in as part of an ecosystem, and we become more detached from the animals, plants, and beings of nature. This shifts our perspective to how we must defend against nature rather than being at peace with its cycles. Soon, we are no longer a part of nature and see ourselves as separate from it.

I am not saying that a Fairy has never caused harm. Much like all forces of nature—be they earthquakes, wind, or random pests—we can experience harm if we are not careful with our interactions. Not all Fairies are interested in helping Humanity. They have focuses for their energy. Also, accidents happen. I have accidentally smacked a friend when trying to open a stubborn chip bag. My point is that these acts—be it accidental, setting a boundary, or bringing balance to a situation—are not an attack with the intention to cause harm to Humans.

There is also miscommunication, especially back a thousand years ago. Can you imagine trying to talk to someone from 1023? Language is not the same. How they perceived the world is very different. Now imagine you are a magical being from another realm trying to communicate with them to help both realms evolve.

There is also miscommunication, especially back a thousand years ago. Can you imagine trying to talk to someone from 1023? Language is not the same. How they perceived the world is very different. Now imagine you are a magical being from another realm trying to communicate with them to help both realms evolve. The fact that any communication happened is amazing! It is easy to see how a Fairy having an experience with a human could think they were being clear and the human thinking they are speaking in riddles.

Colonization and Capitalism benefits from people being separated from each other and nature, and colors the perspective of our society to see nature as dangerous. All of these things have changed our perspective on Fairies and shifted how we interact with them. Just being aware of how our perspective has been colored and having a willingness to question it starts to open your mind for a different experience. I have a lot more information on how to connect and build a relationship with the Fairies coming. I wanted to start here because this mindset has to be dismantled before you can attempt to build a healthy relationship with them. I hope this has helped shift your perspective some.

Why the Fairies Aren't Bad Part 2 or How the straight white colonial capitalistic perspective has colored how we view nature and history

When you look at a pride of lions, what do you see? Is it an alpha male who has gathered a cluster of female mates to do his bidding? Or is it an empowered female collective sharing talents and skills to thrive while keeping and placating one lazy male to do the one thing they can't? How we observe nature, history, and sciences in general affects how information about it is passed along.

There are two rules of thought that are still prevalent today. One is “I am righteous and God is rewarding me, and therefore, my actions are just.” The other is humans are the superior species. I am a part of this superior evolution and have great intellect, so my perspective is correct. Both are dangerous. The reason Darwin's theory of evolution was chosen by the scientific community as the correct theory (there were others) is because it fit so well with capitalism. Even his theory over the years has been twisted and used to create a perspective that it is natural to be greedy and oppressive. As if those are the traits that would make a human stronger and survive longer in the wild.

Even his theory over the years has been twisted and used to create a perspective that it is natural to be greedy and oppressive. As if those are the traits that would make a human stronger and survive longer in the wild.

Nature is not greedy. It's the reasons prey and predator can be in the same tank at an aquarium. The predator is fed plenty and has no need to hunt. Nature runs on balance and cooperation. There is no battle for land or war of plants. Ferns protect the forest floor and roots. Trees protect the ferns. Birds and squirrels eats the seeds and nuts but also spread the seeds and nuts. The wolf is not bad or evil for eating a bunny, just as the bunny is not bad or evil for eating the plant. The main motivation for nature is to bring things into balance. While a tsunami, earthquake, or other natural disaster is not a good experience, they themselves are not evil, bad, or a form of punishment.

Let's cover this punishment part because I think this is big part of the warped perspective modern humans have. Seeing everything as being done to you as a reward or a punishment creates a perspective where you miss so much about what is happening around you. It creates a lens where you are so focused on yourself and your own actions that you miss connection and observing others. We should strive to be the mouse who investigates the lion roaring to discover how it can help to pull a thorn from its paw. Not our ancestors, who projected their beliefs onto the cultures they found and only saw how they could profit from them.

Colonizers looked at cultures that had maps of the stars, agriculture, and complex social structures and called them savage and misrepresented what it was they did, how their tools were used, and even their intentions behind sacred rites. They took what was helpful and demonized the rest. The spirits/beings they talked to, worshiped, or lived with were labeled demons working for Satan. They would take certain practices and incorporate it into Christian ones to convert them. Those that didn't convert were uncivilized. All of this was to assert themselves as the superior race/group of people and justify their actions of conquering and oppressing.

This is where Fairies get demonized, saying they are tricking humans with ill intent to turn them away from the Christian God. They become anywhere on the spectrum from mischievous to malicious, but any way around it—untrustworthy

This is where Fairies get demonized, saying they are tricking humans with ill intent to turn them away from the Christian God. They become anywhere on the spectrum from mischievous to malicious, but any way around it—untrustworthy. Since a majority of cultures pass on their myths orally, this new perspective crawls into their stories and is passed down. Now changelings want to steal your baby, djinn (genies) are twisting wishes, and brownies or duende steal things from your home instead of protect it.

A more recent version is to demonize the chronically ill, or really all illness and ailments. I totally believe in miracle healings. I have seen it multiple times. I totally believe that our thoughts and beliefs play a part of our health. What I don't agree with is blaming sick people for not being well or feeling superior because of your health. Healthy people want to believe that their diet, exercise, and or energetic habits keep them healthy and safe. All those things help, but you never know what genetics will play into your health. Also, suggesting that all someone needs to do to “fix” themselves is do these simple exercises is rude. What I find interesting is how many of those people still need glasses and dental care and don't see the irony there.

Nature and humanity thrive when cooperation happens. Cultures of the past supported their sick and elderly. We are tribal by nature and all need that support. Again, Colonization and Capitalism benefit from separating people from a tribe and providing some basic necessities for those that work hard enough, instead of pooling resources so everyone can live comfortably. What does this have to do with Fairies? Part 3 will tie all of this together.

Why Fairies Aren't Bad Part 1 Or Why we need to dismantle Jude0-Christian Colonization capitalist mind sets from New Age spirituality

I get asked a lot of questions about fairies, but what I get asked probably the most is: how do I know Fairies aren't dangerous? Or what about bad fairies? I have simple answers for this. Fairies are the essence of the natural world and the natural world isn't good or bad, it just is. Fairies don't experience the same kind of trauma that often creates the “bad” we experience as humans. But to really understand, we have to go deeper into a larger issue.

Most of the western world, and definitely the US, has structures set up by white colonials from a Jude0-Christian perspective. We all have spent our lives marinating in this propaganda, and it makes it hard to see things outside of that perspective. Most things are seen as hierarchies, battles between good and evil, and everything is either a reward or punishment. These are not natural laws or ways of being, yet we often project them onto the natural world and spirituality that is not Judeo-Christian based.

What am I talking about? We are put into classrooms by age, and the older you are, the higher you are in the hierarchy. This helps enforce the authority of the adults in the system. You are graded and often rewarded or punished for your behavior. That's just school. There are many articles out there about the many microaggressions that happen in our society, and that creates another hierarchy and class system. Add land ownership, financial brackets, and capitalism, and you have more class-based systems, beliefs, and warfare. “Work hard and you will be rewarded” or “Sacrifice for others and you will be taken care in kind” are the mottos of our society. All of these support the superiority of Christianity, capitalism, and class systems.

I feel like I need to put a disclaimer in here. I don't dislike Christianity. I don't want people to think I am attacking their religion. My issue is with the way Christianity has been used in the past to set up systems that benefit the few and use the many. This mindset is still prevalent today and completely separated from Christianity in some cases, with science and technology used as justification. Christianity was the label used for actions, and though it influenced, it did not cause them, and I am very aware of that. It is why I am calling out the way New Age spiritualism is being used in similar ways now.

New Age spirituality was created for privileged white women, mostly. It is used to give them a sense of purpose and fulfillment that they feel they are lacking because they live in an oppressive capitalist system that constantly tells them they are not enough and uses them as a resource also. Why wouldn't you look for answers in distant lands and other realms? It's much easier to go to yoga and trust that karma will get the oppressors than dismantle systems of oppression.

New Age spirituality was created for privileged white women, mostly. It is used to give them a sense of purpose and fulfillment that they feel they are lacking because they live in an oppressive capitalist system that constantly tells them they are not enough and uses them as a resource also. Why wouldn't you look for answers in distant lands and other realms? It's much easier to go to yoga and trust that karma will get the oppressors than dismantle systems of oppression.

Like every time I hear someone say “Karma is a Bitch,” I want to shake them and say “No, it's not a reward and punishment system! It isn't a judgment-based belief,” but I just keep my mouth shut. In a world where yoga has become an exercise class at gyms, it’s too long a conversation to have. I don’t have the time to explain that using a spiritual practice as a focus to sell clothes, “equipment,” and namaste stickers is not just cultural appropriation, it's missing the biggest part of the teachings. The journey for peace within to gain peace in the world is replaced with the journey for abs and flexibility as well as the ability to flex about how “enlightened” you are, and that's why you are not angry about the state of the world.

Yoga and karma are just a couple of the many culturally appropriated “spiritual” paths. So many have been broken into bits so people (mainly white) can find the parts they can sell, polish, and/or use to show their superiority over the “lesser vibration people.”

Yoga and karma are just a couple of the many culturally appropriated “spiritual” paths. So many have been broken into bits so people (mainly white) can find the parts they can sell, polish, and/or use to show their superiority over the “lesser vibration people.” It's what our forefathers did when they went out and claimed the land that would work best for them and gave infertile land to the “savages” they didn't kill because our ancestors were “God's chosen people” and knew what was best. We have a history of using the resources of other cultures and feeling entitled to them.

This may sound harsh, and it is. I am not exempt from this. These are my ancestors too. I am also guilty of using the lingo of the New Age movement. This is a “we” problem and looking at the harsh truths and facing them is the only way we start changing and doing better. When I talk about Fairies, I talk about how they are in every culture around the world. So I am stealing from every culture. In some ways, at this point in history, we can't help but steal from other cultures because it's all colliding and connected. I'm not even against anyone doing yoga, even if it’s just for fun and flexibility. At this point, it has a culture of its own. What I am against is the using of these things to imply your superiority to others. I am against the use of these things to excuse you from the participation in our society and the transgressions that happen here. I am against the need to look at everything as punishment and reward and the need to prove you are winning at life. Because what I see is how everyone feels like a failure and judges themselves so harshly for being humans having a human experience. We have demonized the natural world and brainwashed ourselves into thinking that certain ways of being are natural. That is the focus of part 2.