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According to Cal State folklorist Sabina Magliocco, author of Witching Culture, fairy belief is alive and well among American pagans.
In a recent talk at the University of Minnesota, she told numerous tales of first-hand 21st-century encounters between modern pagans and the inhabitants of what Robert Kirk called the “Secret Commonwealth.”
Of them all, the following was my favorite. It bears all the hallmarks of classic fairy narrative.
Including the ambivalence.
Who are They, the Twilight Kindreds, the Neighbors, those other peoples in the land?
Called by many names, more felt than seen, once known by everyone everywhere: who are they?
They are the Interiority, the Inwardness of things, the Inside looking Out.
Environmental? Yes. In them, environment looks back at us.
Truly, the kingdom of Faerie lies within.
The host is riding from Knocknarea,
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