Fairy Spells: Seeing & Communicating with the Fairies [Hardcover]

Claire Nahmad (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1998

These beautifully illustrated and charming spells will remind readers how to enter the fairy realms of their childhood and to once again become a friend of the fairy folk.

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About the Author

Claire Nahmad is the author of Earth Magic and Your Guardian Angel.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 64 pages
• Publisher: Souvenir Press; 2nd edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0285634704
• ISBN-13: 978-0285634701
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #712,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful but not recommended, November 6, 2004

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Dee Sanfilippo Solindas "elvendrums" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fairy Spells: Seeing & Communicating with the Fairies (Hardcover)

This small hardcover book is illustrated with many famous paintings from the past. It's an interesting mixture of things, as the author talks as much about angels as she does about faerie, relegating the latter to things of children and vegetation and other "lesser energies." That's probably the biggest issue I take with the book. In many ways, she makes work with fairy seem almost formulaic, providing information on fairy hours and special days and what she calls "fairy dieties."

Some of the advice given is very Christian in orientation, making this a good book for those who see faerie in that way. In it she writes "I who walk with angels would walk with the fairies," and describes a secret well of the heart called the Cup of Mary. Her spells are formulaic as well, with lots of poetry, and they link fairy with angels in a way that isn't comfortable for me.

Although I don't particularly like this book, I agree with her writing on the use of imagination and intuition as gateways to faerie. She stresses the importance of attitude and intent in working with them and I agree.

The book makes no references to other books, and no bibliography is included. It's not one I'd particularly recommend.

24 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, March 13, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Fairy Spells: Seeing & Communicating with the Fairies (Hardcover)

This book is called Fairy Spells, leading one to believe that the book has, well, fairy spells. There are only about two passages that might be construed as spells, and they are badly constructed and far too cumbersome to be of any use. The information on fairies was a rehash of 18th century poets and didn't bring anything new or interesting to the subject.

The pictures were lovely, and the poetry was very nice, so it gets two stars for that. But to be honest, I got more relevant information about fairies from the movie Fairy Tale, and that was not the best of movies.

If you like poetry and general information on fairies, than this is a good book for you. But the book is called Fairy Spells and just doesn't live up to the title. Anyone who actually wants to connect with the fairy realm would do much better to turn to just about anything written by the Frouds and leave this overpriced nicely illustrated book on the shelves.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellence in this Topic, August 24, 2000

By A Customer

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This review is from: Fairy Spells: Seeing & Communicating with the Fairies (Hardcover)

I was a bit hesitant about purchasing this book because other people had given it a poor review. But I LOVED it! It was informative, with beautiful pictures. I admit it did not have many spells, making the title misleading, but it was beautiful, and worth buying.