Through The Faerie Glass: A Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings [Paperback]

Kenny Klein (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 8, 2010

Seducing virgins, preying upon hapless travelers, luring mortals toward madness and death . . . What are faeries really like?

Contrary to today’s sanitized depictions, the hobgoblins, imps, sprites, elves, and other magical creatures embodied in folklore can be quite nasty. Kenny Klein draws on folkloric record—ancient songs, stories of forest and field, legends, myths, and sagas—to reveal faeries’ true nature: where they live; what they do; their desires, fears, powers, proclivities, and enchantments.

Entertaining and enlightening, this unique guide explores human interactions with Mab the Faerie Queen, Puck the prankster, Reynardine the fox man, Jenny Green Teeth, and an array of other legendary fey. It includes rituals and spells for faerie protection, tells the reader how to enlist faerie help in finding lost objects or gaining inspiration, and offers practical tips for those who dare to venture into the world of the Faerie.  

Praise:
“Think you know faeries? This well-researched, compelling book will have you looking twice at shadows and tying bits of red thread around your bedposts for protection.”—Jennifer McMahon, author of Promise Not to Tell

 

 

 

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About the Author

Kenny Klein (California) is a musician, performer, and lecturer who has been active in the Pagan community and on the Renaissance festival and folk music circuits for over twenty years. He has recorded numerous CDs of music and performs year round. Visit him online at www.kennyklein.net.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications; 1 edition (February 8, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0738718831
• ISBN-13: 978-0738718835
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #542,796 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Kenny Klein is a musician, author and artist currently living in New Orleans Louisiana. As an author, Kenny has written several books on Faerie Lore for Llewellyn Worldwide. His newest release is Fairy Tale Rituals, a look at the dark, eerie and erotic elements of well known tales. He also writes for several publications, including www.greeneggzine.com. As a musician, Kenny plays fiddle, guitar, and other strings, and has released nearly a dozen CDs of original music in Celtic, Bluegrass, Jugband and Dark Wave styles. He has also played on several CDs by other artists. Kenny tours about half the year, doing concerts at festivals and other venues. As a fine artist, Kenny creates customized collectible dolls, and paints vintage wooden fiddle cases. Visit Kenny at www.kennyklein.net.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Read, May 30, 2010

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Daniel Payton - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Through The Faerie Glass: A Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings (Paperback)

This compelling, extremely well researched, highly readable book explores the nature of fairies by drawing on mythology, literature, poetry, music and history as it's sources. Mr. Klein presents us with a purer view of fairy nature as they were know prior to their trivialization by the Victorian age.
Often dangerous and sometimes dark, the Good Folk are always true to their nature. Mr. Klein the veil between our world and the fairy realm to give us a good long glimpse at the transformational power of these magical beings from both a psychological and spiritual perspective. Fairy music, sexuality, prophecy and the role of fairies in modern society are all systematically investigated and presented with Mr. Klein's trademark charm and humour.
This book is a must read for anyone working with fairies or elementals. Offers advice on protection and insights into enlisting aid from the fairy realm.
I doubt you will be able to find such insights and wealth of knowledge in any other single book on fairies.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tongue in cheek look at the darker side of fairies, July 19, 2010

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Melissa J. Stratton "deshria" (easthampton ma) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Through The Faerie Glass: A Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings (Paperback)

This book reads like a conversation with Kenny. Its funny, witty and informative. Kenny takes many well known (and quite a few lesser known) folk tales and tradition songs and analyses them in the light of forgotten history, teaching stories, and fairies as a race of real beings.

The book gives you a sense of real fairy belief, not the "fluffified" fairies that come from the victorian era and abound in modern pagan circles. I did not find Kenny insulting in the least. He is just letting us in on the joke. And his witing style make the whole book much easier to digest.

I strongly recommend this book to pagans and christians alike. Whether you just want to read a few good yarns, or want an alternative (and more historically accurate) portrait of fairies.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Through The Faerie Glass, November 23, 2010

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Ena Siochan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Through The Faerie Glass: A Look at the Realm of Unseen and Enchanted Beings (Paperback)

I personally loved this book. I found it highly informative and I think it is perfect for any and all readers of any and all beliefs. As soon as I finished the book I immediately recommended to all of my friends and family and those who didn't read it, I proceeded to tell them everything that happened in it. I have to admit I was quite annoying about it for a bit.

A high majority of writers in modern times feel the need to fluff up their books with advanced language that is boring to read and equally hard to understand. I find this in a lot of alternative religion books. I think it is because they feel that they are not taken seriously if they do not present their material intellectually, however, Kenny had highly informative information in an easy to read way that helped me to better understand the Fae and also kept me interested enough to keep reading. I really enjoyed the way Kenny wrote and I felt like he was there telling me the stories rather than I just reading them.

I found his information highly accurate and informative. Throughout this book I laughed, cried, cringed, and even checked to see if my sister was a changeling, (sadly she was not). So I hope this review helps and I Highly encourage everyone to give this book a shot.