The Modern Witchcraft Guide to Fairies: Your Complete Guide to the Magick of the Fae (Modern Witchcraft Magic, Spells, Rituals)

This book is written by a hack and intended only for other hacks. It’s the typical ahistorical Wiccan propaganda that traffics way too heavily in syncretism, and all the illogical associations therein, at the expense of truth, knowledge, or sanity.Every “spell” in this book is the expected Wiccan nonsense about buying highly specific objects, leaving litter all over the natural world, and so on - except in this book, Ms. Alexander tacks on “thank the fairies for their help.” The fairies literally have no purpose and nothing meaningful to do with her rituals.Despite her matter-of-fact tone, fairies are not responsible for the world’s natural processes, nor are they waiting around for Wiccans to give them a purpose, nor do they lack emotion, nor are crystals sentient life forms (who can withstand fracturing and being tumbled - but a drilled hole will “kill them”), nor does feng shui have to do with any of this. The author’s “research” is incredibly inaccurate and bizarrely vague. For example, there is no way that old-time Europeans knew anything about chakras, yet she presents it as a real thing. (There’s that insistence on syncretism at all costs…) She also name drops many types of fae, yet she doesn’t understand their purposes. She mentions spriggans as the “police force of the fae”, yet in folklore, they just hate people and cause trouble for no reason. She claims repeatedly that fae are not Disney-fied or cutesy, yet she also says that “they are too delicate to like rap music” and other contradictory nonsense. Where are her sources???On top of it all, her writing is truly awful. She keeps going on tangents (a particularly memorable one is about her laughable psychic journey into outer space) and the whole book is written in an extremely obnoxious tone. She throws in quotes from more talented people to seem smarter herself, but it just makes her book look even worse. I can’t even describe how bad this book is. It’s that terrible.Do yourself a favor and spend the $15 on a better book about fairies. This is a complete waste of time. I wouldn’t even buy it used.The cover is pretty though… very Disney.

I wanted to love this book but didn’t. It’s pretty dry. I’m also not convinced the author is knowledgeable about fairies.

I thought I knew about fairies until I read Skye's book. Her style is entertaining while staying informative and intriguing. This book gives depth to the study of fairies while staying upbeat and engaging. The book encourages me to find out more about these magical creatures. I highly recommend this book for the curious beginner and seasoned fairy worker alike.

I liked that she not only gave you information about fairies but gave you examples of how to work with them to achieve your aims. Very insightful, very informative.

Definitely a great book highly recommend

I know nothing about faires and this looked interesting, I have other books by the same author so I thought why not, it's quite out there to be honest, I have learnt some things and kept an open mind, I do think that some things she has wrote are more fantasy, especially about her out of space spiritual travel but on the whole not bad, I think there is probably better fairy books out there and it has lead me to want to learn more, pity I couldn't borrow the book instead of buying it