Imagine taking a moonlit walk along a winding country lane. As you turn the corner, you spot a cosy cottage with smoke billowing from its chimney. You see the inhabitants sitting in front of a blazing hearth through the candlelit windows. They notice you peering through the window and seem surprised by your presence. You decide to come back the next day when it's light outside. However, as you return, a chill creeps up your spine. Instead of the welcoming cottage, you find only a pile of rubble, overgrown with a century of bushes and weeds.

In her talk for Solstice titled "Phantom Fairy Cottages” Claire Casely shares eerie stories and theories about haunting landscapes, ghostly houses, and surprising connections to modern-day encounters with fairies and folklore.

Watch the Video Version here: https://youtu.be/YozydpJ-voI

Be my guest or share a fairy sighting: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Title music: The Forest of Butterflies by Twelve Trees

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🍁Little Leaf plays joyfully beneath the gentle sway of her willow tree friend. 🍃One morning, she awakens to the warm embrace of the sunrise, but a strange sensation washes over her. Peering over her bedcovers, she sees sparkling lights ✨hovering by her bed. Is Leaf being guided by fairies? A hummingbird listens at Leaf's window as we discuss her childhood fairy encounter, ghostly visitors seen by a family member, her vibrant art, and her work to help others, all of which comes from the heart. 💞

To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me 🦋

Be my guest or share a fairy sighting: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Connect with Leaf, her art and humanitarian work:

www.instagram.com/leafmoonart/

https://www.redbubble.com/people/LeafMoonArt/shop

The Faery Friends Project | Linktree

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Lauren dreamt of fairies who were asking for her help. Their home in the Forest of Dean 🥬was threatened with destruction, along with all the stories held within the trees. Moved by the fairies' plea, I set out for the forest in August to listen and offer assistance. My journey is intertwined with excerpts from "True Tales of the Fairies of the Forest of Dean" by Dean Bryant-Duncan. 🧚‍♀️

You can watch a short film about my visit here!

To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me... 🦋

Contact the show: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Intro music: Twelve Trees : Forest of Butterflies

🍀Alanna Moore, a master dowser and fairy whisperer, 🧚‍♀️shares her global encounters with fairies of all kinds and how she listens to their whispers to help and live in alignment with Mother Earth. 🧝‍♂️ 🦋 Claire shares a fairy whispering-wander and some intuitive poetry in a new segment. 🙂🧚‍♀️

To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me.

Be my guest or share a fairy sighting: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Connect with Alanna Moore: Permaculture Principles and www.geomantica.com

Pod blog: www.thefairywhispering.com

IG @fairywhisperingpodcast

YT: @fairywhispering

Title music: The Forest of Butterflies by Twelve Trees

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🐶Mark Norman follows the trail of the everyday and extraordinary through the rolling hills of Devon on a quest for folklore. Black Hell hounds bay at death’s door whilst friendlier canine spectres guide lost travellers home. And those pixies are at play! 🧚‍♀️🍀Claire relays her faerie encounters, which are now proudly part of the Folklore Archive…perhaps you, too, have a story to share? To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me…🥬🎨

Contact the show: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Podcast Blog: www.thefairywhispering.com

Submit a tale to the Devon Folklore Archive: ARCHIVES

The Folklore Podcast: www.thefolklorepodcast.com

Connect with Mark Norman: www.instagram.com/thefolklorepodcast/

🪄Join storyteller Henry Everett as he weaves enchanting tales of spirits and wild gods. Experience the magic of nature through his adventures with fairies, pixies, and ancient treasures. Listen closely to catch the whispers of the unexplored world around you!🧚‍♀️

Contact the show: claire@thefairywhispering.com

Contact Henry:

Henry Everett (@henryeverettstoryteller) • Instagram photos and videos
www.henryeverett.com

🧚‍♀️🎨Artist Jessie invites you on a magical journey as she discovers fairies and their enchanting artefacts from photos taken at Heysham Head on the beautiful northwest coast of England. Come along as she explores delightful fairy spots like a charming chapel, an old bridge, and mysterious bogart holes that spill forth silver coins. 💰You’ll also hear fascinating stories about the Vikings and their legendary curse, a mysterious labyrinth designed to trap fairies, and ancient graves carved into stone. Plus, get ready to meet the fairies she’s found along the way! 🧚‍♀️

To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me...🧚‍♀️🪄

Contact the show: ⁠claire@thefairywhispering.com⁠ or

⁠clairefairywhisperer@gmail.com⁠

Podcast Blog: www.thefairywhispering.com

Jessie Holmes Links:

www.saveheyshamheadrockart.wordpress.com

www.goodthingscollective.co.uk/jessica-holmes

www.instagram.com/jessieh6390/

Contact Jessie: spritestudiomorecambe@gmail.com Music in epsiode:

Clear Water Salvation

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The Gift - Pagan - Norse Background Music

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🎃Happy Halloween! Are you brave enough to listen to these spooky tales from the Fairy Whispering archives?

👻 Paul runs into a spectre while driving on a lonely Dartmoor road at night...😱

👻 Jayne comes face to face with a ghoulish matron in an abandoned building...😨

👻 Melanie's bedtime is interrupted by a ghostly horse🐎

👻 Chris meets a stranger on a misty mire who guides him to safety then evaporates... 😨‼️ 👻 Gem is troubled by knocking, tapping and orbs in her aunties hotel...🫢

👻 And yours' truly, the Fairy Whisperer, encounters a swirling mist in an old Inn...😱

To catch a fairy whisper, you have to listen closely, listen with me...🧚‍♀️🪄

Contact the show: clairefairywhisperer@gmail.com

www.faerywhisperer.co.uk

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