TY - BOOK AU - Gaffin,Dennis TI - Running with the Fairies: Towards a Transpersonal Anthropology of Religion SN - 9781443839341 AV - GR153.5 .G34 2012 U1 - 398.209415 PY - 2012/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Pub. KW - Fairies KW - Ireland KW - Folklore KW - Fées KW - Irlande KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Folklore & Mythology KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - gnd KW - Erfahrung KW - Glaube KW - Lebenswelt KW - Märchen KW - Legende KW - Irland N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-290) and index; Introduction -- What are fairies? -- Opening up -- From childhood to Eureka -- Connections -- adult fairy experience -- Lightness, drama, and the natural world: attitude and preparation for fairymindedness -- Lightness and drama -- Fairyfolk in the natural world -- Minette's fairyLands -- Fieldwork and personalwork -- Perspectives and writings on fairies -- No bad fairies -- The unconceptual -- Realization -- Awareness of fairy -- Incarnation and reincarnation -- Mission, purpose, responsibility -- Fairypeople traits -- Physical traits -- Sensitivities and personality -- Healing and well-being -- Individual transformation -- Fairyfolk together -- Ireland: the fairy portal, artistry music, art, creativity -- Consciousness, evolution, planet; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2011 N2 - Running with the Fairies: Towards a Transpersonal Anthropology of Religion is a unique account of the living spirituality and mysticism of fairyfolk in Ireland. Fairyfolk are fairyminded people who have had direct experiences with the divine energy and appearance of fairies, and fairypeople, who additionally know that they have been reincarnated from the Fairy Realm. While fairies have been folklore, superstition, or fantasy for most children and adults, now for the first time in a scholarly UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=532255 ER -