Don't take this lightly.  The Fey Folk are wild and thier integrity so strong and unusual that you must be carefull with them.  However, if you approach one correctly, he/she can be an honorable, powerful and delightfull ally.      If you find that you cannot handle the power of this rite, courteously end the visit.  If an evil entity arrives by accident,end the visit, either with courtesy or rudeness, whichever is safest and more effective.

HOW TO MEET A FAERIE

DO EACH NUMBERED STEP BEFORE GOING ON THE NEXT

1).  Focus on the dark of the mind's eye, the darkness that's automatically there when your eyes are          closed. 2).  See that darkness filled with a glowing green, a Faerie green, a magick glow. 3).  Feel that magick, green, Fey glow start swirling around you, bathing you in it's beauty, bathing you       in magick. 4).  Enjoy drinking in that magick for a moment. 5).  Let that Fey power feed you, cleanse you, and give you things you need.  Let it work magick on           you. 6).  Into that green mist, call out for a Faerie friend. Don't demand a visit, for we do not control the Fey       Folk.  Invite with warmth, courtesy, good will and good cheer. 7).  Greet and welcome your visitor with dignity and courtesy.  Ask his/her name and his/her need of            you.  If no name given you , usually you should end the visit.  When you meet someone on the             physical plane who will not tell you his/her name there is usually something awry right? 8).  Never lightly make an agreement with a Faerie.  They take commitments very seriously.  And are           tricksters, who often have an unusual view as to what life should be like.  You may not want the             same goals as they. 9).  Visit.  Then do the following steps.  If you fall asleep, your visit must be happening on an                       unconsious level so you would still need the following steps upon wakening. 10).  If you would like, ask your visitor for something you need. 11).  Make thanks for the visit, and for any help you were given.  At this point it may be appropriate to          promise or give a gift, Eg a bit of food and a drink left out at night. 12).  Perhaps this spirit will become your friend for a while or even a lifetime.  You can use this ritual to         visit with him/her again.  But for now say "farewell".  13).  After doing something like this ritual, one might be in an altered state without realizing it.  If you             then do something like drive, walk at night along a city street, or cook, you could possibly go                 through a red light, get mugged, or burn yourself, all because you were off in another world!  So,          after you finish step 12, do the two following steps.      A.  Spend some time consciously on the embodied, mundane plane by making your mind                           concentrate on physical things.         B.  Then continue this focusing by looking both ways carefully across streets or paying special,                   concious attention to kitchen safety or whatever focus is appropriate to the activity in which you            become involved.           Use these two steps until you are well focused onto the embodied plane.        You may feel very sharp and alert and think there is no need for step 13.  Please do it anyway.  For one thing, alert as you are, you might be alert only to the SPIRIT plane!  Take the time to become alert to the physical realm.  If you are feeling really spacy or "out there" add body stretches or do some other very physical but safe activity that will focus you onto your own body. BY FRANCESCA DE GRANDIS, COPYRIGHT  1994