Since I've posted about it and have it on my listings, I though
maybe I's give a brief description of Feri Witchcraft. When I first
became interested in the Feri Tradition it was called Faerie or
Faery...over the last ten years or so the spelling was changed to Feri
to set it apart from some of the other Witchcraft Traditions that were
also called Faery...such as the Radical Faeries. I like the "Feri"
spelling as it seems to come from the Latin root word for "wild" and
also "iron" (ferrous)...and Feri is definately "wild" in nature.
The tradition was brought to light by Victor and Cora Anderson and
their lineal descendants. It was popularized to some extent by Starhawk
in her book
The Spiral Dance.
The following copywritten description is from The Covenant of
Rhiannon Community/Church of Ravenstar website, written by Myself and
Henry Buchy:
Victor Anderson is often quoted as saying "Anything worthwhile is
dangerous", and Feri is both. The current in which we work is that of
life and creation. The very power that maintains the cosmos. This
current flows through all things, whether we're conscious of it or not.
Feri isn't really something that can be taught, it can only be learned.
We can only teach one how to learn it. One learns it from deep within
ones self and from the living world around us. We can only teach the
ways to look deep within, and the tools to become conscious of this
deep lusty current of life.
Our training and practices place a
much greater emphasis on developing the most important tool of the
craft; the very self of the Witch. It stresses the importance of deep
inner work, the acknowledgement of things which we'd rather not face,
which are buried deep within us. Yet in so doing, we not only come to
terms with those things that we fear and loathe, but also the true
beauty and grace of our own humanity and our own divinity.
Feri Tradition is the wild power of the woodlands and of the Lords of
the Outer Darkness. We tap into a current of energy that other
traditions would just as soon leave alone, or not recognize at all. And
this can be frightening to the student of our path. Indeed,
we have our darker aspects, just as the Gods do...We are not ALL light
and love...Yes, we love...and deeply...but there is a darker side to
our nature also, as is in all of creation, and we recognize that darker
side. We feel that there is a danger in Not recognizing the darker
aspects within yourself... To be touched by
Feri is to be touched by the wilderness... all that is wild and free...
and it is not a path to tread on lightly...but it IS a path where you
can lightly tread!
Hope that helps a
bit!
Blessings, ~Ravn