Danu Forest is a Celtic shaman, seer, druid witch and priestess residing in Glastonbury, UK. Her first book Nature Spirits: Wyrd Lore and Wild Fey Magicwas published in 2008 by Wooden Books. This lovely little book is a guide to the hidden otherworld of Faeries and Elementals, and is splendidly illustrated by Dan Goodfellow. Danu has also written numerous articles for Pagan and faerie magazines, some of which are available to read on her website. There you will also find details of courses and workshops taught by Danu to deepen your connection to Faerie.

Danu Forest is a Celtic shaman, seer, druid witch and priestess residing in Glastonbury, UK. Her first book Nature Spirits: Wyrd Lore and Wild Fey Magicwas published in 2008 by Wooden Books. This lovely little book is a guide to the hidden otherworld of Faeries and Elementals, and is splendidly illustrated by Dan Goodfellow. Danu has also written numerous articles for Pagan and faerie magazines, some of which are available to read on her website. There you will also find details of courses and workshops taught by Danu to deepen your connection to Faerie.

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the stunning photography of Time of the Faeries. The team have been working on their new series The Elemental Goddesses for some time, with the Fire and Earth Elementals completed, and Water under way. Donny and Joseph are now fund-raising to bring the remaining Elementals to life. Contributions help fund the pre-production and studio costs, meaning the project can be completed sooner. For full details please visit the Kickstarter page, where you can also view a video showing a little of what goes into each photoshoot.

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the stunning photography of Time of the Faeries. The team have been working on their new series The Elemental Goddesses for some time, with the Fire and Earth Elementals completed, and Water under way. Donny and Joseph are now fund-raising to bring the remaining Elementals to life. Contributions help fund the pre-production and studio costs, meaning the project can be completed sooner. For full details please visit the Kickstarter page, where you can also view a video showing a little of what goes into each photoshoot.

Emily Carding, previously a Featured Artist here on Fae Nation, is something of a genius when it comes to tarot. Her innovative Transparent Tarot, based on the traditional system, was released in 2008 to high acclaim. Now Emily has created the Transparent Oracle, a deck of 70 transparent circular cards which comes with 128 page companion guidebook and a white reading cloth. The Oracle is arranged in 7 sets of ten cards, each representing the 7 directions (east, south, west, north, above, below & within). Within each direction there are cards to represent a season, weather, element, time of day, landscape, guides and elementals (for the 4 compass directions) or aspects such as the planets and senses (in the remaining 3 directions). The deck’s symbolism will be familiar to anyone with a passing interest in folklore, Shamanism, astrology and ceremonial magick – however, that in no way means you need be an expert in any of those things to get a lot from this oracle! The symbols and images are simple and so clear that they can be understood immediately on an intuitive level by virtually anyone.
Aside from this wonderful simplicity, the beauty of this deck comes in the way the cards work together to paint a picture. When the individual cards are laid one on top of another, new and exciting images are born which uncover even greater depth and meaning. The splendid guidebook suggests several ways in which to use the cards, going beyond the usual divination. I’m particularly intrigued with the idea of using the cards to inform storytelling.
My one very small issue is the size of the cards, which I found a little too big to shuffle comfortably (but this could well be my small hands which are to blame!). But otherwise, this is an extremely fascinating oracle system and one I can see myself turning to frequently in the future.

Buy the Transparent Oracle from Amazon.co.uk