"FAIRIES: Real Encounters with Little People"

                              by Janet Bord  
 
  "My book concentrates on reports of sightings of fairies, not the fairy-tales which
  abound in folklore.

  The first-hand reports often describe fairies looking very different from the tiny
  winged creatures most people think of as fairies. In fact they are often 3 feet tall!

  I've also written about Fairyland or The Otherworld in my book, and possible links
  with UFOs and aliens.

  Janet Bord

  http://www.bordbooks.co.uk/home.html


                         REVIEWS

   From the Publisher
   Fairy lore has a long history and is deeply ingrained in the folk memory of many
   different peoples and cultures.
   Janet Bord's investigation of this unexplored aspect of the supernatural reveals
   where you might be expected to meet fairies, under what circumstances, and what
   they would look and sound like. The author investigates the strong links that
   exist between sightings of fairies and of creatures alighting from UFOs. Are
   fairies beings from other planets, fallen angels, or our primitive ancestors?

   Whatever the verdict, the evidence for the existence of fairies is surprisingly
   convincing. 

 
   From The Critics
   Publisher's Weekly
   Those who have fond memories of bedside tales about trolls, hobbits and gossamer
   -winged spirits should relish this compendium of (allegedly) real fairy sightings.
   Bord (A Dictionary of the Earth's Mysteries), who lives in Wales, uses the word
   "fairy" to refer to human-like beings of small stature, between four inches and
   four feet tall, who have magical powers. Those who have seen "nature" fairies
   report that they are tiny, often green-skinned, naked and delicately winged.
   The "wee people" are a larger type, usually dressed in rustic, medieval clothing.

   Although she admits that no recorded encounters can be verified, Bord proposes
   that the large number of reported encounters and the similarities among them
   indicate that our less rangy counterparts exist. But how to place them in time
   and space?
   Bord offers several possibilities: they may dwell in a parallel universe, or
   perhaps underground, in a fourth dimension, on other planets or in "other worlds"
   created  by sorcery. With the exception of two short accounts that the author
   herself records, the sightings come from other published sources. And that's a
   shame, because more firsthand interviews with people who claim magical experiences
   with the little people might have added sparkle to what is a somewhat dry, albeit
   well-researched, digest. QPB selection. (Oct.)

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   Book Description
   Hordes of tiny people playing at a spot in Wales called "Fairies Bog"...an
   impossibly tiny shoe found in Ireland ...fairy dust discovered on Mount Shasta,
   California...the wondrous sighting of a winged woman inside a rose. These and many
   more astounding accounts offer tangible evidence about the existence of fairies,
   dwarves, gnomes, pixies, brownies, and elves. Amazing facts include information on
   the healing powers of fairies, the connection between the little people and UFOs,
   fairy sites to visit in the British Isles, and much more!

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   "FAIRIES: Real Encounters with Little People"
    Janet Bord

   MICHAEL O'MARA, LONDON 1997, HB, £15.99, pp182,
   INDEX, NOTES, BIB, PLATES, ILLUS. 
   ISBN 1-85479-698-4.

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