Confessions of Fiona
Confessions of Fiona
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Blamires, Steve. The Confessions of Fiona: Mythology and Folklore of the Faerie. Chicago: Crossed Crow Books, 2025.
The Confessions of Fiona by Steve Blamires details the beliefs, stories, and tenets of the Sidhe as revealed by one of the Sidhe, Fiona Macleod. For twelve years, this faery woman laid out the entire mythology, pantheon, and rituals of the faeries themselves. This volume reveals, expands, and explains what we can learn from her. In 1893, the Scottish writer and mystic William Sharp (1855-1905) started writing under the name Fiona McLeod. The name Fiona did not exist before then, at least not in our world. Fiona dictated to Sharp the mythology and deities that the faeries recognize. None of these myths, legends, gods, or goddesses were known to humans prior to Fiona's revelations.
Steve Blamires has studied the esoteric faery tradition for thirty years and presents here a unique ritual system; previously unknown myths, legends, and gods and goddesses, offering insight to the modern researcher of this fascinating nonhuman magical body of work. Woven into the legends that the faeries share is a whole ritual magical tradition that humans can emulate with a basic knowledge of the Western magical tradition, the four festivals, the four magical tools, and what has come to be known as pathworking. But they are all significantly different from our human perspective. Faeries are large, shockingly powerful, and, at times, cruel and dangerous. Blamires shows how and when these mighty beings of ancient times were literally shrunken to become the Tinkerbells of popular imagery. Also included is an in-depth look at the faery god Dalua--a truly dark, dangerous god but a necessary one. Blamires has also included an appendix to help readers access more of Fiona McLeod's writings and teachings. The appendix details all of Fiona's essential works and scores of relevant direct quotations throughout the book.
"Exploration of the pathways of the Avalonian Tradition with a focus on priestess roles within a group and the Pagan community at large. Includes references to history and geography of Arthurian/Avalonian lore"
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