Thank you for sharing! It was a lovely gathering, and the replay is up now in for anyone that couldn't join us live ☺️ the-enchanted-academy.mn.co

Thanks Nimue!

(which is to say, I think this is a wonderful idea and there might be a bigger market than you'd think, which would help support making it financially viable. I'd love to see more accessible options for more people!)

I've consider finding a set with braille as I am sighted but 1) I'd like to be able to share the cards with blind/visually impaired people if I ever do a reading/tarot class for them, & 2) I expect my sight to get worse as I age.

So there may be a couple of market options if they're visual too!

I use "faeosophy", in jest but also in seriousness, for when I'm exploring their place in our understanding of metaphysics/philosophy etc.

So I'm a fan of "faeology" as the study of beings & events which are "fae" - fated/magical/uncanny (as the term evolved) - because it's broad & clear. (3/3)

We use it for a huge number of beings & ideas... & it needs to be open to account for many regional/international differences (if we want to allow for potential study elsewhere).

It is a term for beings with family resemblance (like the term "fish"!) so specificity just can't be accurate. (2/3)

Ohhh I love that you asked this.

So the key issue seems to be that the term "fairy" is broad, mutable, & inclusive, rather than definitive, right?

Each option you've given is more focused... And this excludes things that we who engage with them or their study know are related. (1/3)

So, yes, and... Folklorist restricts the study to, well, folklore etc, & that's not the only place to find them, even if that's the common academic place & a good starting point.

They can be studied via literature, anthropology, phenomenology, modern encounters, sociology, history, magic, myth...

I use "faeosophy", in jest but also in seriousness, for when I'm exploring their place in our understanding of metaphysics/philosophy etc.

So I'm a fan of "faeology" as the study of beings & events which are "fae" - fated/magical/uncanny (as the term evolved) - because it's broad & clear. (3/3)

We use it for a huge number of beings & ideas... & it needs to be open to account for many regional/international differences (if we want to allow for potential study elsewhere).

It is a term for beings with family resemblance (like the term "fish"!) so specificity just can't be accurate. (2/3)

Ohhh I love that you asked this.

So the key issue seems to be that the term "fairy" is broad, mutable, & inclusive, rather than definitive, right?

Each option you've given is more focused... And this excludes things that we who engage with them or their study know are related. (1/3)