The Sidhe: Wisdom from the Celtic Otherworld

This is the BEST book on contacting and communicating with fairies. It is easy to read, easy to understand, gives ways for you to actually do it and is simply wonderful. Buy it! You will be very happy you did.

No doubt that John Matthews and his wife Caitlin are two of the most knowleadgable specialists on Celtic Myth and History, but besides of this, John and Caitlin's real inner contacts with the people of The Sidhe and the inhabitants of the Celtic Otherworld are unparalleled. The book in question is great,extremely easy to read, with a fantastic message, and specific practices to develop your own contact with The Sidhe, a book full of hope and light for everyone who has the sensibility to listen.

I got it this book and meant to just "browse" through it and then put it in my library for future reading. (I was very busy at the time) The future should definitely not be boring, with the amount of books I have set aside for that purpose. :) However, from the moment I read the first page, I could not put it down. I read until I reached the end of the book. I have the disadvantage of often being very logical and skeptical about things, but there is not a single doubt in my mind that the experiences of the author are very real and deliver a very powerful message. In fact, I believe the message itself is so inspiring, that even if you remain skeptical about whether this is fact or fiction, you will still be moved in a very profound way. Some concepts brought up in the book, are validation for what I have already learned from other teachers, but other concepts are completely new. Anyone who has an interest in the faery faith, or who would hope to be a walker between the worlds, should definitely put this at the very top of their "must read" list.

I felt the call on this book, and my instincts have proved right for me. Very real stuff here, my inner sense kept saying yes, yes as I read feverishly yesterday. I do feel what he brought through in this book to be authentic. It puts me in mind of Tanis Helliwell's book _Summer with the Leprechauns_, and also some parts about the ancestors touched on some things in Frank MacEowan's _The Mist-Filled Path_. Not that I am suggesting these individuals are plagarizing one another, no, but I am suggesting these threads of information are emerging and twining around their and our, consciousnesses because we may be more ready to receive it. In fact, in Tanis's story the leprechaun made her promise to wait ten years from when he gave her his teachings, because humanity would be more ready then to hear it. Her book then came out in '97. Now, in John Matthew's book we have "The Fair Shining Ones" or one, telling and suggesting ways of healing our fragmented selves. I am very interested in the fae path, and was most intrigued by the voice of the Sidhe that emerged, sounding very different indeed from how they are portrayed in our myths and legends. What is most special in this particular work, is the Great Glyph -- so we are not just passively being told this, we are invited and encouraged to work with the Sidhe folk ourselves, so then we will have (or not) all the proof we need, and possibly great insight and a path to peace besides. Everything the man of the Sidhe told John resonated with great wisdom and truth to me. Highly recommended. Dawn Killen-Courtney, author of _The Trollton Chronicles_ series.

If you're interested in Faerie, especially if you've always felt a personal connection with the Sidhe, this book is absolutely a must. The only truly sincere and genuine-feeling 'channeled' text I have ever come across, it's not doom-ridden or grandiose, but touching, fascinating, and inspiring, with more than just a ring of truth about it. Not only that, but the featured 'Great Glyph of the Sidhe' will open your eyes and soul to a new world and enable you to explore it yourself, and gain answers to your own questions. I don't say this lightly- this book will change your life.