Tree/Fairy Poll

[medit8ive_spirit]

Ok, my thread about pics from my tree friends has prompted me to post this poll. Seems that between one of the replies to the post and a couple of pm's have set me to wondering.....how many of you feel that there are tree friends and/or faieries????

[MoonDust]

Aye

[SerenityMoon]

Nnnnnnnnnope.

[Shanti]

I do!!!! And in everything, faeries, friends, entities, spirits, all sorts of other life forms!
No doubts there!! :)

[Cyzarine]

I do believe in the above and others.

[2-G]

I believe in those, and many other beings.^_^

[Flaire-FireStar]

What are 'Tree Friends', if you dont mind my asking? :)

[Pol]

I'm not sure what you mean by Tree Friends, but I have definitely had a couple of friends that were trees. And I'm a big believer in faeries.

[Gypsy flower]

yes all of the above and then some! :dancy:

[Autumn Sidhe]

Definately! (friends, faeries and other)

[Bryte Phyre]

Most defently Tree spirits, tree feiries; house nymph as well and foest nymphs....there all around you some you feel some you see and most defently they can cause peace and stress in a persons life.

:broomride

Bright Blessing to all the little feiries big and small.

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[Pesha]

Oh yes indeed I beleive. Tree freinds faeries. Sprits, you name them, I beleive in them. What people do not understand is that this world is magickal and so full of wonderful things. All you have to do is beleive.
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****Runs around MW sprinkling Faery Dust on everyone****

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[Ambertree]

Me too. Im still learning but it is exciting!

[LadyCelt]

I believe in all of these beings

[StarCraftLia]

I e

[enchancea]

I believe in the fae and various nature spirits along with alot of other things

[FaerieGothMommy]

I do!!!! And in everything, faeries, friends, entities, spirits, all sorts of other life forms!
No doubts there!! :)

Yep, me too! :)

[instinct]

i believe!

[elfmage]

I interact with both, so I'd have to believe in them, or acknowledge that I am mad.... :lol:

[LostSheep]

I'm not sure what I'd call them, but spirits, entities, sure - manifestations of the gods, if you like.

[Pesha]

When I was living in Baxter Springs KS. I had a tree in my yard. Big tree. It had a branch that looked just like a dragons head. And one had branchs that formed a pentagram. I have been lucky to know some great trees.

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[frigga]

I belive that there are spirits of trees abd the rest of nature, as to whether or not their tree spirits or faries in the way I was tought to believe, I don't know. :whatmewor I've never seen 'um! But I've definatly felt a presense at times and places.

[Pagan Mantis]

I believe in all of the above. I like talking to trees and am working on learning more about faeries.

[phoenixblayze]

i have talked with trees all my life, its great

[merlo]

. I have been lucky to know some great trees.


Yea, I love my trees. I feel sad if I can't go out somewhere and have quiet time with my friends. Since I was a small child, I would climb trees to sit and daydream.

[Lirazel]

i have always felt deeply connected to nature and spirits of nature, which i believe can include faeries. i dearly hope to one day be able to interact with such beings.

[medit8ive_spirit]

Thanks to all who have replied. It's nice to know that I'm not alone.

I have my tree friends that are trees, that were wonderful enough to let me share their beauty, their shade and their friendship. Then there is at least one faerie, because I've seen it's smile! And the way I understand it, if there's one, there has to be more! Then there are the faces on my tree friends that I feel are a collaboration between the trees and the faerie(s). Those faces are what I took pics of. Maybe this will help answer the questions posted earlier as to what I mean by tree friends.

All of this wondering about trees came about, after I had asked my spirit guide(s) to reveal their presence to me. I had given up, gone outside, and was sitting on my garden swing, up under the carport. It was raining lightly...and when I looked over to the tree....I saw the smile....wasn't sure at first that I had seen it,
looked back again...saw it...felt really peaceful all of a sudden....and I said "Thank you"......the faerie had dissappeared....but then the first tree face was revealed to me......this is how this all got started with me and my tree "friends".

[LyraDragonStar]

I'm not sure.... I've never really been in touch with nature enough to know...

[AmethystFey]

I do believe in fairies among others:)

[Silver Water]

Definitely another girl here who believes in tree spirits and faeries. Though, I do consider faeries to be tree friends, so I'm not sure what was supposed to be meant by that.

[Memnoch McKiln]

I believe now, for I have seen, but before I had seen, I believed it could be

[fairielove]

Yes I do believe that there are fairies, tree friends, all of the above.
Brightest Blessings,

[Sequoia]

Uh... no.

[medit8ive_spirit]

WOW....again I'm overwhelmed at the response....this is the second poll I've created on MW and I really thank all of you that have responded.

[Astara Seague]

both of course!:crystalba

[ObsessedFae86]

Definitely yes :)

[Moonravin]

I know both are real because I see and do magical workings with both! :D

Luv ya!

[Geministar]

I believe in faeries and tree spirits and so much more. Its hard to deny the elemental realm when I've had leprachauns walking through my bedroom and have spoken with the fae!

[Sequoia]

I believe in faeries and tree spirits and so much more. Its hard to deny the elemental realm when I've had leprachauns walking through my bedroom and have spoken with the fae!
I hope they used the door, and what did they say?

[David19]

I believe that the Fae exist and that tree spirits (or whatever) also exist, but i haven't experienced any yet (that i'm aware of) but i'd like to try and work with them, i want to get the Underworld Initation by R.J. Stewart, as i've heard that great for working with the Fae and the Fae realms.

[Phoenix Element]

I'll agree to tree spirits and fae...but "tree friends" sounds awfully hokey :P

[Brandon Bee]

I don't believe in any of those. However, I like trees. :)

[Meadhbh]

I'll agree to tree spirits and fae...but "tree friends" sounds awfully hokey :P

I agree with both. But your right no offense but tree freind does sound like something out of a Disney movie.

[gurlygurl2004]

I believe in faeries because I've seen them, they were near bushes when I saw them so maybe I believe in tree friends too:)

[Morrigan_Wolfwind]

Personally, I believe in the Fair Folk (Sidhe, Elves, whatever else you call them) and tree spirits. I'm rather neutral towards faeries, but if I wasn't coughing my throat into teeny little bits every two seconds right now, I'd probably believe in them.

[wolf]

The Fae, definitely. And if by "tree friend" you mean dryads, yeah, them too.

[Whitewolf]

I believe in Sidhe, Fairies and Elves. Plus I believe in Unicorns, Dragons and other mythical beings and spirits. I've never seen any but I do believe they exist.

[halfwaynowhere]

i believe in the Fae. I have dealt with them before, they are mischevious beings, they like to play games with me and my things, which is usually alright with me. as a child, i would always build faery villages outside with mud, sticks, leaves, flower petals, whatever i could find. i usually centered them around toadstools, because i was told that they would dance on the toadstools at night, leaving their footprints behind. whether or not they actually used these, because i don't believe they are really like little people or anything, but i think they know that i was thinking of them, and doing these things for them.
as for tree spirits, i haven't experienced them, so i can't say whether they are there or not.

[Sorrel]

Absolutely yes!

[Lunacie]

Somehow I missed this thread the first time around (and each time after that too). It would have helped to have some info on what the OP considers to be "tree spirits and faeries". But I certainly believe in many spirits and some certainly seem to live in wooded areas. I have encountered several of them and "seen" them in the way that is generally described as "dryads" and "satyrs" among others. Generally dryads are thought of as belonging to large trees like the oak, but I once saw one that was attached to a rather small evergreen, leading me to think that every tree may have it's own co-habiting spirit.

And yes, I've had a house spirit as well, just wish it had been more the helpful brownie-type spirit. :lol:

[~Belladonna~]

I don't believe these thing exist in the physical but yes, of course in the Astral Planes and Spirit Realms, though sometimes they do make themselfs noticed in our "world."

[StephanieAine]

I selected two of the given options: 'fairies' and 'other.'

The 'other' was just a way to indicate that I had to add a comment to the 'fairies' part. Although I believe in fairies, I also don't believe in them. LOL. How's that for a nice fat contradiction?!

Part of me says that they don't exist because I see no evidence of them in scripture (remember, I'm Christian). Then again, scripture doesn't include every single subject that a person can think up. Actually that's a large part of the problem as far as people disagreeing theologically within the branches of Christianity themselves. For myself it's not difficult because even John said, when speaking of Jesus, that he did not include every single thing that Jesus did in his earthly work and teachings, and that there wouldn't be enough books to contain such information if someone *did* want to write everything down.

So to me and to many others of Protestant belief, we take this to mean that often we are to take what we *do* know and apply it to whatever question it is that we're asking. Such as "Are there fairies?" We would need to look for references to subjects as closely related to the topic as possible and see if we can glean something, some sort of possible indicator, that can help us to determine what our particular impression is.

The only thing that I know to do when it comes to the fairy issue is to review the references to various other sorts of non-human beings such as angels and demons, or maybe even to references to spiritual possession/oppression.

The book of Genesis indicates that there was a period when angels had sexual relations with humans and those humans gave birth to their children. There are also indications of the existence of 'giants' which may or may not have been giants as we think of in fairy tales. Still, such things - even though only mentioned in a passing way by the writers of the Biblical books - give at least some indication that there were beings unlike Adam and Eve.

Some of the folklore in Ireland refers to fairies as being truly evil beings - angels cast out of heaven with Satan but who were somehow not *quite* evil enough for Hell, so living in their own set-apart place. Others don't connect fairies to angels, demons, or anything like that, but see them as separate beings entirely. Beings that we can't really explain, but should be co-existed with as best as possible. Some chalk it all up to old lore - but still insist on full belief, never willing to admit anything otherwise.

Often I think that they may simply be left out of Scripture in a specific way simply because there's no real reason to discuss them in scripture. Assuming they're real - they live in a very different kind of way than we do; their realm of existence is very different, and if the folklore is able to teach us anything from the experiences of our foreparents, we would do well to just continue to live side by side without worrying about it too much.

If you happen to meet one for some reason, there are plenty of stories available that say exactly what to do or not to do (apparently, "fairy etiquette" and social norms are very different than ours, and so it's kind of like learning to relate to people from a very foreign culture).

Assuming they're real, something tells me that their existence is somehow connected to the maintaining of the natural world... meaning that they are, in some way, caretakers of various plant life and perhaps animals. That would make sense according to many of the old stories.

[Rosetta Morrigan]

I do!!!! And in everything, faeries, friends, entities, spirits, all sorts of other life forms!
No doubts there!! :)

Same here Shanti!! Agree absolutley.

[BlueSage]

i think these are manifestations of the human mind. with enough minds manifesting i think it's possible they are created through some sort of magic.

[Halstrom]

I believe in neither. Unless by friends you mean something like Nymphs