{"id":15516,"date":"2023-09-12T11:26:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=15516"},"modified":"2023-09-12T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T10:26:11","slug":"ten-faery-tales-for-our-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2023\/09\/12\/ten-faery-tales-for-our-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Faery Tales for Our Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

This article is dedicated to Patrick Healy.
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The Irish people have a long-standing relationship with \u2018numinous presences in the landscape\u2019, often referred to as the little people, or faeries. The literature provides a complex set of illusions. The writer, philosopher and independent scholar, my friend, Patrick Healy<\/a><\/span> on a recent visitation tendered me a painting of Mad Sweeney<\/a><\/span> (buile shuibhne<\/em>), which forms part of his forthcoming exhibition in Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

It made me consider the enduring relevance of the faeries, although I now live in Leatherhead in leafy Surrey, where the little people are well hidden.<\/p>\n

In H.G. Welles\u2019 remarkable parable of the future invasion by aliens from outer space, The War of the Worlds<\/em><\/a><\/span>, we find the ultimate understanding of an existential threat. When Orson Welles put out his infamous 1938 broadcast, he set it in New York, causing a level of consternation that led some to flee to the nearby hills. The original book is of course set in Leatherhead, which is clearly not immune to faery tales.<\/p>\n