‘I was around twenty years old in 1991-1992. I knew someone who was a practitioner of Ceremonial Magick. The person told me that the Fey realm was real and I had my doubts. When we went to *** in *** Illinois, it happened to be near a full moon for Beltane Eve and he said a fae were there and that he could show me he spoke the truth. We took bread and a sweet grape juice offering. He spoke Hebrew and said that he was opening a portal. He did this at twilight/sunset. We were the only two there and as the moon rose, the area changed. A lush green hedge like Archway was there, bushes and tree leaves looked silver or gold and the landscape changed into the most beautiful I had ever seen. The fae were around human sized and slept in the trees as we wandered in awe. It was hours we were there but it felt like only a few moments. It ended by just vanishing. The person I was with said something was wrong. The area is known as it is as a hot bed for paranormal activity, and I heard a ripping sound and then I saw three tall gangly human like black shadows. I was told to run and I ran as fast as I could out of the place. That’s my experience. We were not under the influence of any intoxicants such as alcohol either. It was the most amazing and scary [experience] I have ever had.’ ‘From four feet eleven inches up, human like.’ ‘[The area] had a reputation for paranormal activity but not for Fae.’
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Illinois, US
1990s
Female: Age 11-20
never or almost never has supernatural experiences
‘cemetery’
9 pm-12 am
many hours
with one other person who shared my experience
no special state reported
friendly, joyful, peaceful
loss of sense of time, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience, a sense that the experience marked a turning point in your life