‘The birds were flying out of a nearby tree, down into my vineyard and eating some of my sweet grapes. It was in the early morning. I was quite annoyed as I work hard for this so I shouted and clapped my hands to scare them away. Next minute this sparkle of glistening light with blue edges flew from the tree directly at me and then turned and flew over the vineyard zig zagging and doing twirls. The air went quiet and very still. And the birds flew off and didn’t cause anymore annoyance. We don’t use herbicides, insecticides, systemic fungicides or soluble fertilizer and we don’t kill things nor try not to disturb nature. We study elemental beings or nature spirits at our work and, while I don’t know exactly what to look for, I see and feel their presence all the time. How can I find out more?’ ‘White centres, blue glitter extremities.’ ‘Don’t know the sound but maybe like cymbals.’ ‘There are old spirits there but didn’t think about fairies. Maybe sylphs?’ ‘I want to learn more as they, and the others spirits are mother nature’s messengers who hold the answers to many disturbances which we encounter on a daily basis.’ ‘[Fairies are] nature spirits occupying the realms of air and light.’ ‘[Fairies because] it was delicate’.
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Gisborne, New Zealand
2010s
Male: Age 51-60
occasional supernatural experiences
in woodland
6 am-9 am
less than a minute
on my own
you were undertaking a repetitive task (e.g. picking blackberries), you were very sad, you were extremely happy
friendly
profound silence before the experience, a sense that the experience was a display put on specially for you, unusually vivid memories of the experience, a sudden warmth before the experience