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The Faerytale ApothecaryEemook's StoryOn a spontaneous whim one rainy Saturday morning, Tom began to read a storybook to me through whatsapp voice notes. A storybook that he had not quite got round to reading before. You know the type - you skim the illustrations, grab it on impulse, then on returning home it sits patiently in the ‘waiting pile’, sighing to itself at the wonder the book knows it contains within its interior. And oh my, what a storybook it was! I argued with it, questioned it, took offence to it and peered dubiously at it. I also marvelled at it, gasped with awe...2025-07-291h 05
The Faerytale ApothecaryWIld Hearts Sipping Cups of Transforming Into Herself Teathe cracking of bones
the breaking of skin
yowls that do not know if they are delighted or desecrated
you are in flux
unknowing of yourself anymore
nothing will stay in phase long enough to be grasped
held on to
you are released from obligations
yet steady
regular
metronomic
for now anyway
what is the original mould of you?
what shape of love is in you?
who are you meant to be?
press play….2025-01-2915 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Crystal CupI am always delighted and humbled and in awe of the people I get to share with you here. So imagine how gleeful and grateful I was when the incredible legend of storytelling that is Laura Simms offered up this tale for us as an extra special bonus on a cold January Full Moon.
We both felt that across the world, particularly in North America, an extra large dose of Story Medicine was needed right now.
Laura had this to say - “The Crystal Cup is a revision of a fairytale from Vietnam. I recorded it in 1979 with Weston Woods, Ol...2025-01-1417 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Crystal CupI am always delighted and humbled and in awe of the people I get to share with you here. So imagine how gleeful and grateful I was when the incredible legend of storytelling that is Laura Simms offered up this tale for us as an extra special bonus on a cold January Full Moon.
We both felt that across the world, particularly in North America, an extra large dose of Story Medicine was needed right now.
Laura had this to say - “The Crystal Cup is a revision of a fairytale from Vietnam. I recorded it in 1979 with Weston Woods, Ol...2025-01-1417 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWIld Hearts Sipping Cups Of Bitter Snatch TeaI am secretly delighted in ways I do not fully intellectually understand that the calendar year ends with a New Moon. My ancientness knows though. Feeds on the ways of natural cycles that follow no logical human order.
One of the dear friends and some time mentor that reminds me of these soul nourishments is the fantastical Sarah Mooney.
Sarah produces a weekly podcast called Mooney's Mythic Podcast. I would highly recommend curling up with her each week to be transported on rich and luxurious magic carpets of words
She graced us all with her words for the Winter Solstice...2024-12-2710 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups of Drumming With Our Ancestors TeaIt is with gorgeous delight that I am happy to share another dear friend in the form of Irish designer for TV and Film Damian Draven agreed to co-create a Tea for us.
He said 'while tapping into memories ushered by Betty's ingredients and listening intently to my heartbeat I was drawn to a rhythm that ebbed and flowed with the drumming of my ancestors. Then taking a pause, it was at this moment that clarity ensued me to write these words...'
I encourage you to let yourself fall back into them, surrender to them, feel into what they aw...2024-11-3011 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups of Her Grief Howl TeaIt was such an incredible experience to co-create this tea with Tracy Chipman. She is a quite profound Story Channel who can carry the medicine to such remarkable depths, traverse the Underworlds that many dare not tread or even contemplate navigating.
A part of what makes these tea recordings feel so very special for me is that when we sit to speak them, neither of us knows what the other person is going to say. They will give me the title of the tea, I will let them know only the ingredients that have shown themselves to me and that...2024-11-0135 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe SquirrelI have been watching a squirrel through the study window here at the cottage, my but doesn’t that sound grand! Really my study is a desk in a corridor by a window, a window blessed with visitations from the blue tit gang peering in, the rabbit family arriving for their tea, the solitary muntjac deer making a rare visit (it literally lives at the bottom of the garden in the brambles) at exactly the right time - like a dance party for my child self and my birthday. And of course, squirrel. Watching squirrel reminded me of another squirrel I...2024-10-1606 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups Of Berries TeaI am utterly thrilled to share that both Willow and Agnes agreed to come visit with us once more in order to create this autumnal joy of a brew.
If you missed when they stopped by last time, you can listen here.
To find out where they might have led our muddy skirts for this October New Moon, simply press play, then join me in hoping they will come calling on us again.
Willow is a Shaman, a Hedgewitch, Tree Witch, a Wisewoman and Druid. She is also a Shamanic Teacher of Healing and the Old Ways. Willow loves nothing...2024-10-0209 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWIld Hearts Sipping Cups of Hummingbird Moon TeaI am humbled to co-create once again with my dear friend Leah Barnes.
After we finished the Tea Transmission, I sat silently with jewelled tears nestling in my eyes. Not because there was anything wrong or upsetting but because of how cracked open to Beauty I felt from listening to her speak True Words.
What is especially astounding, it feels to me, is that Leah and I have known each other for about 7 years (I think) and have only ever met in person once, earlier this year in Camden. There were tears in my eyes then too. It reminds me...2024-09-0317 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Freedom BirdI was delighted when a few days ago, BBC Radio Nottingham, Derby, Lincoln and Leicester all shared one of the Faerytale Apothecary stories.
As the themes for this month’s super full moon in Aquarius are around the encouragement of releasing emotions, humanitarianism, honesty and innovative thinking, it felt apt to share it with you all here too.
It is one of my favourite of the Faerytale Apothecary stories, and I always Love-swoon a little when it finishes!
The tale often makes me think of kindnesses, what does it make you think of?2024-08-2210 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryLeo New Moon NidraA LEO NEW MOON NIDRA:
Thank you so much to those of you who got in touch with feedback following my first New Moon Nidra that I sent out last month (The Resting Tea).
You asked, and so here it is, a New Moon Nidra for the season of Leo.
It felt most apt to put in the pot alongside the Courage Tea.
Please read before listening:
Yoga Nidra is a form of Deep Rest where nothing is asked of you. A practice of relaxing your state of awareness and entering into a dream-like comfortability. When listening to the recording...2024-08-0423 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Cobbler, his Wife and the ElvesI was equal measure delighted and daunted when the most marvellous Sarah Mooney asked me if I could provide holiday cover for her podcast, and I wanted to share with you all the story that came to sit with me as I attempted to fit into Sarah’s shoes, the delightful Cobbler, his wife and the Elves.
You can listen to the whole full shebang podcast on Spotify here - https://open.spotify.com/episode/4pO09imnTFN5ZMjdH90LUZ?si=Qe7eZpPxTP2gszR9YX9_tA2024-08-0419 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Wild Heart Sipping A Cup Of A Personal Kind Of Courage TeaA WILD HEART SIPPING A CUP OF A PERSONAL KIND OF COURAGE TEA
I came to the idea of a Wild Heart Tea when the Faerytale Apothecary first launched in 2019. The story of the Courage Monster had appeared under the bed and, having read Alice Hoffman’s The Rules of Magic, where characters are asked to choose between Courage or Caution Tea (though there is only ever Courage Tea in the pot no matter what you choose), I got curious as to what a Courage Tea might have in it.
I created it, packaged it with love, and sent it ou...2024-08-0411 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Wild Heart Sipping a Cup of Resting TeaPLEASE READ BEFORE LISTENING
To celebrate my successful completion of Yoga Nidra Level One, Level Two, Scriptwriting and Further Studies Training, this Moon Cycle’s Wild Heart Tea is a very specially created Yoga Nidra.
Yoga Nidra is a form of Deep Rest where nothing is asked of you.
A practice of relaxing our state of awareness and entering into a dream-like comfortability.
When listening to the recording, please make sure you can be somewhere that you will not be disturbed, and that all devices are on airplane mode with no vibrate, or turned off completely.
Create yourself a luxurious an...2024-07-0533 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups Of Singing For Freedom TeaIt is such a deep honour to have co-created with the incredibly talented Vicki Burke this moon cycle. I first worked with Vicki when we created a Selkie Deep Dive journey together, still one of my most cherished points of making.
Vicki began her life journey as a musician, a saxophonist and teacher. Vicki began her life journey as a musician, a saxophonist and teacher. Just before the millennium she had a beautiful awakening that opened her like a flower and her creative journey began to blossom. She discovered the art of healing using both sound and energy. At first...2024-06-0622 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Buried Moon at Summer SolsticeAn old Lincolnshire Folktale newly spoken in the Rutland countryside2024-05-0918 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups Of I'm Listening TeaIt is fair to say that this moon cycle's co-creator is one of the key instigators of The Faerytale Apothecary. In an arts hostel of a bewildering Marrakech several years ago, Damian saw something in my, frankly not that great, telling of an old Lincolnshire folktale The Buried Moon. Over the years he has gently nudged me in my story work and this is something I will forever be grateful to him for.
Damian Draven is an Irish designer in the TV & film industry. He is also a film director, contemporary artist and exhibiting member of the RGA (Reading Guild...2024-05-0816 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Crooked Headstone TeaI am honoured that my first 'human' shamanic teacher Willow agreed to be a co-conspirator for our newest medicine trail. The foundations of all my Spirit Work are grounded in my year-long one-to-one training and continuing friendship with her. It is a juicy treat indeed that she wove for us, and one I am eager to encourage you to see what would happen if the shoe or boot did fit...
Willow is a Shaman, a Hedgewitch, Tree Witch, a Wisewoman and Druid. She is also a Shamanic Teacher of Healing and the Old Ways.
Willow loves nothing more than to...2024-04-0711 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Hope Eternal TeaCalling us in for the Spring New Moon is a Tea Tale Trail set down with the delightful Rutland celebrity Alison Stead
Alison is a Spiritual Medium, fellow writer, and intuitive.
Her contact links can all be accessed via her Linktree:
https://linktr.ee/alisonstead_spiritualmedium?utm_source=linktree_profile_share2024-03-1011 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Dwelling Free TeaOur Imbolc Tea Trail is a rich and potent offering with the frankly fantastic Story-Carrier Tracy Chipman. I was blessed with meeting Tracy at the very first Oxford Storytelling Festival in a red tent overflowing with inspiration, creativity, far lands and magicks.
Tracy Chipman weaves the ancient rivers of oral storytelling, writing and somatic practices, creating unforgettable experiences that invite us towards mythic awareness, more embodied experiences, and self-discovery. She now resides in northern Wisconsin, occupying the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe Peoples. In March 2023, Tracy published her first book, Borealis Mundi - Resting in Place, Loss & Grace. Please visit...2024-02-0319 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Wild Tea of Healed HeartsOur first Tea Trail of 2024 is conjured into being by the remarkable Shamanic Medicine Woman Carina Johansson. She follows the path of the Völva and lives in the forest of Söderåsen in the south of Sweden where she teaches Shamanism and Seidr.
I first met Carina when I traveled to Sweden many years ago for a training in Shamanic Counselling with SCSS. Despite the deep insights that came through being partnered with her for the work, it is perhaps the laughter and unconditional friendship that I remember most from those times.
If you wish to know more abo...2024-01-0116 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Story for the Covid in the HumanA story for the Covid in the Human2023-12-1416 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping a Tea of Mud & LotusIt is with humbleness that I share the insightful and inspiring transmission that came from my dear friend Leah Barnes this month. Leah and I met through Annapurna Living many years ago as part of their women's collective.
Starting around age 5, Leah wanted to be Wonder Woman, but with a better outfit. She might have even used a jump rope as a golden lasso in attempts to make her younger sister tell the truth....evidence of her strong desire to learn and know. She's still a big sister and eldest daughter, but also a mother and wife; still craving knowledge...2023-12-0121 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups of Bone Marrow TeaIn our third of the Wild Hearts Sipping Cups of Tea series, I followed a trail set down by The Faerytale Apothecary's friend, teacher, and fellow story carrier Sarah Mooney. Sarah works with myth as a way of remembering herself and the cosmos. She believes our ancestors seeded all that we needed to flourish within a story, sometimes in the silences between the words, sometimes in the way the story invites us to listen. She lives in Glastonbury.
Press play, and come with us, if you dare...2023-10-3111 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping a Different Kind of Courage TeaIn the Faerytale Apothecary's second experimentation with intentionally pinning down other co-conspirators, I am most proud to offer up the debut Medicine Trail of my little sister.
Saoirse is a caring, kind, and loving Animal Listener. As a Witch, she makes a wonderment of Lotions 'n' Potions to help both people and animals, but mostly animals.
Another co-conspirator made it very clear that nothing could happen without them, so it is with a twinkle of mischief that I also welcome you to the magics, medicines and disruptions of Venice...2023-10-0816 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWild Hearts Sipping Cups of Whisker TeaAs part of the Wild Hearts Sipping Cups of Tea series, it was with utter delight that I followed a trail set down by The Faerytale Apothecary's very first human co-conspirator.
Issa (pronounced eeeesssa)is a priestess, chaos witch, and wise woman of a certain age. During the day she works as a staff wellbeing expert for the civil service, making sure people get a fair deal at work. She also leads staff pagan networks so people can come together and share their faith and love of the earth. She holds the space where people need to be and holds...2023-09-0215 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Wild Heart Sipping Curiosity TeaThe Faerytale Apothecary's Wild Hearts Sipping Cups of Tea is an experimental affair seeking to follow the Medicine Trails left by Words from Specially Appearing Stories. The recordings will often times be messy unedited affairs that aim to include all the languages from all the peoples (regardless of species or corporeality) into the conversations. There will be no written transcripts, simply an offer to sit a while, listen and see where you might be taken, prompted, curiosly led to. Other humans will be invited to gather our good weather gear for the trip from time to time. Our starting point...2023-08-0607 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Wild Heart sipping Queenliness TeaThe Faerytale Apothecary returns after a Venetian Sabbatical with Wild Hearts Sipping Cups of Queenliness Tea with an experimental journey following the Medicine Trails left by Words from selected Stories.
The recordings will often times be messy unedited affairs that seek to include all natural languages into the conversations.
Other humans will be invited to gather our good weather gear for the trip from time to time.
Individual Words will be our doors to inner landscapes.
There will be Spontaneous Stories making Guest Appearances.
We will explore what it may mean to be Touched by a Story.
We will welcome...2023-07-0518 min
Can Art Save Us?The Faerytale Doctor, a Shamanic Pathway to Community Service.Can you imagine making an appointment to see Dr. Lovely or better still the Faerytale Doctor? Would you be open to the spiritual practice of shamanism through storytelling as a way of navigating your life or to find a compass for your soul? Could we all benefit from connecting to something sacred to help us find ourselves in our ever complex and intense world? Elizabeth Lovely begun her shamanic pathway with the 'breaking of her brain,' when she had to find new ways to interpret her life. After her vibrant and hectic years in theatre and arts festivals...2023-06-221h 12
The Faerytale ApothecaryA WIld Heart Tea of CourageThe Faerytale Apothecary returns after a Venetian Sabbatical with Wild Hearts Sipping Cups of Courage Tea with an experimental journey following the Medicine Trails left by Words from selected Stories.
The recordings will often times be messy unedited affairs that seek to include all natural languages into the conversations.
Other humans will be invited to gather our good weather gear for the trip from time to time.
Individual Words will be our doors to inner landscapes.
There will be Spontaneous Stories making Guest Appearances.
We will explore what it may mean to be Touched by a Story.
We will welcome...2023-05-2910 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryQueen Cobra And The BoyQueen Cobra And The Boy by The Faerytale Apothecary2023-03-0504 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Story From SantaThis is one of the first stories I ever wrote,
Every year I revisit it, and every year it never fails to hit me with emotion.
I love this story very much and hope you do too.
Merry Christmas!
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The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Witch's HatA Tender Tale Too, just for you!2022-11-1307 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Talkative FrogLaunching the new Tender Tales series with the story of the Talkative Frog.
Each one is a charm, a sweetness, a delight to drop into, to be embraced by with absolutely nothing to do but open to the receiving of it's ministrations of care.2022-07-2406 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe OgreA sweet summer solstice story offered with love.2022-06-2014 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Not-So-Enchanted PrincessWhat if there is more than one interpretation of a story? What if fairy tale are not stories at all but remnants of corrupted histories? What if the wrong person is rescued?2022-05-3018 min
The Spiritual AF LifeEpisode 26: Divine Forecast: Pick a Card with The Faerytale OracleGet your very own message from your Spirit Guide during this episode's pick a card
What guidance does Spirit want you to know for the week ahead? Tune in to this episode to find out. Heather will be using the beautiful cards, The Faerytale Oracle by Lucy Cavendish to bring you insight from your spirit guide to help you make better decisions, and be more informed as you move forward this week.
Episode Takeaways:
Check out card A at 3:09. Card B is 5:30, Card C at 6:54 and Card D at 8:58
Grab your own deck of...2022-03-2111 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryQueen Cobra And The BoyA Small Samhain Story2021-10-3104 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe SquirrelAn Autumn inspired story of surprising support and thought.2021-10-1206 min
Confessions of a Fae Soul PodcastThe Faerytale QuestReading my first passage of my own Inner Faerytale to you and providing updates with how this will continue on. Feeling called to the Fae Soul within? Feeling the New Earth magicks? Feeling like you don’t belong here inside a Human? Listen on and join the Heart Open Quest!2021-06-2427 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe BakerA story shared with love and hope for this 2021 Summer Solstice
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The Faerytale ApothecaryThe QueenInspired by the Fierce Grace Collective2021-05-2411 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryStorms of May Oracle - 21st May 2021I choose to leave these as I witness them - a direct transmission.
Not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-2210 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryEaster OracleI choose to leave these as I witness them - a direct transmission.
Not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1201 min
The Faerytale ApothecarySpring OracleI choose to leave these as I witness them - a direct transmission.
Not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1211 min
The Faerytale ApothecarySentry of Centuries OracleNew Year New Moon Oracle.
It refers to going back, for me this is the Samhain Oracle.
I choose to leave these as I witness them, not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1203 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryNew Year OracleThe Post-Christmas Tree Angel who had a Moon for a halo rather than a Sun.
A direct transmission without editing or censoring.
I choose to leave these as I witness them, not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1210 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe GracesOracle Tale for the Winter Solstice Cycle.
I choose to leave these as I witness them, not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1212 min
The Faerytale ApothecarySamhain OracleI choose to leave these as I witness them, not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1209 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryLeo New Moon Oracle TaleI choose to leave these as I witness them, not edited or adapted or changed but direct and raw and flowing, often complete with sounds of everydayness, which feels how it should be...
To find out more about them visit:
https://faerytaleapothecary.wixsite.com/sacredstories/menstruum2021-05-1211 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryLetting the story stay lostPondering on the personal stories of others we carry within us and then tell ourselves, particularly those of the dead and people we have never met.2021-05-0908 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Robot and the BeastI'm not sure which woke me in the early hours of the morning, this dream or rather this story or the storm.
All I know is it is a tale that demands to be told.
Again and again and again, it loops infinitely till perhaps I/we hear its message.
I doesn't offer any satisfactory answers but at least it may have us asking the right questions.
This is an unedited recording, straight after it found me in the betwixt and between of sleep and wake.2021-03-2708 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Emperor's New ClothesA few of my thoughts on and my reading of The Emperor's New Clothes - a story by Hans Christian Andersen that seems written for our times.2021-03-1413 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA commonplace kind of specialA commonplace kind of special is the story of life in a tree in a city and what we don't always pay attention to, how we hoodwink ourselves but how everything can always come out right in the end, just in time for tea!2021-02-1007 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe KeyExploring briefly the idea of having just one key, Chiron and Bluebeard2021-01-1306 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe PrinceBlue clothing replaces a blue beard, whilst a bunch of keys becomes one missing key...2021-01-1311 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryIn a NutshellA Winter Solstice Invitation2020-12-1502 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe TempleFor those that are one of the Representatives with love.2020-12-0404 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryDestiny and CakeRiffing on recognising the enchantment that can exist in our everyday life when it is mirrored back to us by a fairy tale.2020-11-1705 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryUnfortunateI asked a friend to pick a random page number from the Virago Book of Witches and agreed to read whatever story it related to. It was this story, a story that instantly felt magic and power filled. What I loved too was the story held two very strong references to the day we had spent together just hours earlier.
Oracle Stories - I recommend them!
Just pick up any collection of tales and open at random. What do you need to hear right now?2020-11-1524 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWitchWitch by The Faerytale Apothecary2020-11-0501 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryPrincess LindwormThe story of the Lindworm is an old Norwegian Foktale that I have felt tap me on the shoulder over the last couple of weeks, with a curious nudge.
"How would you see me differently if my genders were switched?" it asked " what would I taste like if the Queen were a King and the sons were daughters?"
Well?2020-10-0914 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Buffalo Named Rosebud The LongstemmedA Stone Council Story that is one I am especially fond of.2020-10-0914 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Marriage InvitationWhat if the King continually offering the Princess as Prize in fairytales could be read as the death of patriachy giving way to the restoration of the Sacred Inner Marriage; the trials of the Poor Suitor the Courtship of Yin and Yang? How would that reconcile our view of the way women are treated in these stories?2020-09-1807 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryIshtar's Journey into the UnderworldA reading of the myth of Ishtar and her descent into the Underworld in seek of her lost love. But the Underworld is the realm of her dark sister Ereshkigal and she is not best pleased to see her sister of the Heavens.2020-08-1913 minThe Faerytale ApothecaryCaught in the DescentDo we have our myths the wrong way around?
Are our heroes and heroines not descending from the human realm into the Underworld but is the human realm actually already the Underworld?
And how do we get our tarred and feathered selves out again?2020-08-1907 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Shout of GiantsWhat does it feel like to say the word Giant?
How does it want to move about our being?
Where does it take us when we seek them out in the landscape?2020-07-2104 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Patchwork Story SkinWhere exactly do the stories that make up our being originate, how many of the tales we carry around are not even technically ours, if not where do they come from and what do we do about it?2020-06-2005 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Ugly DucklingThe Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen2020-06-2021 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Story NestRiffing on the idea of fairy tales as more than simply gorgeous bedtime stories for children but as deeply therapeutic containers for adults and teaching tales for all.2020-05-2306 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThumbelinaThe beautiful story of Thumbelina from Hans Christian Andersen.2020-05-1926 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Memories of a MythA New Moon Riffing on how Myth can support us in these difficult times with a reminder of repeating cycles, of journeying into the unknown and making it out again.2020-04-2306 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Juniper TreeA reading of the Juniper Tree as first written down by the Brothers Grimm.
Every night at 10pm on Facebook Live I am reading from a collection of Brothers Grimm folk and fairy tales, this one really stuck in my mind and I wanted to record it for here.
It has so many strong shamanic themes running through it, it seemed to me that it is a fantastic example of how not all stories are as they seem, that some perhaps carry Spirit Teachings, a very special kind of medicine all their own.2020-04-0818 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Legend of Kwan YinInspired by the work of Nancy Mellon, a telling of the traditional Chinese folk tale Princess Kwan-Yin offered up in support of the lungs and associate meridians.
This version of the story is from A Chinese Wonder Book written by Norman Hinsdale Pitman2020-03-2217 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Support Of Personal StoriesRiffing on how our own and others personal stories can support us at this time and how to reconcile the discomfort of the ones that live in us.2020-03-1910 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryUnder the BedA small simple story of hope as featured on BBC Somerset and BBC Bristol.2020-03-1504 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryA Body of StoriesWhat would it be like to listen to the stories our bodies hold within?
How is movement not passivity the key to finding more about ourselves, and a way to access our memories?2020-02-2607 min
The Denton VibeFaerytale MusicTune in LIVE to The Denton Vibe w/ Diva Girl Ellie! Tonight, we have Denton artist, Lisa West of Faerytale Music.2020-02-1927 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryImbolc Song of the LandA piece created for the Imbolc new moon, the Lunar New Year and Burns Night inspired by taking my head for a walk on some land in East Sussex.
020220202020-02-0202 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryTrust The StoryRiffing on what could it mean to trust a story2020-01-2107 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryWhat about RumplestiltskinIt’s an interesting conversation...fairytales...how much have we got it wrong?
How much have we twisted them to fit our own agendas over the centuries?
What if they were never morality tales at all but teaching tales, what would be the difference?
What if every single Being we meet in them actually exists or has existed just as we do but in the Unseen Realms?
That there stories are valid, as vital as our own?
How would our relationship to them change?
How differently would we treat them?
What if Rumplestiltskin was never the bad guy but a wr...2019-11-2809 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryRumplestiltskinA reading of the Brothers Grimm version of the story of Rumplestiltskin2019-11-2803 min
The Faerytale ApothecarySomeone Is WhistlingOne of three short shudders of story for Samhain.
Always carry remember your torch...2019-10-3101 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryHauntedOne of three short shudders of story for Samhain.
Be careful how you relate to work colleagues...2019-10-3101 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryHEROne of three short shudders of story for Samhain.
Be sure to check you know what your keys are for...2019-10-3102 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryStory As MedicineRiffing on what exactly Story as Medicine might mean2019-10-2806 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Stories That Tell UsA September New Moon Audio Blog...
We don't tell stories, stories tell us. And stories can change us if we let them, take us in unexpected directions, take us beyond the assumptions of what we think we know and show us a world of wonder and possibilities.2019-09-2805 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryStory As CeremonyWhat does it mean for me to work with Story in a Ceremonial Way?
The first of a few little recordings exploring this question.2019-08-2802 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Don Quixote ExperimentA little ramble of an introduction into the why behind these recorded readings of Don Quixote and a hello from me Elizabeth Jane Lovely.
More information can always be found at www.thefaerytaleapothecary.com along with gorgeous original stories.2019-08-2400 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryKnowing Of LoveLate night thoughts of the beauty on what it is to be loved.2019-05-2003 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe Apothecary And ApothecaristAn introduction to the Faerytale Apothecary.2019-05-1104 min
The Faerytale ApothecaryThe White Doe And The KingWho says bedtime stories have to just be for children!
A sincere, beautiful, honest to goodness tale to soothe the soul, take time out for, to heal and nourish.2019-05-1120 min
1001 LA NightsEp 22: Faerytale RevisedLA Rivers procrastinating by podcasting reads from her Faerytale for Grownups. Rivers also gives authors and writers some valuable information about marketing their book(s) in the last segment.2019-01-2922 min
Fat PocketsFaerytale + Fat Pockets + Roots Dubman - Pretty Fly (cover)Story behind this track:
Faerytale posted a cover of a song called Pretty Fly from the 1955 movie "The Night of the Hunter." She played cellos and sang on it: https://soundcloud.com/faerytale/pretty-fly-cover
I asked her if i could slice it up and use it. She so generously said "yes." I added bass and beat and a bit of keyboard skank. Then I passed it to Roots Dubman. He put the dubby vibes on it and launched it into space. After a couple more tweaks, I declared it badass.
Fairytale @faerytale - vocals, cellos
Roots Dubman @dubman-9 - dub...2016-03-2203 min
Jean-Michel GEORGEJump They Say - David Bowie Cover (in collaboration with Phil McWalter, Faerytale & Rick Medlock)I'm happy to post here this cover of "Jump they say", brilliantly orchestrated and brought to life by "Phil & friends" :-) It's from David Bowie's 1993 "Black tie, white noise" album. To be honest I'd never heard this song before, but I took to it immediately and thoroughly enjoyed doing my bit :-)
Thanks again Phil for the opportunity, and a big hand to Rick and Lisa for their top notch contributions :)
Initiative, guitars, synths and other sonic oddities : https://soundcloud.com/Phil-McWalter
Backing vocals: https://soundcloud.com/Faerytale https://soundcloud.com/Phil-McWalter
Drums/Percussion: https://soundcloud.com/Rick-4-1
Trumpet...2016-03-1303 min
kat330BWaltz to a Wood Thrush (inst. w/liltings of Faerytale)This instrumental variation includes the lovely lilting of Lisa West (Faerytale on SoundCloud) https://soundcloud.com/faerytale/tracks and here: http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/Faerytale
Thank you for adding your pure vocal instrument to my composition, Lisa! xxxooo2015-07-2103 min
Black Sweater, White CatSp. Ace - Caravan (feat. Faerytale)When in doubt go with the Dusted Wax Kingdom catalog. Wow. There is some great stuff therein.Remarkably, I have absolutely nothing on the artist Sp. Ace except they are from Latvia. It's a great release called Caravan of Lightbulbs. It is about a year old, released on April 14, 2014.Enjoy.Sp. Ace - Caravan (feat. Faerytale)
2015-04-2200 min
Treasure Vessels#58 FaerytaleWhat a super treat for us today to visit with the very gifted and lovely Lisa West, known as Faerytale on SoundCloud! Lisa spoke with us from her home in Texas and told us many things about her life that we all can understand; the way we tend to hide things about ourselves that we don’t want to be seen, the fears we have that we don’t want to mention. Several months ago during her busy life in the middle of her “static energy” as as she calls it, the words came to her and she realized it was ti...2014-03-2800 min
SABOTACHIFaerytale Lessons [remix]Remix of the track Faerytale Lessons from the debut album 'Beyond the Gift'.2012-06-2304 min