How to learn Fairie magic

how do i start working with Faries to help me get better at magic?

any good methods guys? thanks for all the help if you do decide to help :)

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That’s the neat part, you don’t.

According old Irish and Scottish folk traditions, faeries aren’t just beings you decide to start working with to “get better at magic”. They are the forces of nature that you exist alongside. They are the ancestors of the land (Tuatha Dé Danann). The range from dangerously and deceivingly beautiful to downright terrifying and ugly. They are the good folk along the road that will either rob you blind—and probably actually blind you—for fun, or offer a favor if a good deed is done—usually in the form of domestic labor or blessings. The Welsh have a slightly different view of the fair folk (The Tylwyth Teg), seeing them as fair haired, beautiful creatures—like Tolkien’s elves in Lord of the Rings.

Across most Celtic/Druidic cultures—entering in “working relationships” with the faeries for expected favors is considered a taboo and highly dangerous. It’s like dealing with lawyers or politicians and contracts in exchange for goods and services… it just doesn’t make sense and you will always come out worse off than before.

If you’re truly interested in faeries, Katharine Brigg’s book, *An Encyclopedia of Fairies - Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, and Other Supernatural Creatures* is a good starting point. It has an entire collection of fairy folklore and myths you can sift through. There’s scanned copy version for free available on Internet Archive.

I would also suggest:

*The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries* by W. Y. Evans Wentz (although he forewarned that some of the information in it is academically proven to be false—especially the information on St. Patrick.) — This book is available for free in its entirety on the Sacred-Texts website.

*A Guide to Early Irish Law* by Fergus Kelly is a good companion by the former suggestion. I do not know if this book is available for free.