“Morgana Le Fay” by Brian Froud
Morgana is one of the greatest of all faery queens. She is skilled in necromancy and the ancient art of shape shifting, able to be whatever she desires. She soars through the night on raven’s wings, landing silently in your dreams to work her dark enchantments. Well versed in star craft and arcane healing powers (with knowledge gleaned from Merlin himself), she is the mistress of the mystical arts of sexuality and high magic.
Hers is a complex nature, neither totally beneficent nor totally malign. Her faults are anger, resentment, and, true to faery nature, using her cunning arts against those who offend her. Yet although she schemes against King Arthur (her half brother), it is on her lap that he rests his dying head as she and two other dark queens sail him to Avalon to be healed. It is her necessary role to be found at the crux of the drama in our lives, working toward wisdom and healing in dramatic, difficult times. She guides in moments of forceful emotions such as anger, bitterness, resentment, and sexual jealousy. The disturbing influence of this dark queen can lead to profound change.
The tree powerful days at the dark of the moon are this faery’s special time- when all processes are internalized and concealed. It is then that Morgana comes to us to reveal the mystical starlight, the bright points of faery consciousness, which permeates all of the matter. Morgana is an enchantress who works her magic at the deepest levels- in the dark, secret, hidden places of our minds. She imitates us into mystic realms of creative imagination where all that is not yet manifest begins the journey into the light and form.