"The nerve of some fairies!" I thought to myself as I pulled my car into my driveway, staring at the little fairy catching a ride on my back windshield. People had stared at her all the way home (including a cop whose attentions on my driving I did not want)! "I hope she at least offers some gas money."

Nestled deep in the mountainous forests of Asheville, NC, where autumn has just begun to display her fiery colors, Asheville's Mountain Light Sanctuary awaits guests. The Enchanted Living Forest School fast approaches: on October 9-11, the movers and shakers of the fairy realm will gather in the Sanctuary to celebrate this learning experience and to enlighten students on the beauties and intricacies of said realm. Headed by John Springer of Enchanted Walkabout fame (essentially group walks in which he reveals to you fairy activity in the natural world) students can look forward to learning to more deeply appreciate nature and to spot spirits, all the while bonding with fellow believers and mother earth herself. Read our interview John Springer below to learn more about the details of ELF School.

In a fairy lover's dream come true, for approximately USD$67, you can adopt a fairy circle in the NamibRand Nature Reserve, while providing funds to help fuel the reserve's conservation projects.

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The private reserve encompasses 425,000 acres of land in the Namib Desert in Southern Africa, and sustains itself through low impact tourism fees. Approximately forty percent of the reserve contains fairy circles, although the exact number remains unknown to date. These mysterious bare circles in the sand dot the surface of the desert for hundreds of miles, forming an integral part of the reserve's distinctive landscape.