Pari

Pari,(Persian: پری) also known as Peri, are a Fae Race that have Angelic and Human Ancestry. They are skilled in Magick and are amazing wish granters. They are born of fire,can fly, and are exceptionally beautiful. They are female; males are called *parīzād*. Pari tend to fall in love with mortal men. Pari were the target of a lower level of evil beings called Divs or Daevas, who persecuted them by locking them in iron cages, hanging them from the tops of the highest trees, exposed to every gaze and to every chilling blast. Here other Pari visit them, and bring them the choicest odors to feed on; for the ethereal Pari lives on perfume. Pari are sometimes seen as Djinn, as the two terms are sometimes interchangeable and can be encountered in folklore as being bound to lamps and vessels. However they are two different beings.

## Why Keep Them?

Pari help their keepers connect to their other spirits. They are excellent wish granters, and will help their Keepers achieve their dreams. They are spirits are joyous, uplifting, and regal and will impart these qualities to their keeper. They can be kept by women and men, but have a affinity for men. They are very loving and loyal.

## Associations

**Weekday:** Tuesday

**Planet:** Venus

**Month:** May

**Gemstone:** Ruby

**Color:** Red

**Foliage:** Rose

**Animal:** Dove

**Scent:** Amber

**Herb:** Mint

## Methods Of Connecting

Offerings for Pari are perfumes and sweet smells, sensual/affectionate talk, and spending time with their Keeper.

## Characteristics & Manifestations

Pari are uplifting, regal, compassionate, loving, sweet, and sensual. They can manifest as orbs, touch, shades, true form, appear in dreams, as well as day and/or night visions.

## Invocation

G**eneral Invocation, can be spoken before interacting with the spirit.**

 I call to thee oh spirit of enchantment

 I call thee to this token of sacrifice

 As it will serve as a home and sanctuary for you.

 You will find a friend of loyal and true blood in me and I in you.

 I call you and will that you be bound in love to this token

 You are welcomed and cherished forever

 You are beckoned as you are the true answer.

## Keeping History

Pari appear in many Persian Fairy Tales and in Folklore. The Pari is often shown in these stories as the main hero's ally, supplying the hero with the weapons or knowledge the he needs to defeat his adversary. They are also shown to often fall in love with the men they help, becoming their wives. The story sometimes is about a man coming across a Pari, falling in love with her, and taking something of her's to forcing her to become his wife. She eventually relents with the condition they do not tell anyone their true nature, which usually doesn't work out and the man is left longing for his Pari wife for the rest of his life. This is a re-occurring element in stories of Fae Wives where the man has taken something of the Fae, and due to it's loss, the Fae has to promise to become the man's wife, though, after a time the Fae falls in love with the man. One such story is of the Pari and the Merchant:

*The son of a merchant in a city of Hindostan, having been driven from his father's house on account of his undutiful conduct, assumed the garb of a Kalenderee or wandering Derweesh, and left his native town. On the first day of his travels, being overcome with fatigue before he reached any place of rest, he went off the high road and sat down at the foot of a tree by a piece of water: while he sat there, he saw at sunset four doves alight from a tree on the edge of the pond, and resuming their natural form (for they were Pari) take off their clothes and amuse themselves by bathing in the water. He immediately advanced softly, took up their garments, without being seen, and concealed them in the hollow of a tree, behind which he placed himself.*

*When the Pari came out of the water and missed their clothes were distressed beyond measure. They ran about on all sides looking for them, but in vain. At length, finding the young man and judging that he had possessed himself of them, they implored him to restore them. He would only consent on one condition, which was that one of them should become his wife. The Pari asserted that such a union was impossible between them whose bodies were formed of fire and a mortal who was composed of clay and water; but he persisted, and selected the one which was the youngest and handsomest. They were at last. obliged to consent, and having endeavored to console their sister, who shed copious floods of tears at the idea of parting with them and spending her days with one of the sons of Adam; and having received their garments, they took leave of her and flew away.*

*The young merchant then led home his fair bride and clad her magnificently; but he took care to bury her Pari-raiment in a secret place, that she might not be able to leave him. He made every effort to gain her affections, and at length succeeded in his object: "she placed her foot in the path of regard, and her head on the carpet of affection." She bore him children, and gradually began to take pleasure in the society of his female relatives and neighbors. All doubts of her affection now vanished from his mind, and he became assured of her love and attachment.*

*At the end of ten years the merchant became embarrassed in his circumstances, and he found it necessary to undertake a long voyage. He committed the Pari to the care of an aged matron in whom he had the greatest confidence, and to whom he revealed the secret of her real nature, and showed the spot where he had concealed her raiment. He then "placed the foot of departure in the stirrup of travel," and set out on his journey. The Pari was now overwhelmed with sorrow for his absence, or for some more secret cause, and continually uttered expressions of regret. The old woman sought to console her, assuring her that "the dark night of absence would soon come to an end, and the bright dawn of interview gleam from the horizon of divine bounty." One day when the Pari had bathed, and was drying her amber-scented tresses with a corner of her veil, the old woman burst out into expressions of admiration at her dazzling beauty. "Ah, nurse," replied she, "though you think my present charms great, yet had you seen me in my native raiment, you would have witnessed what beauty and grace the Divine Creator has bestowed upon Pari; for know that we are among the most finished portraits on the tablets of existence. If then thou desirest to behold the skill of the divine artist, and admire the wonders of creation, bring the robes which my husband has kept concealed, that I may wear them for an instant, and show thee my native beauty, the like of which no human eye, but my lord's, hath gazed upon."*

*The simple woman assented, and fetched the robes and presented them to the Pari. She put them on, and then, like a bird escaped from the cage, spread her wings, and, crying farewell, soared to the sky and was seen no more. When the merchant returned from his voyage "and found no signs of the rose of enjoyment on the tree of hope, but the lamp of bliss extinguished in the chamber of felicity, he became as one Pari-stricken, [possessed, insane] a recluse in the cell of madness. Banished from the path of understanding, he remained lost to all the bounties of fortune and the useful purposes of life.*

## References

    Wikipedia.com [1]

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