The Witch's Familiar: Spiritual Partnership for Successful Magic

Description

Since ancient times, witches and magicians have worked magic with the aid of Familiars, or helpful spirits. Familiars may take the form of a beloved pet, a totem animal, or even a helpful nonphysical entity. Explore the fascinating history of Familiar spirits in The Witches' Familiar . Written by one of today's leading authorities on both Wicca and traditional hereditary Witchcraft, this book is your complete guide to finding and working with a Familiar. You'll read about the three types of Familiars: physical, astral, and spiritual. Learn how to call a Familiar to you, and how to choose an appropriate name. Discover how to use magical seals and sigils to command or release a nonphysical Familiar. Protect yourself and your loved ones by asking your Familiar to guard your home. Make your magic even more potent by enlisting your Familiar's aid in spellwork and ritual. Keep your bond strong, and find out how to release a Familiar when its work is done or it has passed from the physical plane. This is the first book to present never-before-published traditional Craft methods for working with Familiars as well as historical examples from Western ceremonial magic. Your magic will be even more powerful when you combine forces with a Familiar face. Review: great book - Good book, very informative. Review: Wow. - I purchased this book on a recommendation from a different author, for a different take on Familiars. For this purchase, I am satisfied! Raven Grimassi is known for historical accuracy and commentary. He lived up to this reputation in this tome, beginning with describing first his terminology, then his topics. He covered the concepts, types, historical accounts by the Church, the Court, and modern accounts from his perspective. He warned, also, that the readers, before attempting any binding and controlling, read through the material first to decide for themselves if and what type of Familiar is best for them. I am glad for that warning; I ultimately decided that at the time of writing this, Familiars were not for me. But I learned a whole heap. Grimassi created a Seal system to bind and control the familiars. He shared these seals (creating, calling, departing, protection, dreaming, carrying a spell, severence, binding, controlling, a vortex). He then described appropriate relationships, how to form them, what to do with them, when to release them, how to name them. This was extremely informative. My student's stomach was satiated! Wow.