Who is your familiar

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By helping me garner a fresh perspective. By directing me along the right spiritual path. By dreaming up mischievous schemes for us to enact.

By gathering ingredients for my potions. On top of a mountain at sunset. In a flower-filled meadow. On a black-sand beach. Deep within the jungle. It would be great if they could take care of some gardening for me. Do you think they could run my errands for me?

Maybe do my chores? I could use help with the dishes. They could pitch in with the bills and my streaming subscriptions! A good-health spell. A love spell. Always remember that magic is for believers, but this column can also simply serve as a guide to getting in touch with yourself — magically or not. The relationship between witches and familiars runs deep.

According to legend, familiars are sort of like guides, who take the form of an animal on Earth. They are loyal guardians and protectors to witches, who are sent to assist them with magic. They hear and see it all, they understand and know us better than we may even know ourselves.

Familiars are psychically connected and can telepathically communicate with each other in times of need. Magic practitioner Nina Kahn felt this way about her hamster, Bagel. People thought familiars were in bad spirits. Many people believe the word derives from famulus, the Latin word for servant. Familiars also guided witches and taught them how to practice magic.

Because of their shapeshifting ability, witches used them as spies. Cats, dogs, birds, toads, and mice were all suspected. Hares were thought to be either familiars or witches in disguise.

The most well-known hare familiar is from the Pendle trials. Tibb was mentioned by Elizabeth Demdike. This familiar took on the appearances of a hare and a black cat.