Animal Magick: Art of Recognising and Working with Familiars - Softcover

Many of you reading this will have had pets for years. Some of you may consider them to be your familiars. In D. J. Conway's Animal Magick you'll discover new ways to learn from them (and other creatures) in order to achieve spiritual enlightenment and personal power. The book includes explicit instructions on how to find familiars and work with them. You'll learn how to meditate and do magick with them. More than 100 animals are described and you will discover what powers and knowledge each can share with you. Animal Magick shows you how your work with familiars can take on an even greater purpose that is true to the Pagan tradition of remembering and honoring your ancestors. That's because this is the first book to explore the subject of familiars from a European Pagan perspective. Now you can investigate ancient European Shamanic traditions -- including your heritage, perhaps -- that were destroyed during the Burning Times. Another unique feature of this book is that for each animal Conway has included a special "power chant" to invoke that animal's natural and magickal attributes. This way, even if you are not meditating, doing a ritual, or going on a shamanic journey to the "otherworld," you can still call on your familiars to bring you the help and confidence you need. Animal Magick shows you a powerful path to a more creative, more secure future. If you are looking to improve your life, you owe it to yourself to get this book.

The use of animal familiars began long before the Middle Ages in Europe. It can be traced to ancient Egypt and beyond. To most people, a familiar is a witch's companion, a small animal that helps the witch perform magick, but you don't have to be a witch or believe in familiars to have one. A physical familiar in the guise of a pet may already be living in your home. Or you may have an astral-bodied familiar if you are intensely drawn to a particular creature that is impossible to have in the physical. There are advantages to befriending a familiar. They make excellent companions, even if they are astral creatures. If you work magick, the familiar can aid by augmenting your power. Familiars can warn you of danger, and they are good healers. Most books on animal magick are written from the viewpoint of the Native American but this book takes the reader into the field of animal familiars from the European pagan viewpoint. It gives practical meditations, rituals, and power chants for enticing, befriending, understanding, and using the magick of familiars.