Witch Craft : Animal Companions, Familiar Spirits and Magical Pets

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“I am the roar of the ocean. I am a powerful ox. I am a hawk on a cliff. I am a salmon in pools. I am a lake in a plain.” — from the Song of Amergin (a Celtic poem)

Familiars in the Dark Ages

Today neopagans and modern witches refer to their household pets as being their “familiars”, but the concept of a…