#familiar magick

[vulturoid]

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[vile-lithium3]

[majokkid]

Familiars and Magical Guides

One of the most enticing aspects of being a mahō shōjo is arguably having the aid of an adorable sidekick. Mahō shōjo media is full of examples of mascot characters who are dedicated, at least in part, to the magical growth of its respective protagonists.

Though, these cuddly companions are not always what they seem. By understanding the intentions of the entities we are working with, we can get a better idea of what we can expect out of our relationships with them.

Note: While I am using terminology utilized in traditional witchcraft here, this is not a direct reflection of those practices. I am merely trying to contextualize these ideas within the work of magical heroes.

Magical guides and familiars are independent and conscious entities concerned with your magical work and growth as a magic user. As such, they desire for you to be the best magical hero you can be.

While the line defining the difference between guides and familiars can get blurry, I think this passage from Devin Hunter’s The Witch’s Book of Spirits explains the distinction well:

Familiars are spirits who intimately work with us. Not particularly invested in the enrichment of our souls, they are more interested in being friends and partners in crime. On occasion, […] these allies can start off as guides and then over time move into the role of familiar. Guides are rarely permanent fixtures and have a tendency to come when needed and then exit the stage once the job is done. Sometimes you make friends, however, and they stick around, dropping the formality of mentor and guide and sliding into a much more intimate partnership of equals.

Devin Hunter, The Witch’s Book of Spirits (Llewellyn Publications, 2017)

If we operate with this understanding, both magical guides and familiars are invested in your growth but possibly to different ends. For example, a familiar would readily help you with magic concerning matters of the heart, acting with your best interest in mind, but a magical guide would not (unless they had some ulterior motive linked to the conditions of your magical growth). Magical guides are purely focused on helping you achieve greater magics and are not concerned with the human conceptions of morality that come with that territory. In either case, however, guides and familiars can act as intermediaries between you and other spirits, translators of psychic information, and can reveal to you magical insights.

This post is part of my Magi Praxis series. If you have any suggestions for future topics, or you have attempted anything I have shared and want you share your experiences, please send me a message! I am always happy to go back and provide further explanation as well. ☆

[tealeavesand-roses]

Status: read Rating: 5/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

I am a Weyward, and wild inside.

Simply in awe. Weyward by Emilia Hart has stolen my heart and is easily my favorite read of the year. Weyward is a beautiful historical fiction tale with themes of witchcraft, nature, womanhood, and gothic horror, this story delves into the lives of three women throughout scattered periods of time. Altha's story takes place in 1619, Violet's takes place in 1942, and Kate's takes place in 2019. Each woman's story is as captivating as the next.

As I was finishing Violet's chapter regarding her mother and her family's history, I began to tear up, I flipped the page to the next chapter and I stumbled upon a beautiful white feather. I began to sob. My boyfriend had gotten me this book from a second-hand online shop and the previous owner must have left it in there. I felt like the feather was fantastically symbolic of what I was feeling and I felt so connected in that moment to myself, to nature, and spiritually to those in my life who have passed.

Could not recommend this book enough 🪶🌿🪲🐦‍⬛

[ra-y-ne]

Animals as omens ✨

[unityghost]

What people think witchcraft is: ✨🔮👻🌿😈

What it actually is:

[ethereal-multiplicity]

⟡ Worldly Mysteries - Siren Folk ⟡

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More and more people are coming around to the possibility of different realms and the beings who rule those. Such as Spirits, Pagan Gods/Goddesses, Witches/Witchcraft, Fae, Mermaids, Sirens, etc.

This is largely because we are moving out of the Christian Age. For centuries Christianity has ruled the world, but no more. Enough is enough, so in my Worldly Mysteries series I will be explaining different types of creatures and how to work with them. This post is about Siren's.

I am open to requests on what creatures I should make a post about :)

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There is multiple different myths about how Sirens came to be and what their purpose was;

One story says that Sirens were Persephone's companions/aids, and tried to help find her when Hades took her to the underworld. Demeter gave them wings to help the search, but when they failed to find her, and more so failed to prevent her rape. they were cursed into remaining in their monstrous form.

Another story says that sirens were the daughters of Achelous, and yet another says they were the daughters of Oceanus and Gaia

The mythology of Siren Folk has changed a lot over the millennia, but one thing remains consistent, they are shapeshifters that were usually women. (Which includes being stuck/cursed)

The main myth is that they are half bird, other myths say they are half fish (A "mermaid"). Another less common myth, yet very common in Hollywood Media, says that they can shift between half bird, half fish, and fully human.

Their main role in myth and media is that they have beautiful singing voices, sometimes accompanied by the music of either a lyre, a kithara, or a aulos, and they use their talents to lure sailors (mostly men) into their watery deaths. A Siren will hypnotize a sailor with her voice, make the ship crash and sink against the rocks she sat upon, and some myths say they eat their victims after they drowned, but no matter the myth, there is rarely a victim who got away alive and unscathed.

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Why should people work with Sirens? We'll get to that in a minute.

The most obvious reason someone might not want to work with them is because Sirens are depicted as... violent to say the least. However, so many deities all across the globe did more fucked up things then killing some probably horrible sailors.

Examples being; Zeus and Poseidon repeatedly sexually assaulted people, including their own sisters. Hades kidnapped Persephone and manipulated her into being his wife. Literally every god slept with people outside their spouses consent. Cronus fucking ate his children. And lastly, the sheer amount of gods who willingly had sexual relations, even bore children, with their parents, siblings, or own kids. (An example I already stated in this post, is Oceanus and Gaia. Gaia is Oceanus' mother, yet one myth says that they are the parents of the Siren.)

The list can go on forever, sirens are so tame compared to Gods and Goddesses, yet we still worship and love them?

Now, you may be asking, why would people still worship those Gods? Well, that's for another post, but the simplest answer is, because it's mythology. It was likely written by fucked up humans wanting to excuse their actions.

Anyway, back to the main question. Why should/would anyone work with The Siren? Here are a few reasons off the top of my head;

Glamour Magick. Sirens are depicted as one of the most beautiful beings that exist, that you would think they were daughters of Aphrodite. Not only that, but water is just... healing. Water in general is a powerful tool in Glamour Magic, now pair that with a Siren. You'll be catching everyone's heads.

Sex Magick. Sirens hypnotize and control people for shits and giggles, honey if you invoke them for sexual magick your gonna have the best night of your life. Not only that, but sexual healing, body image healing, etc.

Similar to the first two, Love Magick. I personally do not practice love magick without all parties consent, but no matter the rules you have for your practice, Siren's attract people of all genders, if you invoke them for Love Magick, whoever your doing it for, even if it's yourself, is gonna find someone that worships the ground they walk on.

Confidence. Working with the Siren can teach you how to view yourself in a healthy way, and understand yourself in a way you never did before.

Luck Magick. Siren's are creatures of the sea, and the sea brings luck and prosperity. The sea brings you treasure and joy, working with the Siren could attract good things your way.

Working with Siren's could also teach you how to direct your manifestations. Once more, they hypnotize men and rarely don't get what they want. Siren energy could teach you how to lure good things to you/your target in a more definite way.

Also, if you have a fear or trauma around water/swimming, you could invoke the Siren's to basically catch your fall. Invite them to go with you, to protect you and give you the confidence you need. After all, one myth says that Siren's aren't naturally sea creatures, they would know how to become one with water more than anything.

If you want more confidence in your voice, singing or just using it in general, they could help build your confidence and identify where your fear comes from and how to stop holding back. The most powerful part of anyone's practice is their voice, your true voice comes from your chest, and they could help you tap into that.

On the darker side,

Siren's can help with baneful magic. Again, they hypnotize and kill sailors. If you invoke siren energy for baneful workings, your target is gonna basically be yours for the attack, Siren's lower all guards and protections.

They could teach you how to lie with confidence. Not in a way that's harmful, but in a way that keeps you safe.

They could help show you your Shadow, helping you work towards your goals in life by delving head first into your past traumas and processing them.

Siren's could teach you how to use your feminine wiles, how to manipulate energy around you to get what you want, and make sure you aren't ignored.

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How might someone worship them? After all, worshipping is how you begin a relationship with a divine entity.

Here is some things I would do;

Leave offerings at the beach for the ocean to take for the Sirens. Such as sand drawings, sea shell structures, seaweed sculpture, etc.

Sing songs at the beach for the Sirens, if you can't or don't want to, you could also do it with a picture of the beach, water collected from the ocean, or even in your bathtub.

Make an Altar for them. I feel like Siren's would want their own Altar or dedicated space, especially in places like a window, bathroom, or really anywhere you would practice Glamour Magick.

Learn how to speak their language. Use your voice, and your femininity to achieve what you want.

Send flowers out into the ocean for the Sirens, but please make sure the flowers are safe to degrade in the sea.

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Do I have any warnings to working with or worshipping them? Yeah, here's a few;

Don't ask for protection without doing the work to help protect yourself.

If you have a familial practice, safely teach your children about Siren's. They are chaotic, and children need calm beings to be around, such as Persephone.

Treat Sirens with the same respect you would any deity or spirit, they are still divine beings, not monsters.

Siren's are chaotic beings, make sure you have proper goals for your relationship, otherwise it could overwhelm you. (At the same time though they are tranquil beings... it's like two sides of the same coin)

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Have fun working with them!

I am really sad there isn't a lot of resources on working with Siren Energy on google and tumblr. There is shit tons of information on working with the Fae, why not the merfolk :(

[eryniell]

Witch and her familiar 🐾💚

[luciferianchild]

My cat familiar wakes me up in the mornings by kneading my chest, and softly nibbling my fingers, because he knows that I start getting bad nightmares when I get too much sleep. He adjusts to my schedules pretty quickly :)

[maryhale1]

When it comes to witchcraft I always feel home . It feels like I belong there. I don’t have a coven yet, but I would love to connect to others drawn to it .

[bargainbinwizard]

I kind of have an in joke with my spirits having to do with green 27s. Since I suck at using my intuition, most signs and tarot cards look like gibberish. I once brought up angel numbers a long time ago in a one way conversation with the spirit court as an example of sign gibberish and said

''There's no way for me to know what situation the angel number I'm looking at applies to. If I see 111 it's supposed to mean beginnings but the beginning of what? If I don't somehow use my intuition to figure out what situation it applies to or what it means 111 could mean literally anything so it's just spiritual white noise.''

Then I said some more stuff that I don't really recall but I did make up a number sign on the spot to make fun of the whole concept of cryptic meaningless meaningful signs. That's when the concept of the ''Green 27'' was born.

''How do I protect myself from this person who randomly throws spells at me? Fuck you, green 27. Figure it out what it means. Does the green color represent the herb I'm supposed to be using for protection? Fuck you, green 27. Does it represent a deity I should work with? Fuck you,green 27. Am I supposed to treat the 2 and 7 as separate numbers and use numerology to understand the meaning behind them as a whole or am I supposed to add them and treat them as a 9? Fuck you, green 27.''

And the rest was history. A few months passed and at the time I've ordered a spirit reading from the internet regarding issues that I won't go into. I told the spirits ''If you're gonna be sending me any green 27s in the reading, could you at least tell me something that applies to my situation? You can send me all the green 27s you want.''

A week or two passed and the spirits did tell me something I needed to hear...but in the reading, the psychic said she received psychic impressions of green and the number 27. Clearly the spirits were screwing with me.

[vile-lithium3]

[scrunglemoss]

Janie Olsen

[cadrenebula]

Junelezen - Day 22 Journal

"Here. It's spelled to take notes for you and follow you around, Sahji. I meant to use it for myself but it might help you to stop writing in your books."