The Wheel
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The Wheel
Spoke 56 Familiars
This week we are talking about familiars. We'll discuss some of the traditional familiars linked to the European witchcraft trials, familiars in modern culture and some of the ways you could invite a familiar into your life
1. Balancing the path - “Can pets be familiars” by Sidney Eileen
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/agora/2020/02/the-balancing-path-can-pets-be-familiars/
2. Stories form the museum floor - “Bad Dogs” by Stephanie Studders
https://storiesfromthemuseumfloor.wordpress.com/2018/11/02/familiar-spirits-part-two-bad-dogs/
3. Stories from the museum floor - “Poisonous Pinching Toads” by Stephanie Studders
https://storiesfromthemuseumfloor.wordpress.com/2018/11/09/familiar-spirits-part-three-poisonous-pinching-toads/
4. By athame and stang - “Introduction to Familiar Spirits” by Kelden
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/byathameandstang/2016/11/introduction-to-familiar-spirits/
5. Cunning-Folk and Familiar Spirits: Shamanistic Visionary Traditions in Early Modern British Witchcraft and Magic by Emma Wilby
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cunning-Folk-Familiar-Spirits-Shamanistic-Traditions/dp/1845190793
6. An ABC of Witchcraft Past and Present by Doreen Valiant
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B077GH6WW1/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_S3KJZEQV53HZQSZWMQ9V
7. Witch: a Magickal Journey: A Guide to Modern Witchcraft by Fiona Horne
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0008265143/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_CWC9X8TG58JKTW53JJWT
8. Fylgja in Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fylgja