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Familiars
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I have heard three things about familiars ;
One,you can find them In a deep forest,
Two,you have to summon them,
And three,you can find them from a breeder.
Please tell me ,which is true? I have felt a connection with
'something' (maybe a familiar?) and I would like to know if it was a familiar.
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I have always believed that a familiar was not a physical creature. It is more felt that seen.

As for how you come about one, I think they pick you.
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None of the three things you listed are true.

I'm not sure where the idea that a pet is the same as a familiar came from. I guess I have to blame it on some of the crop of poorly researched books on the market these days. But the fact of the matter is that our beloved pets and a Witch's familiar are very, very different things.

A Witch's familiar is an animal spirit or a magical construct created by the Witch or the Magician as an adjunct to their magical workings, as a repository for power, and if needed as a defense against magical attack from another magic user. A Witch or a magician can draw upon the energies of the familiar when they need an extra boost of energy in a magical working. Conceivably if the spell is important enough, the Witch could completely drain the familiar of energy causing it to "die" or cease to exist. And in the case of a magical attack, the attack could be diverted to the familiar so that it would be the familiar which is destroyed rather than the magic user. None of these are things that I think any of us would want to do with our pets.

There is an excellent article on familars here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_spirit

Animals are very sensitive to the energies around them and they may be drawn to us when we are working magic because they can sense the energy. They also want to be around their people, which again will make them want to be where we are..and that may be where we are doing magic. Neither of these things makes the animal a familiar or inherently magical in and of itself.

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Thank you for this information.I will also remember to never listen to my cousin again.
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familiars can be your pet I have familiar that is cougar that comes to me in dreams
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Phantomcat13, no, familiars are not your pets. While the being that visits you in your dreams might be your familiar or a guardian of some sort, it isn't a pet.
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