Chapter One
Witches, Spirits, and the Familiar Craft There is literally no end to the work you can accomplish with the help of “your little daemon.” Liberal sciences, necromancy, alchemy, art, foreign language, diplomacy, law, love—these spirits know all the things that you want to know. They can make learning significantly easier. They love what you love and will help you pursue, protect, and promote those passions.
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Laurelei Black, The Witch’s Key to the Legion: A Guide to Solomonic Sorcery
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define the Familiar Craft as the magical and psychic art of working with the spirit beings and frequencies that reside in all realms of existence, including our own. In my traditions of both Sacred Fires and Black Rose Witchcraft we see the Familiar Craft as containing three equally important studies: the art of mediumship, the art of flying, and the art of conjuration. Mediumship applies to the skill of communicating with spirits and retrieving information; possession (allowing a spirit to enter and control the body); or aspecting (channeling aspects 9