Familiars: Animal Powers of Britain [Paperback]

Anna Franklin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2001

An animal familiar represents the species as a whole, not a wolf, but Wolf. Through this connection the shaman or witch can draw on the power of the whole species for their strength and abilities. A familiar also acts as a guide to Otherworld places, where knowledge or healing may be sought. A special relationship is formed between the practitioner and their familiar, otherwise referred to as Totem, Power or Nagual animals. This fascinating and enlightening book details seeking a familiar using pathworkings and dance, calling a familiar, shapeshifting, spirit flight, thought forms, and entering the Otherworld. It goes on to detail animals, giving folklore and names, associated deities, elements and plants, natural history and a pathworking for a wide variety of animals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Capall Bann Pub; First Edition edition (November 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1898307857
• ISBN-13: 978-1898307853
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,967,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anna Franklin is the High Priestess of the Hearth of Arianrhod, which runs teaching circles and postal courses, as well as a working coven, a company of archers and the annual Mercian Gathering, a Pagan camp which raises money for charity. She regularly speaks at conferences, moots and workshops around the country.

She lives in a village in the heart of England, where she grows her own herbs and food, and tries to live in harmony with the earth.

Now a full time writer, Anna is the author of many books on witchcraft and Paganism, including the popular Sacred Circle Tarot and The Fairy Ring Oracle [Llewellyn], Midsummer, Lammas, Fairy Lore, Herb Craft, Magical Incenses and Oils, The Celtic Animal Oracle, Personal Power, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fairies [Anova], A Romantic Guide to Handfasting, Familiars, The Oracle of the Goddess, Hearth Witch and The Path of the Shaman. Anna's books have been translated into nine languages.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bumper Guide to Familiars., December 29, 2000

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This review is from: Familiars: Animal Powers of Britain (Paperback)

This book contains an introduction to the subject of working with animal powers and the various types of relationship one can have with spirit animals- familiars, totems, fetches, nugual and tonal animals for example. It shows how to build a relationship with animal powers, how to gain a familiar or totem, how to create a power song and so on. there are then full descriptions of the lore and lessons of fifty animals and birds, togther with personal experiences of people, plus pathworkings and meditations on the animals. As with all of Anna's books this is a full and exhaustive coverage of the subject, well researched and cohesively written. I was able to gain contact with my own elusive familiar, as well as certain healing animal spirits that help me in my shamanic work.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Familiars:Animal Powers of Britain, August 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Familiars: Animal Powers of Britain (Paperback)

A fascinating dip into the shamanic world of the witch's familiar - wild and domestic animals with which adepts can link consciousness. It includes real life testimony from people undergoing shamanic experiences [some of them quite scary, others - unexpected].