It was filled with water or some sort of liquid, and the moon reflected off the surface. There were several men there that worked with her and one night after a ritual devoted to her, everyone else had left and I found myself standing at a crossroads with three masks hanging from a pole and a big cauldron at the base. When I first stumbled onto Hecate in a real way, meaning that I actually had an experience with her beyond what I had read in books, I was at a festival called Between the Worlds in Ohio. How did you begin working with Hecate? What role does she play in your tradition and teachings? I know that you’ve also led rituals revolving around her at Pantheacon and other festivals and events. The Witch’s Book of Spirits is very Hecate focused. In The Witch’s Book of Power we are introduced to three deities – that of Diana, Dianus and Aradia. In The Witch’s Book of Spirits I get to really dive more into that work and am continuing to do so with following projects. I think calling animal companions Familiar belittles that role and fosters a reality for the witch that removes the spirit world just another degree away from us. For us, the term Familiar is one that comes with honor and responsibility. Your cat isn’t going to help you broker a deal with the crossroads spirit. Yes, terms develop over time, but the idea that your pet cat is your Familiar Spirit is thankfully new enough that I hope people who are interested in this type of work take a look at the work here that myself and many other witches do. Over time, our work with Familiars has become the easily most recognizable aspect of our tradition publicly.
So that was a big clue that what we stumbled upon was real and it needed attention. While doing so I found other witches, all over the planet, who felt the same way and were having the same type of experiences as we were. This was not something that was available for me when training in other traditions, I had to find this on my own and develop material around it. In the context of my tradition, the Familiar Spirit is a very real and palpable part of our craft and every single one of us has to forge a solid relationship with a Familiar in order receive initiation. We see this specific sort of thing in the story of The Witch of Endor in the Bible, the confessions of convicted witches, and the folk stories passed down in several European folk traditions.
That being said, the original context in which the term Familiar Spirit (or Familiar) was coined was speaking to a specific type of spirit being which was at times tutelary but was more often a mediary on behalf of the witch and the spirit world or at the very least was being employed by the witch to perform certain tasks. This has been a subject of discussion enough and I have had people tell me that I was flat out wrong on this, so I try not to be pushy about it. Can you explain the difference between the witch’s familiar and these other animals and spirits?Ībsolutely! There are a few reasons for this, none of which are meant to disrespect the values of other traditions, I can only speak to my own relationship to the spirit world. In your teachings and books you have a very different definition of the witch’s familiar than a lot of modern witches who view the familiar as either a pet or a “spirit animal”. Image Credit: Devin Hunter | Used With Permission I decided to ask Devin a few questions about his practice, projects and books. His first book, The Witch’s Book of Power was released from Llewellyn World Wide in July of 2016 and his second book, The Witch’s Book of Spirits will be released in July of 2017. Devin is currently teaching with the Black Rose School of Witchcraft. He is a blogger for Witches & Pagans magazine and is the creator of Modern Witch Magazine. His AV Club favorited podcast, the Modern Witch, has helped thousands of people from all over the world discover and develop their magical abilities. He holds third-degree initiations in both the Northern Star Tradition of Wicca as well as the Dianic Tradition of Witchcraft (the Cult of Diana) and is the founder of his own tradition, Sacred Fires.
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He is a professional Psychic Medium and modern witch and is the resident House Medium at The Mystic Dream in Walnut Creek, Ca.
2020 EDIT NOTE: “ The Witch’s Book of Secrets” was the working title for the book which was later named The Witch’s Book of Mysteries.ĭevin Hunter is the rising leading voice of a new generation of witchcraft.
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