The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars by Madame Pamita

Available January 21, 2025!

Spells, Rituals & Recipes for Making Magic with Animal Allies

Whether you are seeking to bring animal magic into your practice or simply want to bond with a furry, finned, or feathered friend in more meaningful ways, The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars will expand your magical practice and amplify your power with the help of an animal familiar.

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Discover Your Animal Familiar

Discover your personal animal familiar and open yourself to a new way of working alongside the animal kingdom in your magical practice. More than simple elements to be added to spells, animals are allies who can teach any witch about energy, life force, and different kinds of consciousness.For centuries, witches have been linked with familiars such as black cats; however, the world of animal familiars is not limited to felines. Dogs, birds, rodents, reptiles, and even the guppies in your aquarium can be your special companions and magical co-creators. And the magic isn't limited to domestic animals either, you'll learn all about wild animals, farm animals, animal spirits and more!

Learn to Commune with Your Familiar and Much More!

One of the most magical parts of having an animal familiar is building a relationship with them. Like any good friend, developing that relationship means talking, sharing, and getting to know one another. Communing means communicating, but it also means something more. You can communicate with your dog by giving them commands to roll over, and they can bark to communicate that the delivery person is dropping off a package, but that isn’t communing. Communing is something more immersive.

More Than a Hundred Spells, Rituals, and Recipes

You’ll find spells to attract, protect, and bond with your familiar. You’ll learn magical ways to calm your familiar and even rituals to help your familiar transition at the end of life. You’ll access ways to talk to your familiar and build psychic links to help you understand them. You’ll discover ways to invite your familiar to participate in your magical rituals, to exchange spiritual energy with your familiar, and even learn how to shapeshift into animal form.

Praise for The Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars

  • Madame Pamita’s new book, The Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars: Spells, Rituals & Recipes for Making Magic with Animal Allies, feels like sitting down with a trusted mentor who knows how to bring magick into everyday life. With her signature warmth and down-to-earth style, she helps you connect with the power of animals in a way that feels both natural and inspiring. Whether you’re just getting started or have been practicing for years, Madame Pamita makes working with animal allies feel accessible and meaningful, offering guidance that comes from a place of deep knowledge and care.

    — Mat Auryn, bestselling author of Psychic Witch, Mastering Magick, and The Psychic Art of Tarot

  • Madame Pamita has given us a book that delves into what is, and what is not, an animal familiar. From an historical viewpoint all the way to our current disconnect with animals, she gently teaches us how to find, and commune with, our animal familiar.

    Included are spells and recipes for many different needs, sections on how to use animal offerings, and how to exchange energy with your familiar. An in-depth look on how to benefit and learn from having an animal familiar of your own, I highly recommend A Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars to anyone who wishes to experience the joy and challenges of working with a familiar, whether wild or domesticated. I truly believe this book will take your magickal practice to the next level.

    – Christine Cunningham Ashworth, author of Scott Cunningham - The Path Taken

  • Madame Pamita offers readers the gift of better acquainting ourselves with the other-than-human beings with whom we share the planet. This love letter to the animal - and insect - realms offers so much to everyone -- not only those building a magical practice: animal history, behavior, and lore; traditional healing ways, regional superstitions, and folk beliefs; and fairy tales and mythology, not to mention many creative magical rituals. For anyone longing for a loving bond with nature, here you will find a path to that sacred place, strewn with beauty, to inspire a truly enchanting connection with the natural world.

    – Deatra Cohen, herbalist and co-author of Ashkenazi Herbalism

  • “Madame Pamita invites you to talk with the animals, walk with the animals, and commune with them. Animal familiars are a blessing, and Pamita addresses them as such. She’ll teach you how to curate relationships with your familiars and even how to call on them for assistance. She offers warm advice and skillful spells to help your bond with your familiar become as easy as breathing.”

    —Melissa Cynova, author of Kitchen Table Tarot and co-host of Cardslingers Coast to Coast podcast

  • “This book not only helps you deepen your connection to your animal companion but also teaches you how to continue that development long past the final page. With heartfelt anecdotes and her trademark sense of humor, Madame Pamita delivers exactly what you need to know in order to empower your relationship with your animal familiar!”

    — Devin Hunter, author of Modern Witch: Spells, Recipes, and Workings

  • “Bravo, Madame Pamita! Few, if any, books have deep-dived into the subject of the acquisition, role, living power, and integrative magical practices of the time-honored role of the familiar in the witch’s craft the way you have. This is no mere book of animal symbology. No, this is an apprenticeship-style grimoire of a rarely detailed component of the witch’s way.”

    — Orion Foxwood, author of Mountain Conjure and Southern Root Work and The Tree of Enchantment
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Sample Spell: Call a Wandering Familiar Home

If your familiar has gone for a wander, either out of their cage or out of the house entirely, use this simple spell to help them find their way back quickly and safely.

What you will need:

  • Two magnets or naturally magnetic lodestones
  • Two chime candles, birthday candles, or small tapers
  • Two saucers or small dishes
  • Matches
  • Two small food treats that your familiar enjoys
  • Some magnetic sand or iron filings

1. Hold the magnets or lodestones in your hands so that they are touching one another.

2. Recite the following incantation as you send a psychic message, envisioning your familiar back in their home:

Little adventurer, wandering friend,
The time for travel has come to an end.
Your rambles will soon be in the past,
And safe at home you will be at last.

3. Affix a candle to each saucer by melting the bottom of the candle slightly and pressing it onto the dish.

4. Place one magnet or lodestone and one treat on each saucer.

5. Place one prepared saucer near your familiar’s home, bed, or food dish and one at your front door.

6. Recite the incantation above as you light each candle.

7. If needed, you can repeat this spell once a day until your familiar returns.

8. When your familiar reappears, give them the treats and “feed” your magnets or lodestones with a pinch of magnetic sand to thank them for helping bring your familiar back safely.

9. Keep the magnets or lodestones, and reuse them in this spell any time you need to call your familiar back to the nest.

About the Author

Madame Pamita is a Ukrainian-American witch, author, teacher, and healer with a profound connection to the natural world. With a life steeped in the practice of magic, she combines her deep reverence for animals, plants, and the energies of nature to empower and assist others on their spiritual journeys. Her love for animals is a fundamental aspect of her life and work and is reflected in her approach to magic, which emphasizes harmony, respect, and balance with the natural world.

In addition to her writing, Madame Pamita is a sought-after teacher and speaker. She conducts workshops that delve into various aspects of folk magic, from candle magic to tarot reading, providing practical learning experiences for aspiring magic makers. Her teaching style is both engaging and empowering, encouraging participants to explore their own magical potential. She also shares her expertise through a range of social media platforms. Her popular YouTube channel serves as a vibrant resource for those interested in magic and spirituality where she offers practical advice, spells, and spiritual wisdom to a global audience.

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More Praise for The Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars

  • “Madam Pamita’s The Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars explores a wide range of the possible kinds of relationships, partnerships, encounters, friendships, and more. that are possible when working with animals and animal spirits on this plane and others. She also gives excellent guidance on how to attract, approach, and commune with these wonderful beings. The book offers useful directions for working with insects, amphibians, reptiles, and fish which are often underrepresented in this work. Most importantly, The Witch’s Guide to Animal Familiars has a consistently deep hearted and respectful perspective on the beauty of collaboration with our animal kin.”

    —  Ivo Dominguez Jr. author of The Four Elements of the Wise

  • “In this wonderful book, Madame Pamita explores the magic of animal allies, guides, and familiars, and how they are relevant and enriching for a Witch’s magical practice. Drawing from history, folklore, and her own life experiences, Pamita weaves a tapestry of animal companions and demonstrates simple techniques and rites for incorporating their energies into your work. If you are interested in learning more about animal familiars or want to deepen your relationship to one you already have, definitely get this book.”

    —Storm Faerywolf, Author of Forbidden Mysteries of Faery Witchcraft and The Witch’s Name

  • “Just like us humans, animals have souls. And because we have a special connection with our furry loved ones, why not learn how to energetically communicate and even partner with them? In Madame Pamita's newest book, The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars, she'll teach you how to connect deeply with your pets, farm animals, and even the wild creatures around you in profoundly meaningful ways. You'll find practical recipes and step-by-step guidance to deepen and enhance your spiritual relationship with the beautiful living creatures who give so much to us all. If you're an animal lover of any kind, this book is for you.” 

    – Ainslie MacLeod, author of The Old Soul’s Guidebook and The Instruction

  • “Madame Pamita’s The Witch’s Guide To Animal Familiars is brimming with wisdom, guidance and heart, delving into the rich and fascinating relationship between human and animal, witch and familiar. A must-read not only for every witch, but anyone wishing to deepen their spiritual relationships with the animal kingdom.”

    – Tara Rae Moss, Shamanic Practitioner, Seidkona and Runeworker, international bestselling author of The Ghosts of Paris

  • “The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars has it all: history, hands-on spells and rituals, and lots of practical insight! You'll learn what familiars are and how to work with them, exploring a wide array of animals and their messages along the way. Each page is filled with magic, and I expect this to be a treasured reference for generations to come.”

    – Nicholas Pearson, author of The Seven Archetypal Stones and Crystal Healing for the Heart

  • “In her new and uniquely themed book, Madame Pamita takes us on an adventure that is both vitally important and otherwise unobtainable. It is an essential guide for lovers of creatures, ritual and magic. We human animals emerge from its pages profoundly changed in our understanding and our relationships with the other animals who help us bless and deeply influence our homes, our lives, and our world.”

    – Amy Zerner & Monte Farber, creators of The Enchanted Tarot and The Intuition Oracle 

  • “The Witch's Guide to Animal Familiars by Madame Pamita is an enchanting journey into the mystical bond between witches and their animal allies. With wisdom and warmth, Madame Pamita unveils the secrets of connecting with, communicating, and divining through familiars—be they wild creatures, birds, fish, or even insects. As a cat lover, the chapter on feline friends is my personal favorite. I've had cat familiars for much of my life, and the spells in this book, I believe, will not just help, but surely foster deeper connections with my furry, purry buddies. Whether looking to divine the future with critters or trying to find the right one for magical endeavors, this book is the perfect companion for any witch who believes in the power of animals.”

    – Theresa Reed, The Cards You're Dealt - How to Deal When Life Gets Real: A Tarot Guidebook
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