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Video courses › Course 9

Spirits, Ancestors and Familiars

Discover animism, meet the spirits of place and nature, build an ancestor altar, meet your guides, learn the true history of familiars, keep your pets safe in magick and set strong boundaries in spirit work.

8 video lessons A quiz for every lesson Counts toward your 3rd Degree
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8 lessons

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Animism: spirit in all things

    An old idea that changes how you move through the world.

  2. 2

    Spirits of place and nature

    Introducing yourself to the land, and giving back.

  3. 3

    Honoring your ancestors

    Ancestors of blood, spirit and the Craft, and an ancestor altar.

  4. 4

    Spirit guides and animal guides

    A gentle guided journey to meet your guides.

  5. 5

    Familiars

    From the witch trials to modern practice.

  6. 6

    Pets and magick

    Candles, smoke, oils and plants: keeping animals safe.

  7. 7

    Protection and boundaries

    Five rules for safe spirit work.

  8. 8

    Hands-on: an offering ritual

    For your ancestors or the spirits of the land.

What's included

  • 8 video lessonsShort, beautiful lessons. Watch at your own pace, as often as you like.
  • A quiz for every lessonCheck what you've learned and track your progress.
  • Hands-on practiceEvery course ends with a real ritual or spell for your Book of Shadows.
  • Part of your 3rd DegreeFinish the degree courses and get your certificate in the mail.
Your path

Earn your 3rd Degree

Relationship and mastery: the gods and goddesses, spirits, ancestors and familiars, then rituals and a tradition of your own. Finish these 3 courses to receive your certificate with your name on it.

  1. Course 8: Gods, Goddesses and Pantheons
  2. Course 9: Spirits, Ancestors and FamiliarsYou're here
  3. Course 10: Ritual Mastery and Your Own Tradition

About our degrees

3rd Degree certificate

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