"Is He why I can sense peoples thoughts and emotions?
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"Animal allies and familiars and two VERY different things. The beliefs and practices for hundreds of years said that familiars were demons in the form of animal that connect true demonc witches to the devil.
Animal allies are real animals, or spirits of them, that guide and protect you. They are good, and are eternally connected to you. To betray them is to betray yourself.
(please note that this is my opinion/theory based only on the knowledge I have)"

"familiars are animal allies, a wiccan familiar is a guide through life into the spiritual realm not a demonic presence. the reason for this is that each animal possesses unique characteristics and strengths that can aid the person bonded to the animal. this includes spirit animals and guides. also in the natural world most animals have a heightened sense of their surroundings allowing them to feel natural and spiritual phenomenon. that humans are not capable of sensing themselves.
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"Ok, so I've started getting feelings sometimes that there is a presence with me. I feel stupid saying this, but i first felt it playing a video game. i was super stressed and I felt a poke on my arm, like a dog pressing it's nose against you. i thought it was my cat, but she was asleep on my bed. It calmed me down to almost a meditated state of relaxation. I think He is white, and has a dragon(or winged?) form and a large wolf-ish form. Maybe my imagination, but i don't know why i would think of stuff like this.
I call Him my guardian, and my friend says she gets those feelings too. Long post I know, but I saw the term Guide and Guardian on other posts, and am wondering what they are. I don't trust Google or Wikipedia for this."

"the term familiar has been around as long as people have interacted with animals. the use of the term demon was introduced during medieval times in order to persecute the people that did not follow the beliefs of the church.
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"no problem its just annoying sometimes when people use cliches without researching the true history. and the picture is a download., but thanx just the same.
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"the term familiar has been around as long as people have interacted with animals. the use of the term demon was introduced during medieval times in order to persecute the people that did not follow the beliefs of the church.
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