How to Work With Plant Familiars
This is a blog post on how to work with plant familiars and incorporate them into your green witchcraft practice! Most magical people recognize that plants are magic, but did you know some plant spirits can become plant familiars and assist you with magical workings? Today, we’re going to delve into the world of plant familiars!
What are familiars? When you become a witch, usually as a birthright, you’ll receive an ally to assist you in walking your spiritual path. This ally is best known as an animal familiar, but familiars can take on the form of plants, fairies, nymphs, and insects. The familiar is there to help you with magical workings.
Sometimes, a familiar can be a physical plant or animal, but I’d say that’s much more rare. Typically, a familiar will be astral. You might meet your familiar while hedge riding or during meditation.
My main animal familiar is a hedgehog that lives in the astral realm and typically works with me whenever I hedge ride! We do spells together on the other side and take trips together to otherworldly places, and my hedgehog familiar is a constant source of comfort to me.
However, my hedgehog familiar isn’t my only familiar, just my main familiar. I have a familiar root that I created from a master root that I connected with instantly from the Phytognosis shop on Etsy. It was love at first sight!
In addition to my root plant familiar, I also have two aloe vera plant familiars that I keep in a sunny window in my kitchen! These plant familiars are physical, meaning they are real houseplants, and they assist me in many of my magical workings. In addition to that, I have a clover plant I keep in a dark corner of my tiny place that also assists me with my green witchcraft practice.
What is the difference between a plant spirit and plant familiars and plant allies?
Plant allies are friendly and helpful! In this case, you might connect with them for the occasional plant spell, in your home, or the wild. You might find them while wildcrafting on a nature walk in the forest. You might even have a good working relationship with them whenever you run across them!
These are the herbaceous plants that you might find in the wild. They can be anything from magical yarrow to wildflowers in bloom. It is the wild where you’ll leave a plant offering of tiny gemstones, a squeeze of honey, or a prayer for its species to repopulate. These are the plant spirits you might use time and time again!
Plant familiars, on the other hand, are typically going to be houseplants used in magical workings full-time. In this case, you’ll be able to visit your plant familiar in the astral realm and connect with it while hedge riding. You most likely will have a houseplant or physical copy of the plant in the earthly realm.
When working with a plant familiar, you’ll form a magical bond that ties you together. The best way to create a plant familiar is using a houseplant in a potted plant spell. In this process you’ll begin to feel the magic of the plant and how to work with him or her!
This magical working relationship is extremely special and unique! The plant can assist you in magical workings, herbal remedies, and astral realms. To bond with your plant familiar is quite exquisite!
In this article:
How to Work With Plant Familiars
How to Make Your Plant Familiar
Plant Offerings And Altars
Perform Plant Magic Spells
The Plant Familiar Relationship
As you can see, working with plant familiars can be life-changing! It’s a special, loving bond like no other. Plant spirits are gentle yet sometimes harsh living beings that can coax positive changes in your life. Are you ready to make a plant familiar? Let’s begin!
