So, I’ve been thinking of utilizing a familiar for my rituals. What are the most important things to know about dealing with familiars?
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Terrific Tuesday Littlefield,
I do not want to sound obvious, but who is and what is or what do you call, your familiar.
Mine, is a trickster, whom I see as shadows, and I have named Steven.
Most important, is who they are, what they do, what you can expect from them. I cannot really say anything else as I am really not sure how to deal with familiars. I just know I have one, for a while, decades now, since the Challenger Shuttle Disaster in January 1986. I don’t know why he is here, I just know what he does.
Ahhhh 
, I don’t know what else. Good luck, sweetheart, more power to you!!
Lady Gene 
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I also have a Familiar, and I did nothing to get Her, She came to me on Her own.
She’s my connection to all things spiritual/occult, I have no special powers or abilities.
There are a few threads here on the forum about Familiars, five in fact. I do remember
posting on them. What little I could contribute that is. Check them out I guess,
sorry if I’m not a lot of help. EDIT: A Tulpa may function as one? IDK.
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See as much as I like the idea of gaining a familiar or spirit guide, I am worried about a trickster because I have ADHD and I already get confused and lose crap all the time so I don’t need anybody rearranging my stuff for fun. 
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Everyone’s familiar is highly dependent on the individual. But generally they are there to protect and guide you towards your spiritual growth.
A true familiar is very different from an animal or nature spirit. On the deepest level it’s believed that they are a projection of a deep archetypal aspect of the practitioner’s psyche - in Freudian/Jungian terms, like our id, or anima/animus. But some believe they are also independent, divine beings sent to help us.
Tulpas can become incredibly dangerous especially for a new practitioner, so I personally wouldn’t advise that. By definition they can also be servants, but the relationship there is very different.
If you want to pursue that and stay safe, as things tend to go better with an actual familiar, that’s what I recommend. Like Sedim said, we have a bunch of topics on how to go about that here.
Cheers. 