Hello, I would like to ask you what is the difference between a Spirit Guide, Spirit Guardian and a Familiar? Thank you! 🪁
🕊 Spirit Guides, Guardians and Familiars
People have different views on this topic and classify some of these differently, so feel free to create your own belief system. But in the end, Spirit Guides, Guardians and Familiars have the same purpose - work with us, guide us and help us. I personally put Guardians and Spirit Guides into the same category.
✨ Spirit Guides
Just like the name says - they are our guides, who meant to help us in this life. We all have them and reaching out to them shouldn't be very difficult. They are always looking after us.
Spirit Guides can have many different forms. They could be Angels, Ascended Masters, your ancestors (which is also a category for itself) or any other being. They can even present themselves as an animal.
They help us channel answers to any question we have and guide us towards reaching our highest potential.
✨ Familiars
What usually first comes to mind when you hear the word familiar is an animal. But familiars also include spirits and entities. Familiars traditionally help with performing magick.
You should have a very special and strong bond with them and they usually choose you, not the other way around. Your pet is most likely not your familiar.
The difference between Familiars and Spirit Guides is that you need to get Familiars approval to work with them and create a special bond. While Spirit Guides are always with us, you don't need to even invite them into your life, you just need to start communicating with them.