Val McDowallI was inspired by my first feral friend who turned up on my doorstep from the forest, a proper witchy black cat if ever there was one. I wrote a story called The Witches Familiar about the adventures of a reincarnating magical black cat with an ancient soul called into duty as a familiar in a life where she thought she had earned her freedom. Her path was crossed by the return of a former mistress, one who did not reincarnate with full knowledge and one who proved to be just as hapless as she was in the past. The familiar in my story is a free spirit. Although she worked with many witches over her many reincarnated lives she did not belong to any of them, hence no apostrophe in the title. I developed these cards as a way to embody the magic and wisdom of a familiar for anyone, whether they have a special magical friend in their life or not. The Witches Familiar Oracle Cards Guidebook by Val McDowall is sold separately on Amazon. Find me: WEB thewitchesfamiliar + IG mywitchesfamiliar