The Lore of the Fetch
Agnesse says: "As you have heard, reality is actually many different levels of awareness. Your own mind is part of each of those levels to a lesser or greater extent, and it flows from one to the other along tides of life and death, and other tides, such as sleep and waking. To allow your mind to flow to these states only by natural tides is to be an ordinary person. To use other means to make your mind flow to these states is to be a Witch. On all the many levels, you have a presence. When viewed from one level, such as our world, your other “selves” can seem like separate entities. This is the lore of the Fetch. The Fetch is the term used to describe the totality of your whole being, from the aspects of yourself that you do know, that is, your body, your waking mind, and your sense of self identity, to the aspects that are hidden from you…your FetchLover, your Fetch-Animal or Familiar spirit, your Shade, your Soul, and so on. You, as a being, are not male or female, truly. The “soul” is both, although from time to awareness-time, it changes it’s focus. For a Man, it is the hidden female power in him that becomes
the Fetch-Wyf, also called the Fae-wyf. Not only does she represent that thing that he longs for union with…(and this longing leads him to seek that union from other mortal women) but she is also that being that stands between him and the true soul of the matter…The All-Mother herself. For the Fetch in its totality is only a reflection of the Great Mother. For women, the hidden male part of her awareness takes form as the Fetch-Husband, or Fae-husband, and he is that being deep within that she calls “God”…For when a man or woman becomes united with their other-self, an experience that can only be described in terms of a deeply spiritual sexual union, They regain the lost wholeness of the Self, and gain great power or wisdom from the union. It is the Fetch-lover that sometimes greets a person after death, to guide them to Elfhame. To most dead, who still cling to the notion that they are separate individuals, this spirit may not be recognized for what it is, and they will treat it as an outsider spirit come to help them, maybe an ancestor, or to a Christian, an angel. but it is really another part of themselves, come to guide them into their next experience. The Human is also an animal. Our animal side is called the Animal Fetch, or the Puckerel. It is a savage and wild, yet exceedingly powerful aspect of our being, and it is part of your fetch as well. The Animal Fetch is also called the familiar spirit. The animalistic side of ourselves is often labeled by Christians “The devil” but this is a ridiculous evasion. The Fetch-Animal is that source of natural power that can be met and befriended, and through it, great works of witchery may be accomplished. For to befriend, that is, to accept, the animal side of our nature is to bring it under control and turn its great power to our advantage, and not allow it to harm us with its sometimes reckless, sometimes selfish urges. To identify with your familiar is to put yourself in touch with the power of nature in a very direct way.
The Animal Fetch can appear as any animal, and the type of animal that appears to you speaks much about the identity of your ancestors. More will be said later on this matter. All witches seek their familiar…soon enough."
Finding the Familiar
It is the Great Lord of the Fields and Fens, our God, that gives the knowledge of your Familiar spirit. There are many ways to have the great God reveal to you your Fetch-beast’s face, but I shall impart to you one of the best I know. It will be difficult, but so is anything that has value. Begin by preparing yourself, and by making offering and prayers to The Horned One. You must ask him for this boon. In circlesteads, or at the base of great oaks, make invocations and leave offerings. Share the Houzle, and make petition for what it is you desire. Keep this up for many days. Then withdraw yourself from the presence of people, and come to some deserted place, particularly a forest. You must not eat for an entire day and an entire night. Then, go into twilyte sleep, and do the crossing rite. Hallow a circlestead, invoke the presence of the Horned Master, and sit within it. Face north-
ways, and meditate on your own personal character, and your own self. Continue this for a long while. Then, you must enter into a great inner silence, of considerable time…not less than 2 hours. You must achieve a great feeling of “otherness”. At this time, do not think about the purpose of this rite…just let your feelings grow.
When you feel that the power is strong, invoke your Familiar thus: “Fare thee forth, Cunning Puckerel Come to me now That there may be strength to our union That I might increase in your power By the power of the Old One This must be! Ka!” Make an offering of mead or ale at this point, by holding a cup of it up, and reciting a toast to the Horned Master, and your fetch-beast. Drain half of the cup in one sip, and pour the rest out on the ground in front of you. Then, get comfortable, and begin to chant, over and over, “Robin, Dark Master, send forth my fetch…”
And at this point become receptive, as you chant, and let the vision of the Puckerel rise in your mind’s eye. Be cautious! The puckerel's animal form may appear in actuality, or maybe in a vision. But either way, be receptive with both sets of eyes. Allow the beast's image to rise into your awareness. Do not
make it, or choose for it to. You must not deceive yourself here. Allow it to come to you. Be passive. When you sense it, whether or not you see it, attempt to communicate with it. You should be in a fine state of Twilyte sleep by this point. You may have the urge to lie down and recede further from the world. This is fine, as long as you stay aware. You may leave you body and find yourself somewhere else…this is good, too, because in these kinds of experiences the Fetch is often found. Either way, try to communicate with it, and ask it for a name, or for any information that it may have for you. From this point on, you are bound to it, and its natural species. When the communion is complete, call it back to your inner self by saying “fetch fly back” or some other words. It will dwell in your chest, when you need it or when you summon it. The chest is the place sacred to them. Say out loud “Consummatum Est!” and leave the site. Within a day, you should have a Houzle to honor the Puckerel, in which you worship it as your Cunning Ancestor and teacher, and as your companion, and you invite it to share in your life and power. Make many offerings to it, and to the Red Horned One, who makes these things possible. If you ever have need of the Familiar, and you certainly will, summon it with the HexThreads. It can aid in any work of Witchery, and in fact, it will make them twenty times more powerful. Pay attention to it!
