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Posted Sat Jan 10, 2009 6:13 pm...

The Cat

No other animal is more frequently linked with Witches and the Craft than the cat, and in particular the black cat.

This is not just part of the mythology of the Craft, as many Witches live with cats. Notice I say 'live with', not 'own': no-one who knows cats will ever consider that you have possession of one! Having said that, there is no reason why you have to live with a cat to be a Witch.
There is an enormous body of folklore surrounding the cat. A cat washing behind its ears is said to forecast rain; stroking an affected eye with a cat's tail was thought to cure a stye, and so forth. Whatever you feel about such sayings there is no doubt that the cat is a very magical animal. Once of mine, now sadly dead, could tell the difference between a true Witch and a pretender. Certainly both my current cats pay great attention whenever I am practicing the Craft, and can distinguish between a candle lit for magic and one lit for ambience.

Another way in which cats and Witches are linked is that cats are probably the best domestic animal for borrowing. That is when you transfer a part of your mind into the body of the animal so that you can travel in its shape and experience the things it sees and does. Indeed it is thought that the saying a cat has nine lives is an indication of the number of times a Witch can rise with a cat in this way.

"All cats are grey at night. - Old French Proverb"

~from the Real Witches Year by Kate West

If you cant explain it simply, you dont understand it well enough.-- Albert Einstein

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