Famulus
Famulus is a textbook on the subject of Familiars and the Familiar ritual.
Subtitled The Familiar<ref name=":4" /> or The Familiar Bond.<ref name=":12" /> It is part of a set with Implementum and Demesne.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> The Thorburn library had a copy with an orange cloth cover,<ref name=":2" /> the Blue Heron Institute had a 2018 edition<ref name=":14">Famulus is a result of many years’ teaching in private circles. As it became vogue to hire tutors around the year 1785, powerful members of the community gained a certain prominence, not-insignificant profits, and found themselves wrestling with a great deal of frustration. This frustration stemmed from the fact that one tutor would teach one thing, which the next tutor would have to correct or account for. They exchanged correspondence, to find out what had been taught and why, and opened discussions on how things might be done better.
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Even after two hundred years of discussion and refining of this material, several ideologies and approaches stand out.
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Casual practitioner-familiar relationships are dangerous to the point of irresponsibility, but have seen some growing popularity among young practitioners as of the writing of this (2018) edition. - excerpt from Famulus, quoted in Bonus Material: Famulus Text</ref> with a gold-embossed leather cover.<ref>Bonus Material: Famulus Text</ref>
A book covering the details of Familiars and the relevant ritual.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" />The book was first conceived among magic tutors in the late 18th century, and has been refined over subsequent editions for over two centuries.<ref name=":14" />
Quoted at length in Interlude 2.x and Famulus Text.
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