Problem With My New Familiar!, problem Options

Hi there, im in the process of the creation of a new familiar using Donald Tyson's system of familiar magic and my spirit is composed of mostly the elements Earth and Spirit but MOSTLY spirit. When painting my 'housing' for the spirit (which the colour needs to be right with the element) do I assume 'Spirit' as the element in selecting the colour OR..because SPIRIT is a makeup of all the elements and neutral, do I just consider the makeup to be EARTH? and just paint it a dark green/green colour? This has me very confused and would really appreciate feedback. When finding out the elementals of the spirit it came up with this

Spirit
Earth
Spirit
Earth
Spirit
Fire
Spirit

What do you think?

ShogunRonin.

Hi there, im in the process of the creation of a new familiar using Donald Tyson's system of familiar magic and my spirit is composed of mostly the elements Earth and Spirit but MOSTLY spirit. When painting my 'housing' for the spirit (which the colour needs to be right with the element) do I assume 'Spirit' as the element in selecting the colour OR..because SPIRIT is a makeup of all the elements and neutral, do I just consider the makeup to be EARTH? and just paint it a dark green/green colour? This has me very confused and would really appreciate feedback. When finding out the elementals of the spirit it came up with this

Spirit
Earth
Spirit
Earth
Spirit
Fire
Spirit

What do you think?

ShogunRonin.

I would go with either white or black depending on the nature of the familiar - destructive or creative spirit respectively, or reversed depending on your point of view. I see black as coalescence, white as the dispersal of energy.

Also take into account the purpose determining whether the emphasis should be on spirit or earth. You could paint it for any element and spirit will harmonize, because it's the substrate from which all elements are formed. Pure spirit is really more inconceivable than most people consider it, and is mostly only good as an undertone for the creative or destructive aspect of a thoughtform, energy, etc., If it takes any kind of action - expansion, transmission, foundation, movement, etc., - then spirit has manifested into an element. So for instance if your familiar is intended to be a helper of some kind for, say, studying or learning/practicing magick, then you might want to give it more of an air focus, even if it's 'secondary' function is to connect you with higher 'spirit', or Akasic, energy.

Now, if you wanted, say, a familiar that influences, activates, or otherwise explors your Karma, then you'd want to put an emphasis primarily in spirit. But, remember that you can root it in an element while giving it a heavy emphasis on Akasha, it can still be primarily spirit, just manifest as that element empowered. Likewise it can be rooted in spirit but with elemental overtones, which is more along the lines of spirit prepared to be manifested towards that elemental end.

Hope that helps.

peace