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Honoring the Ancestors has been a significant part of my spiritual life for at least 38 years. I have been around the custom since a child. I remember going to West African Akan and Yoruba ceremonies in New York City where I grew up. My mother took me to at least one ceremony. She also came home one day with a set of elekes (spiritually consecrated beaded necklaces.) I was also brought to ceremonies by other adults in my life. After my grandmother passed, my mother honored her mother with an alt
"The dead” are, obviously, the spirits of deceased human beings, which are fantastic repositories of knowledge and power, especially those we’re related to. Relations can be by immediate bloodline, which are ancestral, or they can be chosen by personal sympathy, occupation, practice, art, or interest.
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Marilyn and I designed images of Luther’s Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer to be printed on canvas. We will hang them in our bedroom where we pray these prayers together at the altar of our bedside. We offer them to you, should you wish to use them also. In this post we: Provide the images that ... Read more
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"The dead” are, obviously, the spirits of deceased human beings, which are fantastic repositories of knowledge and power, especially those we’re related to. Relations can be by immediate bloodline, which are ancestral, or they can be chosen by personal sympathy, occupation, practice, art, or interest.
When I asked my audience what questions they had about ancestor work, one of the top questions was: “How do I connect daily to my ancestors?” And I absolutely love this question because I think one…
By this point in this Ancestor Work blog series, you’ve gotten a crash course in: why ancestor work provides a fundamental solution to feelings of disconnection, disempowerment, and disenchantment; how ancestor work can be a vital practice in achieving your magical goals; and how to ACTUALLY DO ancestor work the quick and easy way. Maybe ... Read more
By this point in this Ancestor Work blog series, you’ve gotten a crash course in: why ancestor work provides a fundamental solution to feelings of disconnection, disempowerment, and disenchantment; how ancestor work can be a vital practice in achieving your magical goals; and how to ACTUALLY DO ancestor work the quick and easy way. Maybe ... Read more
"The dead” are, obviously, the spirits of deceased human beings, which are fantastic repositories of knowledge and power, especially those we’re related to. Relations can be by immediate bloodline, which are ancestral, or they can be chosen by personal sympathy, occupation, practice, art, or interest.
A simple Ancestral Invocation prayer to invite the presence of your spiritually cultivated Egun.
What is an Ancestor Witch? Anyone who incorporates passed loved ones (whether genetically linked or not) into their spiritual practices can be an ancestor witch. Honoring and channeling the wisdom …
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