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2 Real Witches

Working with Your Ancestors

May 19, 2023 · 1 hr 13 min · Season 1 · Episode 6 · 71.6 MB
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In this episode, Dani and Oak share their life updates in "Witcha up to?" and sort through ancestor veneration, sharing some of their personal practices.

"Witcha up to?" Mins 0:00-23:00

  • Oak's NOLA guide coming soon

  • The Mountain Astrologer (magazine)

  • Ritual: An Essential Grimoire by Damien Echols and Lorri Davis.

    Paradise Lost HBO documentary

Main Topic 23:00 +

Air-Knowledge

  • Honoring your Ancestors-A Guide to Ancestral Veneration by Mallorie Vaudoise

  • What is and isn’t ancestor veneration?

Fire-Actions

  • Dani: use of knowledge of ancestors to honor memory (left-handedness, favorite drink, occupational details), caring for a live plant to mirror caring for the dead, put keepsake items up that are familiar to them (items of importance or memory), offering of water/coffee and homemade baked goods

  • Oak: the lighting of candles, working with women in the family, Dum Supper on Samhain with a big southern feast and images of ancestors at each table setting 

  • Use of DNA tracing for unknown family lineage or complex family dynamics 

Water - Histories + Feelings

  • When did ancestor worship/veneration start?

  • Why do we venerate/remember/ritualize the dead?

  • Cultural practices from around the world 

Earth - Daily Integration + Challenges

  • Problematic Ancestors

  • Dealing with resistance/ancestors with different beliefs 

  • What if you don’t know your ancestors?