Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration

What naming patterns exist in your family? Are any of your relatives named after official or folk saints? After other relatives?

At first this will seem like greater self-knowledge—that is, a better understanding of who you are. But then it will expand into conscious awareness that transcends your lifetime and what you think of as yourself. The story that

Don’t let anyone else’s narrative override your own experience.

Knowing what you truly want is hard. But asking for it can be even harder.

can’t reveal the instances of adoption and cultural exchange that may have shaped your ancestral line. If you think a test like this would be helpful for you, treat it like any other form of divination, like a tarot reading or your monthly horoscope: it’s a source of inspiration, not a commandment carved into stone.

You can adapt the dérive for use in your home. If you have an afternoon to spend communing with your living space, notice where you end up sitting, standing, pacing. Are there places you naturally gravitate toward? What about places that seem like they should be comfortable but you cannot force yourself to inhabit? How do these observations align w

A Spell to Inoculate Yourself against Despair This spell works best if repeated on the first Friday of every month,

Personally, I like to think of magic as prayer in 3D.

I try to perform a mediumship session with my ancestors and spirit guides once a week, ideally on Sunday evening to give thanks for the week that has just passed and prepare for the one that is to come. This practice helps me navigate life and maintain my emotional balance.