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A lot of the hatred, heartbreak, and loss recently may persuade some of us to hide away or run away. I woke up feeling that way, then decided to do an ancestral and karmic oracle reading. I used The Shaman’s Oracle deck to speak with my ancestors who communicated an awesome message of resilience reminding me that fear can be hurtful and paralyzing, which is all the more reason to set boundaries…
So recently, like a couple of days ago, I did some spirit work and connected with some ancestors on my mother’s mother’s mother’s side, which is Jamaican (and something else I’m not sure yet). I discovered there’s something deeper on that side that was, and this is just a guess from the energy that I felt, christianized/westernized and they’re disappointed about it because it caused a major disconnection culturally and spiritually. My ancestors asked me to reconnect with that side and understand the truth of what happened. It’s been itching at me, but I don’t really know where to start. In the past, I used ancestry.com and it was really difficult to find more connections to that side of the family.
Are there other resources that investigate ancestry? I know I need to do this, but I’m not sure what to do next. I’ll still use the resources I have, but there’s gotta be more.
Research is a huge, incredibly important part of practicing witchcraft. I’m not knocking research (of course I’m not—I’m a Traditional Witch).
However, once you dive into the Craft and start interacting with Spirit, you don’t have to rely solely on unnecessarily wordy books and snobby occultists and dusty old texts posted in obscure corners of the internet. Outside sources are still helpful, and you should never stop researching, but you are now in a place to learn directly from your deities and spirits.
If someone online says to offer your deity something and your deity makes it known they don’t want it, then don’t offer it. If the spirits who guide you tell you to preform a spell differently than it’s traditionally cast, listen. If your ancestors tell you they want to be venerated in a completely different way than what you’ve read, honor them the way they ask.
Yes, people in the witchcraft community will complain and point to archaic sources and make a fuss about how you’re not taking witchcraft seriously. But you did your research, and then you took it a step further—you applied the research, and you worked with Spirit, and you learned from the OG itself, so fuck anyone who whines about that.
After all, at the end of the day, who knows more about what your deity wants as an offering: some random internet bitch, or the deity themself?
