ARCHAIC ROOTS
Genealogy is the series of generations, coming down from the first known ancestor. Lineage views the person as coming in a line of descent, generally honorable, which, however, need not be traced, as in a genealogy or pedigree. Pedigree and lineage are generally much narrower words than genealogy, the last usually covering some personal history and including details of various matters of interest to the persons or families concerned.
... every civilized human being, however high his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper level of his psyche. Just as the human body connects us with the mammals and displays numerous vestiges of earlier evolutionary stages going back even to the reptilian age, so the human psyche is a product of evolution which, when followed back to its origins, shows countless archaic traits. – C.G. Jung Collected Works Vol 10
Aren’t we the carriers of the entire history of mankind? When a man is fifty years old, only one part of his being has existed for half a century. The other part, which also lives in his psyche, may be millions of years old … Contemporary man is but the latest ripe fruit on the tree of the human race. None of us knows what we know. – C.G. Jung
For it is the body, the feelings, the instincts, which connect us to the soil. If you give up the past you naturally detach from the past: you lose your roots in the soil, your connection with the totem ancestors that dwell in your soil. You turn outward and drift away and try to conquer other lands because you are exiled from your own soil. – C.G Jung at the Zarathustra Seminar
Body and soul have an intensely historical character and find no proper place in what is new, in things that have just come into being…. it is precisely the loss of connection with the past, our uprootedness, which has given rise to the “discontents” of civilization and to such a flurry and haste that we live more in the future and its chimerical promises of a golden age than in the present, with which our whole evolutionary background has not yet caught up. We rush impetuously into novelty, driven by a mounting sense of insufficiency, dissatisfaction, and restlessness. – C.G. Jung Memories, Dreams, Reflections
One of the most fatal of the …psychological errors in which our time is so fruitful is the supposition that something can become entirely different all in a moment; for instance that man can radically change his nature….Deviation from the truths of the blood begets neurotic restlessness, and we have had about enough of that these days. Rootlessness begets meaninglessness, and the lack of meaning in life is a soul-sickness whose full import our age has not yet begun to comprehend. – C.G. Jung Collected Works (vol. 8)
Aren’t we the carriers of the entire history of mankind? When a man is fifty years old, only one part of his being has existed for half a century. The other part, which also lives in his psyche, may be millions of years old … Contemporary man is but the latest ripe fruit on the tree of the human race. None of us knows what we know. – C.G. Jung
For it is the body, the feelings, the instincts, which connect us to the soil. If you give up the past you naturally detach from the past: you lose your roots in the soil, your connection with the totem ancestors that dwell in your soil. You turn outward and drift away and try to conquer other lands because you are exiled from your own soil. – C.G Jung at the Zarathustra Seminar
Body and soul have an intensely historical character and find no proper place in what is new, in things that have just come into being…. it is precisely the loss of connection with the past, our uprootedness, which has given rise to the “discontents” of civilization and to such a flurry and haste that we live more in the future and its chimerical promises of a golden age than in the present, with which our whole evolutionary background has not yet caught up. We rush impetuously into novelty, driven by a mounting sense of insufficiency, dissatisfaction, and restlessness. – C.G. Jung Memories, Dreams, Reflections
One of the most fatal of the …psychological errors in which our time is so fruitful is the supposition that something can become entirely different all in a moment; for instance that man can radically change his nature….Deviation from the truths of the blood begets neurotic restlessness, and we have had about enough of that these days. Rootlessness begets meaninglessness, and the lack of meaning in life is a soul-sickness whose full import our age has not yet begun to comprehend. – C.G. Jung Collected Works (vol. 8)
NATURAL HISTORY
Our genealogy is our natural History. Our psychogenealogy is the natural history of our soul. The ancestors saturate our ordinary lives, as do successful rituals such as genealogy which are central to our lives. There is another kind of primordial human in us that responds to a transgenerational approach to the family tree.
This biologically encoded history of the human race is present in every person at the unconscious level as archaic traits. The second world is a completely different order related to silence. Always beckoning to us, it is hidden behind the veil of the first world. In balance, we listen and relate to both worlds at the same time. In the space between thoughts, a void that is reality, another kind of thinking and clarity appears of another level, another dimension -- our sanctuary.
Limitless Lineage
Jung called the primordial ancestor 'the two million year old man." The instinctive self is rooted in nature, and speaks the forgotten symbolic language of the unconscious. Our unknown companion -- the 'Indigenous One' or indigenous root -- symbolizes the emergence of our species as a personal revelation. "Well now, I have within myself a “man” who is millions of years old, and he perhaps can throw light on these metaphysical problems." (Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 12).
Genealogy is a ritual that keeps us connected with our lineage ancestors, and calls them forward. Charting your bloodline and depth psychology are both psychic archaeology, through which we seek elemental wisdom to reconnect us and heal our wounds. How can we know the unknowable, much less make friends and relations of this archetypal self as a mirror of our universe, this healing principle of our species from the beginning of time?
Our survival is mutually entwined with our instincts, connection to nature, and unforgotten wisdom of body, mind, soul, and spirit. Giving up our roots results in a restlessness of the soul that leads to many forms of mental and emotional problems, the worst of which is meaninglessness.
Ritual is nourishment for the soul as food is for the body. Ancestral relationships must be nurtured like any other relationship. When we welcome our ancestors into our home, we ask them to weave themselves into the fabric of our daily lives. We weave them into our own.
The ancients read and observed the environment for millennia with the same level of concentration and scrutiny that modern scientists practice. Their observations and discoveries intermingled with spiritual beliefs, practices and ceremonies.
Sir Francis Bacon said, 'In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.' And, "wounds cannot be cured without searching." Our separation is painful because it is more than our souls can stand.
As Hermann Hesse noted in Reflections, "We each and all of us, contain within us the entire history of the world, and just as our body records Man’s genealogy as far back as the fish and then some, so our soul encompasses everything that has ever existed in human souls. All gods and devils that have ever existed are within us as possibilities, as desires, as solutions." Nothing 'cures' us of being imperfect human beings, so we still have to live our ordinary lives.
Our species archetype remains active in our dreams, myths, symptoms, and typical patterns of behavior. And it is still struggling to help us survive in the often alienating conditions of the modern world. Jung declared that, "what is not brought to consciousness comes to us as fate." This is as good a reason as any to meet the challenges of psychogenealogy. Without vision, we perish.
Ancestral Medicine Ways
Gaining consciousness within the flow of the Spirit is the sacred purpose of ancestral ways. Medicine is revealed when this consciousness is established. Discoveries that follow are from the participation with the Great Spirit and Mother Life. A carrier of these ways accepts the responsibilities, ethics, principles and records that are held accountable to all that exists.
We all have ancestors, both of blood and of spirit, and each of our lives rests firmly on the foundation of their sacrifice. They are as near to us as our breath and bones, and when related with in conscious ways, they can be a tremendous source of healing, guidance, and companionship.
The ancestors we choose to honor may include not only recent and more distant family but also beloved friends and community, cultural and religious leaders, and even other-than-human kin such as companion animals. Our ancestors bring vital support to fulfill our potential here on Earth, and, through involvement in our lives, also further their own growth and maturation in the spirit realms.
Like the living, spirits of the deceased run the full spectrum from wise and loving to self-absorbed and harmful. Physical death is a major event for the soul, a rite of passage we will all face, and the living can provide critical momentum for the recently deceased to make the initiatory leap to become a helpful ancestor.
Once the dead have become ancestors, part of their post-death journey may include making repairs for wrongs committed while here on Earth. For their sake and for ours, it’s good to spend a little time now and again feeding our relationships with the ancestors.
Direct contact with the spirits of the ancestors can be cultivated through ritual practices; however, communication may also happen spontaneously in forms such as dream contact, waking encounters, and synchronicity. When we have a framework to receive their outreach, their work is made easier and we are open to the enjoyment of conscious, ongoing relationship.
You don’t have to be an indigenous shaman or ghost whisperer to have a direct, intimate, and healthy relationship with your ancestors. We all have loving ancestors who want us to fulfill our destiny as happy and well-adjusted people, and in my experience, our ancestors are the ideal guides for family healing as they are invested in seeing their future generations thrive.
Just as in any meaningful relationship, our bonds with the ancestors call for care and renewal. By proactively engaging in simple actions to honor and feed these relationships, our ancestors can become a tremendous source of healing, empowerment, and nourishment in our everyday lives. Fortunately, these practices of tending are relatively simply and can be carried out by anyone with sincere intent.
http://ancestralmedicine.org/five-ways-to-honor-your-ancestors/
Going Nowhere: Ascending & Descending
As a whole, the Tree symbolizes the true self. Ancestors are among the most essential ways we have of participating with realities greater than ourselves. Our lines are full of ascending and descending currents we can follow to Source and Ground -- the One in the Many and the Many in the One. Genealogy is a metaphysical map of our personal paths back to the legendary and mythic layers of our being in connective boundary-transcending conscious events.
Consciousness is the alchemical prima materia, our awareness, our true selves -- the essence of the Great Work. The mystical marriage is the unification and transcendence of male/female duality. Conflicting drives originating on the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical levels create splits in the personality. "We can conquer unconsciousness by regular work but never by a grand gesture." (Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 31)
Jung says that, "The obvious analogy, in the psychic sphere, to this problem of opposites is the dissociation of the personality brought about by the conflict of incompatible tendencies resulting as a rule from an inharmonious disposition. The repression of one of the opposites leads only to a prolongation and extension of the conflict, in other words, to a neurosis."
Further, Jung said that "it very often does not depend upon the use one makes of an image, but rather upon the use the archetypes make of ourselves, which decides the question whether it will be artistic creation or a change of religious attitude.
I find that this "choice" is in many cases rather a fate than a voluntary decision.
I see that many of my pupils indulge in a superstitious belief in our so-called " free will" and pay little attention to the fact that the archetypes are, as a rule, autonomous entities, and not only material subject to our choice.
They are, as a matter of fact, dominants up to a certain point. That is the reason why one is confronted with an archetype, because we cannot undo it by merely making it conscious. It has to be taken into account and that is the main task of any prolonged analysis. The deviation from the dominants causes a certain dissociation, i.e., a loss of vitality, what the primitives call "a loss of soul." (Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 625-626)
Conscious Relationships
An integrated approach roots us in both past and present, as a common model for real life and consciousness that fosters transgenerational bonds, transformation, and integration. Both Transgenerational Integration (TI) and genealogy are full of rich themes to explore, including family ties, legacies, parenting, matriarchy and patriarchy (Gaillard).
https://books.google.com/books?id=_8xCBgAAQBAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Rooted+in+the+Present,+The+Emergence+of+the+Self+By+Thierry+Gaillard&source=bl&ots=sgePs-mKEu&sig=hz8-_otrO0u3ve0lHsusWYC7gHM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi63I7Eg8HKAhUCsoMKHVf3BocQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=Rooted%20in%20the%20Present%2C%20The%20Emergence%20of%20the%20Self%20By%20Thierry%20Gaillard&f=false
Our genealogy is our natural History. Our psychogenealogy is the natural history of our soul. The ancestors saturate our ordinary lives, as do successful rituals such as genealogy which are central to our lives. There is another kind of primordial human in us that responds to a transgenerational approach to the family tree.
This biologically encoded history of the human race is present in every person at the unconscious level as archaic traits. The second world is a completely different order related to silence. Always beckoning to us, it is hidden behind the veil of the first world. In balance, we listen and relate to both worlds at the same time. In the space between thoughts, a void that is reality, another kind of thinking and clarity appears of another level, another dimension -- our sanctuary.
Limitless Lineage
Jung called the primordial ancestor 'the two million year old man." The instinctive self is rooted in nature, and speaks the forgotten symbolic language of the unconscious. Our unknown companion -- the 'Indigenous One' or indigenous root -- symbolizes the emergence of our species as a personal revelation. "Well now, I have within myself a “man” who is millions of years old, and he perhaps can throw light on these metaphysical problems." (Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 12).
Genealogy is a ritual that keeps us connected with our lineage ancestors, and calls them forward. Charting your bloodline and depth psychology are both psychic archaeology, through which we seek elemental wisdom to reconnect us and heal our wounds. How can we know the unknowable, much less make friends and relations of this archetypal self as a mirror of our universe, this healing principle of our species from the beginning of time?
Our survival is mutually entwined with our instincts, connection to nature, and unforgotten wisdom of body, mind, soul, and spirit. Giving up our roots results in a restlessness of the soul that leads to many forms of mental and emotional problems, the worst of which is meaninglessness.
Ritual is nourishment for the soul as food is for the body. Ancestral relationships must be nurtured like any other relationship. When we welcome our ancestors into our home, we ask them to weave themselves into the fabric of our daily lives. We weave them into our own.
The ancients read and observed the environment for millennia with the same level of concentration and scrutiny that modern scientists practice. Their observations and discoveries intermingled with spiritual beliefs, practices and ceremonies.
Sir Francis Bacon said, 'In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.' And, "wounds cannot be cured without searching." Our separation is painful because it is more than our souls can stand.
As Hermann Hesse noted in Reflections, "We each and all of us, contain within us the entire history of the world, and just as our body records Man’s genealogy as far back as the fish and then some, so our soul encompasses everything that has ever existed in human souls. All gods and devils that have ever existed are within us as possibilities, as desires, as solutions." Nothing 'cures' us of being imperfect human beings, so we still have to live our ordinary lives.
Our species archetype remains active in our dreams, myths, symptoms, and typical patterns of behavior. And it is still struggling to help us survive in the often alienating conditions of the modern world. Jung declared that, "what is not brought to consciousness comes to us as fate." This is as good a reason as any to meet the challenges of psychogenealogy. Without vision, we perish.
Ancestral Medicine Ways
Gaining consciousness within the flow of the Spirit is the sacred purpose of ancestral ways. Medicine is revealed when this consciousness is established. Discoveries that follow are from the participation with the Great Spirit and Mother Life. A carrier of these ways accepts the responsibilities, ethics, principles and records that are held accountable to all that exists.
We all have ancestors, both of blood and of spirit, and each of our lives rests firmly on the foundation of their sacrifice. They are as near to us as our breath and bones, and when related with in conscious ways, they can be a tremendous source of healing, guidance, and companionship.
The ancestors we choose to honor may include not only recent and more distant family but also beloved friends and community, cultural and religious leaders, and even other-than-human kin such as companion animals. Our ancestors bring vital support to fulfill our potential here on Earth, and, through involvement in our lives, also further their own growth and maturation in the spirit realms.
Like the living, spirits of the deceased run the full spectrum from wise and loving to self-absorbed and harmful. Physical death is a major event for the soul, a rite of passage we will all face, and the living can provide critical momentum for the recently deceased to make the initiatory leap to become a helpful ancestor.
Once the dead have become ancestors, part of their post-death journey may include making repairs for wrongs committed while here on Earth. For their sake and for ours, it’s good to spend a little time now and again feeding our relationships with the ancestors.
Direct contact with the spirits of the ancestors can be cultivated through ritual practices; however, communication may also happen spontaneously in forms such as dream contact, waking encounters, and synchronicity. When we have a framework to receive their outreach, their work is made easier and we are open to the enjoyment of conscious, ongoing relationship.
You don’t have to be an indigenous shaman or ghost whisperer to have a direct, intimate, and healthy relationship with your ancestors. We all have loving ancestors who want us to fulfill our destiny as happy and well-adjusted people, and in my experience, our ancestors are the ideal guides for family healing as they are invested in seeing their future generations thrive.
Just as in any meaningful relationship, our bonds with the ancestors call for care and renewal. By proactively engaging in simple actions to honor and feed these relationships, our ancestors can become a tremendous source of healing, empowerment, and nourishment in our everyday lives. Fortunately, these practices of tending are relatively simply and can be carried out by anyone with sincere intent.
http://ancestralmedicine.org/five-ways-to-honor-your-ancestors/
Going Nowhere: Ascending & Descending
As a whole, the Tree symbolizes the true self. Ancestors are among the most essential ways we have of participating with realities greater than ourselves. Our lines are full of ascending and descending currents we can follow to Source and Ground -- the One in the Many and the Many in the One. Genealogy is a metaphysical map of our personal paths back to the legendary and mythic layers of our being in connective boundary-transcending conscious events.
Consciousness is the alchemical prima materia, our awareness, our true selves -- the essence of the Great Work. The mystical marriage is the unification and transcendence of male/female duality. Conflicting drives originating on the spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical levels create splits in the personality. "We can conquer unconsciousness by regular work but never by a grand gesture." (Jung, 1925 Seminar, Page 31)
Jung says that, "The obvious analogy, in the psychic sphere, to this problem of opposites is the dissociation of the personality brought about by the conflict of incompatible tendencies resulting as a rule from an inharmonious disposition. The repression of one of the opposites leads only to a prolongation and extension of the conflict, in other words, to a neurosis."
Further, Jung said that "it very often does not depend upon the use one makes of an image, but rather upon the use the archetypes make of ourselves, which decides the question whether it will be artistic creation or a change of religious attitude.
I find that this "choice" is in many cases rather a fate than a voluntary decision.
I see that many of my pupils indulge in a superstitious belief in our so-called " free will" and pay little attention to the fact that the archetypes are, as a rule, autonomous entities, and not only material subject to our choice.
They are, as a matter of fact, dominants up to a certain point. That is the reason why one is confronted with an archetype, because we cannot undo it by merely making it conscious. It has to be taken into account and that is the main task of any prolonged analysis. The deviation from the dominants causes a certain dissociation, i.e., a loss of vitality, what the primitives call "a loss of soul." (Jung, Letters Vol. II, Pages 625-626)
Conscious Relationships
An integrated approach roots us in both past and present, as a common model for real life and consciousness that fosters transgenerational bonds, transformation, and integration. Both Transgenerational Integration (TI) and genealogy are full of rich themes to explore, including family ties, legacies, parenting, matriarchy and patriarchy (Gaillard).
https://books.google.com/books?id=_8xCBgAAQBAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=Rooted+in+the+Present,+The+Emergence+of+the+Self+By+Thierry+Gaillard&source=bl&ots=sgePs-mKEu&sig=hz8-_otrO0u3ve0lHsusWYC7gHM&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi63I7Eg8HKAhUCsoMKHVf3BocQ6AEIIzAB#v=onepage&q=Rooted%20in%20the%20Present%2C%20The%20Emergence%20of%20the%20Self%20By%20Thierry%20Gaillard&f=false
Jung said once, there's a two-million year old person inside each of us and it would make sense to speak to that person from time to time, in terms of their life wisdom. It's the wisdom of nature, not necessarily of our own culture. -Dr. James Hollis, Jungian Analyst (Antonio Mora)
RP: How often do you call on your ancestors?
SS: As often as needed. For instance, we speak to our ancestors every morning and every evening. In the morning, we wake up and say: “Wow. Thank you. I am alive today.” We always tell them what we intend to do in that day. We might say something like: “I’m human and I might err here and there. Please show up and help me remember what I said I was going to do today. If there are obstacles, please remove them,” and so forth.
At the end of the day, we report back to them about how our day unfolded. We might say: “Hey, that was a great day. Thank you for helping out,” or “It wasn’t such a great day. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear. Here is what I really need,” or “Hey, I asked for this, and I need it delivered. What’s up with that?”
RP: What happens in the case of a relative with whom you or someone in your family didn’t have the best relationship? Is there a way to heal those kinds of relationships once someone has died?
SS: In the Dagara tradition, when someone dies they become smarter. You may need to do some healing work with a particular ancestor. So you pray for them and for yourself and talk to them. You tell them about something they did that might have been an innocent act, but that is still driving you crazy today. You tell them that now that they are smarter and know exactly what happened, that they need to go and unplug those things that are driving you or your family crazy and put in the right “plugs.”
On the other hand, even if you haven’t called on an ancestor, they might call on you first. You might be the only one in your family who feels like something is not right, or that something within your family is making you crazy. Or everybody in your family might be wondering why you think certain things that happened in your family are important when none of them think it is important. In this case, you are the one who was picked by the ancestor to actually be the bridgemaker between this world and the world of the ancestors.
After someone dies, they look around to see who in the family can really help them achieve their goals? They knock on different doorways. They think, maybe if I make enough noise they might wake up, or they find someone who is available and wide open, and why not call on that person? They will call on you to help them make right whatever they have done wrong because of the limitations of the body.
RP: How does a person receive this message from an ancestor?
SS: Through dreams, or through feelings, such as by feeling uncomfortable about things that have happened in the family. Sometimes a person has an uneasy feeling in which they wonder why nobody ever talks about a particular ancestor, or how a person died in a certain way, or why nothing has been done about it by anyone. When you are the one who has been picked by that particular ancestor, you continue to think about the ancestors.
RP: When calling on an ancestor, should we only contact those beings who were from our immediate families?
SS: If it is difficult for you to go to an immediate ancestor, you can go to what we call, “the pool of the ancestor.” The pool of the ancestor has nothing to do with your genealogy; it can be anyone who is an ancestor. It can be the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr, or the spirit of Gandhi, or Eleanor Roosevelt, and all the brave, “crazy” women who encouraged women to speak up and not let their voices go silent.
Trees, animals, rocks, rivers and mountains are also considered to be part of the pool of the ancestors. In the case of someone needing help in creating a bridge to their ancestors, they could call unto the pool of ancestors to come and give them instructions.
RP: What about people who were very evil in this lifetime? Would they also be in the pool of ancestors?
SS: Yes. As I mentioned, in the Dagara tradition, when someone passes away, they become smarter. To not call on a person would be putting a limitation on him or her as to what he or she could be after death. When you are dead and have become smart, you now owe it to people to make things right. For example, someone like Jeffrey Dahmer could be a great asset.
Most people would never think of calling on someone like Jeffrey Dahmer when they are calling on the ancestors. He was a criminal who murdered many people. People would fear that by calling on his name, they would bring in a negative energy.
However, if you know of someone who is about to commit a murder, you could go to Jeffrey Dahmer, and say: “Look Jeffrey. We know you were very destructive when you were alive. Here is the situation that is about to happen, and you know exactly the kind of mindset that it takes for someone to think of committing this kind of crime. We know that from where you are, you want to change things. We ask for you to come and to blow the cover for this person before he commits the crime he is about to commit.” He can then come forward and clean up his track record.
http://www.sobonfu.com/articles/interviews/interview-by-randy-peyser/
http://aladokun.com/ancestor-spirit-communications/
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/difficulties/ancestors/ancestor-worship-1
RP: How often do you call on your ancestors?
SS: As often as needed. For instance, we speak to our ancestors every morning and every evening. In the morning, we wake up and say: “Wow. Thank you. I am alive today.” We always tell them what we intend to do in that day. We might say something like: “I’m human and I might err here and there. Please show up and help me remember what I said I was going to do today. If there are obstacles, please remove them,” and so forth.
At the end of the day, we report back to them about how our day unfolded. We might say: “Hey, that was a great day. Thank you for helping out,” or “It wasn’t such a great day. Maybe I didn’t make myself clear. Here is what I really need,” or “Hey, I asked for this, and I need it delivered. What’s up with that?”
RP: What happens in the case of a relative with whom you or someone in your family didn’t have the best relationship? Is there a way to heal those kinds of relationships once someone has died?
SS: In the Dagara tradition, when someone dies they become smarter. You may need to do some healing work with a particular ancestor. So you pray for them and for yourself and talk to them. You tell them about something they did that might have been an innocent act, but that is still driving you crazy today. You tell them that now that they are smarter and know exactly what happened, that they need to go and unplug those things that are driving you or your family crazy and put in the right “plugs.”
On the other hand, even if you haven’t called on an ancestor, they might call on you first. You might be the only one in your family who feels like something is not right, or that something within your family is making you crazy. Or everybody in your family might be wondering why you think certain things that happened in your family are important when none of them think it is important. In this case, you are the one who was picked by the ancestor to actually be the bridgemaker between this world and the world of the ancestors.
After someone dies, they look around to see who in the family can really help them achieve their goals? They knock on different doorways. They think, maybe if I make enough noise they might wake up, or they find someone who is available and wide open, and why not call on that person? They will call on you to help them make right whatever they have done wrong because of the limitations of the body.
RP: How does a person receive this message from an ancestor?
SS: Through dreams, or through feelings, such as by feeling uncomfortable about things that have happened in the family. Sometimes a person has an uneasy feeling in which they wonder why nobody ever talks about a particular ancestor, or how a person died in a certain way, or why nothing has been done about it by anyone. When you are the one who has been picked by that particular ancestor, you continue to think about the ancestors.
RP: When calling on an ancestor, should we only contact those beings who were from our immediate families?
SS: If it is difficult for you to go to an immediate ancestor, you can go to what we call, “the pool of the ancestor.” The pool of the ancestor has nothing to do with your genealogy; it can be anyone who is an ancestor. It can be the spirit of Martin Luther King Jr, or the spirit of Gandhi, or Eleanor Roosevelt, and all the brave, “crazy” women who encouraged women to speak up and not let their voices go silent.
Trees, animals, rocks, rivers and mountains are also considered to be part of the pool of the ancestors. In the case of someone needing help in creating a bridge to their ancestors, they could call unto the pool of ancestors to come and give them instructions.
RP: What about people who were very evil in this lifetime? Would they also be in the pool of ancestors?
SS: Yes. As I mentioned, in the Dagara tradition, when someone passes away, they become smarter. To not call on a person would be putting a limitation on him or her as to what he or she could be after death. When you are dead and have become smart, you now owe it to people to make things right. For example, someone like Jeffrey Dahmer could be a great asset.
Most people would never think of calling on someone like Jeffrey Dahmer when they are calling on the ancestors. He was a criminal who murdered many people. People would fear that by calling on his name, they would bring in a negative energy.
However, if you know of someone who is about to commit a murder, you could go to Jeffrey Dahmer, and say: “Look Jeffrey. We know you were very destructive when you were alive. Here is the situation that is about to happen, and you know exactly the kind of mindset that it takes for someone to think of committing this kind of crime. We know that from where you are, you want to change things. We ask for you to come and to blow the cover for this person before he commits the crime he is about to commit.” He can then come forward and clean up his track record.
http://www.sobonfu.com/articles/interviews/interview-by-randy-peyser/
http://aladokun.com/ancestor-spirit-communications/
http://www.spiritualresearchfoundation.org/spiritualresearch/difficulties/ancestors/ancestor-worship-1
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