Ancestral Magic: Reconnection, Accountability, and Folk Tradition

This is a 120-minute foundational through intermediate level lecture , in The Library (lower level)

What is reconnection? Why do we reconnect? This class explores what reconnection to community, ancestors, and more mean through various methods including exploration of homeland and diaspora, learning from the folk and folk magic, ancestral veneration and different sets of ancestors, connecting to other ancestral spirits and embodying your ancestral practice. This workshop focuses on foundational aspects of an ancestral and recollective practice, exploring working with ancestral allies, making space for ancestors in your practice, and building altars.

It also explores more difficult ideas in the reclamation journey, including accountability in reconnection, approaching problematic traditions, rituals, and ancestors, and establishing community. The question Ancestral Magic asks you is this; how do we become a better ancestor? How do we hold tradition in one hand and reconstruction in the other? How do we move in a…