"Honoring Your Ancestors" - Outline
My personal thoughts and feelings that I want to reflect on after reading this book. I only pick out what interest me or what I want to add to my practice, so if you want more information or detail on some of the rituals listed, I recommend checking out this book.
Who are the Ancestors?
Blood Ancestors: Both Granddads, a girl from my dad's side seems to come in as well (not sure who), O'Shea line
Linage Ancestors: Pop
Affinity Ancestors: ???? (vocation, cultural identity, other affinities)
Saints: Archangel Michael, San Martin Caballero, San Expedito, Santa Muerte, Virgen de la Carnidad
Spirit guides: James, Christopher, Jewels ete. ete. ete.
House Spirit: ???
Non-Human Ancestor: Bobby
Ritual to Reconnect to Ancestors pg.23-25
Healing Ancestral Trauma
Ritual for Elevating a Troubled Ancestor pg.34-35
Satipatthana Sutta
Memento Mori
Building Your Ancestor Altar
Ritual to Consecrating a New Ancestor Altar pg.59-60
Praying to and for Your Ancestors
How to pray pg. 80-82
How to sing pg.82-84
Requiem pg.84-85
Buddhist Prayer pg.87-88
Novenas
Prayers pg.92-95
Spiritual Hygiene
Storage Protection: Inside= charms to protect provisions; outside= charms to attract more of what is being stored
House Cleansing pg.103-106
Cleansing yourself with holy water pg.106-108
Mediumship is for Everyone
Rule to a magical practice: Only do things that set your heart on fire.
Magical Exercises pg. 122-127
Going Deeper with Mediumship
Invited to dance with the ancestors pg. 133-135
St. Ignatius
Playing card divination pg.137-141
Dream divination pg.141-144
Herbal Allies for Ancestor Veneration
Axis mundi
Plants are like people, multifaceted. Your associations with one plant may be completely different than another. How a plant acts depends on your relationship to it. Also, two plants that work in the same field can take different approaches to the situation.
Plants pg.151-165
Calling on Ancestral Power
Why do some spells succeed but others fail? pg. 170-174
Selection of Spells
Against nightmares pg.180
New opportunities pg. 182
Orientation pg. 182-183
Safe Travel pg.183-184
Self-Love pg.184-185
Get a job pg.187-188
Heal pg.188
Inoculate self against despair pg.188-189
Who your real friends are pg.188
Make new friends pg.188-189
Multiply fortune pg.190-192
Protect something or someone pg.192-193
Remove evil eye pg.193
Remove negative environmental influences pg.194-195
Success in any and all endeavors pg. 195-197
Win favor and influence people at work pg. 200
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. It made me feel a lot better about my ancestral veneration. I don't have to be perfect or even get along with my immediate family to practice it and to practice it well. I'm thankful. I hope to spend more time on the things I highlighted here. Very comforting and inspiring read for me and my practice














