There are worlds beyond this one, just as real as this one. Made of finer fibers. Ones that slip through the cracks in your consciousness the same way sand slips through fingers. Worlds that house the spirits, ancestors, beings that defy logic. These worlds are thick, rich, deep, crevassed, bountiful.
Learning to pass from this world to the others is a skill. Some were born with it. Others are learning. Others still have no time for this sort of nonsense.
And some. Maybe you. Are curious. Hopeful. Wary. Hungry.
Hungry like the ancestors who are calling to us. Hungry like the spirits that want to serve us. Those without bodies to breathe in, play in, make love in, cry in, howl to the moon in.
Hungry because it is a great loss to live without half a limb. To live only the seeable reality. Only in daylight. This time of year, over half of life is happening in the dark. And the dark, just like the light, has medicine for us. And perhaps more, because it has been ignored. Quietly storing its resources for those bold enough to cross the borders between the worlds.
I have worked with the other realms for my entire life. I don’t recall a time before this practice. I credit most of my life and what I am able to create to them. Or rather, to the dance we are in together. It is a special magic to create with spirit, medicine for an aching world.
This other side is ripe this season. The spirits are clamoring and shouting and celebrating. Some want to make magic. Others want to make a mess. It’s trick or treat.
There are ways to align with those spirits that wish to serve your highest good and the good of all. Those that are here to support your growth, health, bounty, power, intuition.
Here is one, if you choose:
- Be clear on your intention. Why do you want to communicate and dance with the other realm? Do you want to connect with ancestors? Do you want to connect with spirits that can help you achieve a specific desire? Healing? Intuition? Empowerment? Voice? Play?
- Open the four directions for protection and alignment. Set a circle of four stones around you. One stone represents each of the four directions. As you place each stone, invoke each cardinal direction to protect you as you pass through the veils and keep you in alignment with the highest good of all. Invite in any spirits, healed and/or healing ancestors, beings that are in alignment with your highest good. You may recite this four times (one for each direction), if you wish: I invite any spirits, guides, ancestors, beings interested in my highest good from the (south, west, north, or east). I invite your protection, guidance and love into this circle from the (south, west, north, or east). May I be open to receive any gifts you offer with an open mind and heart. May I walk in beauty.
- State your intention aloud with all the spirits now present.
- Offer the spirits something to eat. This could be sweets, treats, grains, fruit, alcohol, anything you feel moved to offer. I like to offer things my ancestors would have liked or things they may have eaten regularly. This is to sustain the spirits. When you come into their territory it is good to make an offering first. Instead of stepping in and immediately asking for something. You enter and offer nourishment for them. It is good to speak outloud what you are offering and why, feeling a sense of gratitude before you ask for something.
- Offer a stone of some kind. Stones remember frequencies. They can hold prayers and pains equally. They are ancient and know how to transmute energy far better than we do. Use a stone you already have or find a new one for this purpose. Offer your pain to the stone. Reach into yourself, pull out the ghosts. What are you holding onto? What pain of your past is haunting you like a ghost? Breathe into what you feel, exhale it into the stone. Breathe directly into the stone on the exhale to release the ghost into the stone. Give your pain to the stone, to the spirits. You can spend hours here. You can offer many stones. Do the same process. Inhale to feel what you are holding onto, exhale to release it. Offer the stones to the circle. The spirits know just what to do with this energy. You don’t have to worry about “clearing” the stones.
- Offer a bowl of water. This is to symbolize your blood, your tears, and any fluids of the human realm. This is what gives life. Water is important to offer for the spirits to drink.
- Offer white flowers. As many as you wish, however you wish. One last gratitude offering to the spirits as a show of gratitude for working with you.
- Sit and wait. Listen. This is the time to allow the spirits to talk with you. You can sit and meditate in the circle. You can journal. Try not to “achieve” anything or actively wait for a response or something to happen. Simply allow for the mundane magic to reveal. That might mean you just sit in silence for 4 hours and nothing happens. Creating a relationship with the spirit world can take time and commitment.
- Repeat this daily for as long as you wish to develop your connection to the other realms.
As always, if I can be helpful, reach out.
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