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My Ancestor Work

I can say for certain my witchy path may have changed over the years, this is one thing that has remained the same from the very beginning and I have been doing this for 12 to 13 years since my college days.

This was a very slow journey, between life happening a couple of occasions through out the years, living in other peoples' homes that were not witchcraft friendly, having to work most of the time to get back on my feet, it's a wonder I have remained a witch at all. But I digress, despite all that I found and remain in contact with one of mine.

Long story short, I was fascinated my the video game Assassin's Creed and all that followed. Particularly, the concept of ancestors and memories but mostly ancestors. It took some work, a lot of work actually.

It went from:

Mostly pendulum work, tedious but I was getting consistent results. And gradually I felt I was gaining his trust.

I began to have dreams about meeting him, in a time or place that was not familiar to me, and we wouldn't speak but we some how managed to understand each other.

After the dreams became frequent, and for a time I could practice without a care in the world, I began to invite him into my space. Bold, risky, kinda worth it.

But after getting married, and six weeks later my husband had a stroke, everything went to the way side. But one day, I was sitting alone in my bed at this point, I heard a deep, soft man's voice say "Hello, my dear." It wasn't a voice that I recognized, then I realized, I just heard him speak!

So, of course, this awakened my curiosity again, I began to research and work on my clairaudience on top of having dreams again. It was wonderful. Life was getting easier, and if there were difficulties I knew I wasn't alone.

Once I got on my own again/getting a roommate and getting adequate time, he and I have some how became similar to Assassin's Creed but with less consequences. I have certain access to his memories via dreams, I'm still clairaudient so even my boyfriend can have conversations with him, but also this the part where I can also channel.

Now, that I got that out of the way, I can share, who my ancestor is and some information about him. He's occasionally chatter box. So, this will be fun.

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Ancestor Work and Research

This process was tedious but it was effective for me. I had a hand drawn keyboard with letters and numbers, and used my pendulum a lot for this. While getting to know my ancestor, I would ask the pretty standard questions like:

What's your name?

A: Mikael

How old are you?

A: 60

Where are you from?

A: Scotland

Did you move?

A: Yes

Where did you move to?

A: France

What was your profession?

A: Soldier (More will come about this later)

What time period are you from?

A: The era of wars and kings or wars and kings

I would finish the session, and thank him for his time. And let the research begin. My first big clue was the era of wars and kings. The late medieval period and the notable war that was taking place was the 100 year war. So, I researched that time period, and wrote down ideas for further questions if he wanted to talk. But here's the thing, he was also a person long, long ago. If he didn't want to talk about something, I did not force it.

But I think it's important to research anything that you are not familiar with. It's for knowledge but also since I was using a pendulum at first it was easy to detect if I was actually communicating with Mikael or something else.

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First day at Bealls!!!

Quick update! Got all the initial training videos done, and completed the money forms. They asked me to come back at 2 to shadow another woman. I said sure no problem, grabbed some lunch and decompressed a little. It's a relief. Not only financially but also it elevates the all anxiety I was dealing with. This whole situation really triggered my GAD pretty bad, but now I can breathe again.

How to reference in your grimoire

If you intend on sharing your grimoire with the public or you're a fan of a more academic style of writing then you're gonna want to reference your sources to avoid any kind of plagiarism.

You may have already learned how to reference at your college/uni, in which case follow that method, but if you haven't let me show you what i've been doing in my grimoire.

The referencing style I was taught in my degree is a form of APA 7th edition. This style is best for essays and small research papers and since my grimoire is essentially a bunch of mini contextual essays stuck together I thought it was appropriate.

Here's the format:

Author Surname, Author Initials. (Date of publication/release). Title of source: sub-heading/title of chapter. Publishing company/website. Place of publication/website link. [Format]

So for example, the book I'm currently reading is Buried by Professor Alice Roberts. If I were to reference this book in this format it would look something like this:

Roberts, A. (2023). Buried, An Alternative History of The First Millennium in Britain: Water and Wine. Simon and Schuster. London. [Book]

(Its up to you whether you decide to put the chapter before the book title, it doesn't make a difference, but I prefer doing it this way.)

This reference will need to follow an in-text citation. You can do that by adding a little number in parentheses next to your quote or paraphrase that corresponds to the number on your list of references OR you can make a mini reference following this method:

(Author Surname, Author Initials. (Date of publication). Page number if required)

So following this method an in-text citation would look like this:

(Roberts, A. (2023). p1)

Tips

If you are citing a source with multiple authors, organised them alphabetically by surname, your in text citation only needs to include the first one.

If you're referencing an online upload of an old source like Internet Archive or Project Gutenberg, include the original authors name first, uploaders name/ID second and mark which is which in parenthesis, then the date of original publication if you can find it, followed by the date it was uploaded to the site.

If you are referencing a film/TV episode, use the name of the director and include (Dir) next to their name.

If you can't find a date of publication/upload then write DNA instead.

Always put your references at the back of your grimoire. If your grimoire contains multiple chapters, group them by each chapter and then organise either alphabetically or chronologically. If your in-text citation uses numbers, organise your reference list chronologically. If you're using a mini reference, organise your reference list alphabetically.

This last bit is especially important for practitioners who intend to publish their work. Please please please do not skip referencing! I've read so many traditionally published witchcraft books who's authors don't do this or do it half-assed and I can't stand it.

Readers deserve to know where your information is coming from so they can be the judge on whether or not it's appropriate for them to practice themselves. Not doing so creates a cycle of ignorance among readers and new practitioners that encourages the spread of cultural appropriation, poor media literacy and poor historical and scientific understanding. Always cite your sources.

I got a second job interview at Bealls! I was told to bring my SS card and everything! Happy tears! Thank you, Ra, for the many blessings!

witches who support modern medicine & scientific evidence 2024 ✨️🩺💉