The ancestors who have ancestralized are well and wise and no longer operate from their embodied attachment to this world. However, I have personally found that because they did live embodied lives, they have a particular insight into our own daily challenges that can give nuanced feedback and approaches that we may not have discovered on our own. Some of our ancestors may have taken treacherous journeys during their lives to arrive where they did, all for the sake of carving out a better life for themselves, their families and for the generations to come, which includes us. Through their blessings and even through their burdens, we can learn from them and how they responded to their experiences in their lives and then we can apply that Elder wisdom to our paths.

By calling in the collective ancestors for ritual, ceremony, or other etheric support, you may be calling in spirits who may not be malevolent, but they may not be at rest either. This is why it’s imperitive to create ritual boundary between yourself and the old ones.