Ancestral worship and alters
Ancestral altars serve as a portal or gateway for communicating and transferring energy from you to your ancestors and vice versa. After you setup and start to work with your ancestral altar you will have a beacon of light that attracts and satisfies your family members that have passed on
When more people honor the ancestors and invoke the gods, we will have less tragedies. Imagine a network of spiritual power and protection.
How to build alter
● pictures and/or items of deceased relatives
● small glass or ceramic bowl for water (south)
● candle(s) – fire (east)
● incense and holder – air (north)
● crystal(s), gemstones, rocks, and/or coins – earth (west)
● If you’re able to designate a room of its own for your altar then do that. If not, place your altar wherever you feel comfortable having it. Try to avoid placing it in the bathroom, bedroom, garage, laundry room, if you can.
● Place all the pictures and/or your loved ones items on the altar table.
● Place your crystals and/or coin, candle(s), incense holder, bowl of water and any other items on your altar table.
● anything else you want to put on your altar
What to offer
● food of any kind especially meats. Just make an extra plate at dinner time. If your budget doesn’t allow an extra plate then you can offer rice or potatoes. Offer food daily.
● liquor and/or beer. Especially if you know of ancestors with a fancy for alcohol.
● cigars, cigarettes, and/or smokeless tobacco. Especially if you know of ancestors who yearned for any of these items.
● ancestor money aka hell notes, heaven notes or Joss paper. This is optional but highly recommended. Burning ancestor money is uncommon in the United States but heavily practiced in other cultures. The bigger the denomination the better. Offer daily, if possible
● flowers
With reading these things are there any questions