Tis’ the season for “spooky”
With the transition from fall to winter, Scorpio season, and with holidays such as Samhain, Halloween, Dia de los Muertos and others that celebrate the spirit world, ancestors and the unseen have typically been associated with being “spooky.”
Connecting to the spirit world and giving respect to the dead doesn’t have to be associated with being spooky. Honoring death and making connections to the unseen can be embraced, normalized, and even become a practice.
My work with BACII is founded on acknowledging and honoring the dying and death process while also honoring our very aliveness. For me, it can’t be one without the other. Death isn’t separate from life as much as our society has tried to remove, censor, and hide this very fact of life. There isn’t anything “spooky” about dying, death, or performing acts of remembrance, respect, and love for those who have passed. These are practices that have been a part of life all throughout history, across cultures, and time.
Embracing and cultivating the unseen may already be something you do on a daily basis. Do you make wishes or prayers? Have you ever spoken to a loved one who’s passed? Do you use tarot, pendulums, or other tools of divination? Does your lineage practice certain rituals or have specific ways to honor the dead?
Regardless of the day, season, or what the world is marketing to you, every day is an opportunity to connect, to love, and to embrace both the seen and unseen parts of life.
Mangda
