Marrow Magic: Decoding Your Bio-Lineage
Welcome back, brave witch/brujx.
Let’s define Ancestral Healing and see how it can be beneficial to YOU.
Ancestral Healing refers to the work one does in the present to repair relationships with the dead family/tribe members. This can entail ritual work like making offerings and conducting ceremonies in which certain personal dramas and entities can finally be laid to rest.
Now let’s put that in the context of the last newsletter (ie Family Myth)? When we put Ancestral Healing work in that context the rituals and ceremonies that go with it can include more “mundane” activities, like traditional therapy. A big distinction to take into account is whether we are healing our lineage by addressing issues with the dead or are we healing by addressing issues we have with the living. Breaking generational patterns and generally releasing yourself from present day family drama can be intense!
Witch Wisdom: Healing relationships with the Living can be terrifying. Support your “normie” therapy work with mystical ritual work and keep the Dead as a source of support.
Remember, that part of being in a “family” (of any kind) means being assigned a role or story. Sometimes, that results in contorting oneself and editing oneself until some mechanism gets exhausted and then the whole mask falls apart. I'm glad that’s not usually a sustainable strategy.
The manifestation is usually:
- Some people break away from the family unit in order to embrace peace simply being themselves without fear of judgement or punishment.
- Some people try to speak to their family members about what they're experiencing in order not to improve the interactions.
- Some people feel tired of all the editing and finally come out of whatever closet they are currently occupying, knowing that that will cause an inevitable and irreparable rupture.
- Or some people keep contorting no matter how badly their bodies, hearts or minds protest.
I prefer the first three outcomes, if it means humans can stop stifling their own life force in order to make others happy.
What I desire for YOU is to release yourself from the fear that you have failed or are broken by being your true self. I want you to do the work to heal your own family wounds and dedicate yourself to the magic of knowing your ancestors, knowing the positive forces in your own lineage that can support and guide you NOW. No matter how things have gone in this lifetime, your ancestors are always there to support you. Their lived experience is woven into the matrix of your bones.
That’s untapped POWER!
You think your anxiety is a personal failing? You think that tightness in your chest when you try to speak your truth is just "who you are"?
Look closer. Look into your marrow.
Your body is not a blank slate. It is a library of every war your grandmothers survived, every silence your grandfathers swallowed, and every displacement your lineage endured. They learned to play along with whatever system was controlling them in order to survive. You are equipped with those tools. They survived so you could indeed LIVE.
Honor them by doing the work to allow yourself to live fully!
With you in the dark,
Mel, The Body Witch
