Mourndays: Why do I Keep Working with my Ancestors?

Hello, pornies! ^^ I hope you are okay today. I've been thinking for a while about something, pondering about my current point of view about necromancy, what to expect from it and what it means to me right now. I spoke about it 3 years ago, and after reading that entry I'm surprised that not so much has changed in that time.

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"Why should you speak to the president every single time when there’s a friend who can give you a hand? Keep the president for really important things." I still think this, and I ask my ancestors for help with mundane tasks or when something happens that puts my family, my friends, basically, my people, as I call them, in danger.

However, necromancy has evolved into something more than a witchy 911. It's a source of power, a way to honor my roots, my path, to learn, discover, to be a better person, to be guided toward my goals, and a means to stay humble.

• A source of power: I've been honest about my problematic mental health in the past (One, two, three, four, five), and I've been even more explicit in entries under my real name. However, the idea remains the same. I know what it is like to be ready to give up, to be tired of living. My ancestors have been there, they kept me strong even when I didn't know it was their doing, and I'll be forever be grateful. They've made me strong, protected me, 
• Honor my roots, my path: I'm not the most traditional person, but quite the opposite. I've had conflicts with my own culture, and I'm still learning how to accept it and incorporate it in my practice, which is something my beloved dead have helped me with. They've taught me a few things to use as a Witch, incorporate the history in my blood and bones in my work, and there's something sacred about learning how to do it. I can learn from others, but I'm committed to learn about mine first and foremost.
• To learn, discover: Witchcraft is not a path with a definite end. It doesn't have one at all, to be honest, and the more I learn about my ancestors, the more I want to discover. I keep trying this and that, paying attention to what is okay and what is not, what works and what doesn't, and they are there through the process.
• Be a better person: I am only 25 years old. I've made more mistakes than I can count, and I wouldn't even try to even if I could. Listening to their stories, their experiences, reading about them, and interacting with them, knowing how they behaved, all of that are examples I can follow. I always try to incorporate what they've learned in order to save time and effort, and I feel I'm evolving as a human being, not only as a Witch, when I listen to their voices.
• Guided toward my goals: Related to the two previous ones. My ancestors know my likes, my passions, my dreams, my goals. They know about what I'm working toward, and while we disagree in quite a few things (some of them wouldn't even have recognized me as part of their family in life if they knew I'm a bi, Pagan Witch), we do agree in that I have the right in walking my own path. They let me know what they can help with and how.
• Stay humble: Even after doing so much and accomplishing so many things, I try to stay grounded. It's not the end of the road (yet) and you never know for sure what's going to happen tomorrow, or if there's gonna be a tomorrow for sure. They remind me that my time is short, that I know nothing, that there's still too much to do and learn, and I pay attention. 

I still use necromancy to get some answers when I need them, but now it is more than that. Necromancy is a way to connect with my dead, my ancestors, and keep their memories alive. 

Kinky regards, K!

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