In COMMUNING WITH THE ANCESTORS, Raven Grimassi demonstrates how to communicate and make contact with ancestral spirits, including practical methods for seeking their guidance.

Grimassi explores the realm of the ancestors and the role of reincarnation in the soul's relationship to ancestral lineage. He explains the interactions between ancestors, the living, and the dead and examines how communication with the ancestors is strengthened through various techniques and ritual practices.

In this fascinating and far-ranging guide, you will learn practices and rituals both ancient and new for communing with the ancestors, specifically:
• How to build shrines and altars and make offerings.
• Where to find and work with sacred sites, power places, and special portals to the ancients.
• Guided imagery that will take you into the "Cavern of the Ancestors," the spiritual corridor where the ancestors can be directly approached.
• How to access the Spirit-Rider, an ancestor that can travel between the realms of mortals and ancients.
• How to see and understand the restless dead who remain bound to the Earth realms.
• The role of reincarnation in the soul's relationship to ancestral lineage.

True to Raven's style, the book includes folklore, legend, and superstition surrounding the topic. Shrines, altars, and offerings are discussed in detail. Sacred sites, power places, special portals to the ancients, reincarnation, and the "restless dead who are still bound to the earth realm"--he covers it all.

Raven Grimassi is a neo-pagan scholar and award-winning author of more than 12 books on witchcraft, Wicca, and neo-paganism.THE FLAME IN THE CAULDRON, GRIMOIRE OF THE THORNBLOODED WITCH, HORNS OF HONOR; OLD WORLD WITCHCRAFT, and THE WITCHES BOOK OF THE DEAD were all published by Red Wheel Weiser. He is a member of the American Folklore Society and is co-founder and co-director of the Crossroads Fellowship, a modern Mystery School tradition. Visit him at www.ravengrimassi.net.