Text or VM the Show The veil is thin and we can feel the year turning. On this Samhain night, we pull up a seat for a round table dialogue on ancestors, spirit contact, and what it really looks like to honor the those who have come before us across living traditions and modern witchcraft. Granddaughter Crow hosts alongside Jenny C Bell, with guests Lilith Dorsey, Laura Dávila, and Deborah Blake bringing stories that are equal parts grounded, funny, and deeply sacred. We talk practical ritual, not perfection. Lilith shares how ancestor reverence shows up in Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo, from ongoing shrines to the power of silence and the dumb supper. Laura weaves Mexican folk magic and Day of the Dead ofrendas with saints’ feast days, music, and seasonal foods, and she offers a beautiful challenge: honoring ancestors can mean supporting the communities your people once belonged to. Deborah brings the witchiest heart of the holiday, from temporary ancestor altars with candles and photos to the idea of Samhain as an ending and a beginning at once. Along the way, we unpack what “thinning of the veil” means, how grief moves through the body, how to include beloved pets, and how to connect even if you don’t know names or feel estranged from your family line. We also widen the circle to chosen ancestors: witches who came before, artists who shaped you, and the forerunners who took risks so you could live more freely. If you’ve been craving a more meaningful Samhain, a more honest ancestor practice, or a better way to hold darkness without fear, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more listeners can find the conversation. ________ Laura’s IG Post: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuX7yUke-d/?rpxt=eTZ0bDl2MXZ2MGVy Bios: Lilith Dorsey: Since 1991, Lilith Dorsey has been doing successful magick for patrons of her business. She is editor/publisher of Oshun-African Magickal Quarterly, and filmmaker of the experimental documentary Bodies of Water:Voodoo Identity and Tranceformation. Lilith Dorsey is also author of Voodoo and Afro-Caribbean Paganism and The African-American Ritual Cookbook, and choreographer for jazz legend Dr. John’s “Night Tripper” Voodoo Show. In July 2013, she led her first ever Voodoo Zombie Silent Rave, complete with very confused Thriller flash mob. Please contact her at voodoouniverse@yahoo.com for information about psychic readings and services. Lastly, don’t forget to check out her brand new book Love Magic released in Dec 2016. Many Blessings! www.lilithDorsey.com Laura Davila is a fifth-generation bruja and hechicera from Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. She didn't set out to become a teacher or write books about brujería. She simply grew up in a family where this was part of life — the herbs, the prayers, the limpias, the remedios, and the quiet knowledge passed from one generation to the next. It wasn't something separated from everyday life or given a special name. It was simply what the women in her family knew and what they did. As Laura grew older, she realized that much of this knowledge existed almost entirely through oral tradition — passed through families, learned by watching, listening, helping, and eventually doing. When it became her turn to carry that knowledge forward, she did the only thing that felt right. She kept going. And eventually, she started sharing. Brujería de Rancho | Mexican Folk Magic by Laura Davila IG: @daphne_la_hechicera Deborah Blake is the author of nineteen books on modern Witchcraft, including The Eclectic Witch’s Book of Shadows, The Little Book of Cat Magic and Llewellyn’s Little Book of Spellcraft, as well as the acclaimed Everyday Witch Tarot and Oracle and Everyday Witch’s Familiars Oracle decks. She has also written three paranormal romance and urban fantasy series for Berkley, and as well as a cozy mystery series about a run-down pet rescue. Deborah lives in a 140 year old farmhouse in upstate New York with numerous cats who supervise all her activities, both magical and mundane. Deborah can be found online at Facebook, Twitter, her popular blog (Writing the Witchy Way), and www.deborahblakeauthor.com. #Samhain #AncestorVeneration #Witchcraft Thank you for supporting Belief, Being, & BEYOND! 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