This evening we honoring ALL our ancestors, loved ones and relations that have transitioned through the veil of life and death. Raising sacred smoke, prayer and song in gratitude of all that is and will be.
Dia de los Muertos is not about being “ghoulish” it is a representation of our love ones cross over and remembrance of them. Ghoulish is more Halloween. “In our tradition, people die three deaths.
The FIRST death is when our bodies cease to function; when our hearts no longer beat of their own accord, when our gaze no longer has depth or weight, when the space we occupy slowly loses its meaning.
The SECOND death comes when the body is lowered into the ground, returned to mother earth, out of sight.
The THIRD death, the most definitive death, is when there is no one left alive to remember us.” via our brother -Victor Landa
May we always remember our loved ones, may we be remembered, may we continue to honor our traditions and may we always know the sacredness of life, love and death.
Ometeotl!
Shared with respect from
Maestro In Training Nawi Tecciztecatl
Kalpulli Teocalli Ollin: Ancient Healing Arts
~ Jill ?
