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March 21, 2023
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DON’T DO IT!! Reaching Out To The Ancestors IS DEMONIC!!

Whether it’s “evil” or not really depends on who’s holding the book, and which verses they’re cherry-picking to make their point. If we’re keeping it real, a lot of folks love to whip out scriptures like Leviticus 19:31 or Deuteronomy 18:10-12—those ones about mediums and “necromancy”—to shut down anything that doesn’t fit neatly inside their church’s four walls. They’ll say reaching out to spirits shows a lack of faith in God or opens the door for something dark to creep in. But plot twist: the Bible is actually dripping with “spirit work” if you take a closer look.

 

For many Hoodoo and Root work practitioners, there’s no beef here. They’ll point to the “Cloud of Witnesses” in Hebrews 12:1, seeing ancestors not as gods but as family—family with VIP seats to the Divine, who can put in a good word for us. Even the Transfiguration has Jesus chatting it up with Moses and Elijah, two guys who’d been off the grid for centuries. In African Traditional Religions and their American offshoots, the “breath of life” doesn’t just vanish—it levels up. Reaching out isn’t about summoning demons; it’s about honoring the lineage God used to bring you into this world.

When people slap the “demonic” label on it, they’re often recycling a narrative designed to strip enslaved people of their culture and keep them locked into a controlled version of faith. Let’s call it what it is: a hustle. Telling someone that the ancestors who prayed them into existence are suddenly “evil” the second they pass on? That’s wild. Let’s say it louder for the folks in the back: seeking wisdom from your roots isn’t a betrayal of God. For many, it’s the most honest way to embrace the fullness of God’s creation.

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