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ANGELS, DEMONS & THE OTHERWORLD · LESSON 7 OF 13 · 13 MIN

Ancestors & the Honoured Dead

Building an ancestor practice — shrines, offerings, remembrance and boundaries.

Honouring the dead is perhaps the oldest religious act there is. Grave goods, tombs and festivals of the dead appear across every culture. In Europe, the Christian feasts of All Saints and All Souls (1–2 November) and the Gaelic Samhain were times when the dead were remembered — and were believed to draw close.