How To Honour Our Ancestors With Cacao
How to honour our ancestors with Cacao
It’s the time of year when the spirit world is close to our own, often described as the veil thinning between us and our ancestors. For many cultures this is a significant experience, celebrated in ancient ways, from the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) to Samhain (the end of harvest and the beginning of winter) and Hallowe’en.
One thing all these days have in common is a recognition of the role of the past, and spirits. In part this is due to the arrival of winter, the anticipation of more darkness than light, and more sleep than activity, but it’s also significant that the Día de los Muertos is a celebration of loved ones departed but not gone and of respect for the wisdom of our ancestors who are invited back on this one day to guide us through the year ahead.
Using cacao to invite ancestral spirits to guide us
For those of us who value our relationship with the spirit world, and who seek closer connection to our ancestors, cacao’s ability to open the heart is a gateway to this spiritual intimacy and to the guidance that is available through inviting ancestral spirits to engage with us.
Rituals, or ceremonies, are ancient sacred processes that honour the elements, and bring us into harmony with nature and both the seen and the unseen worlds. A cacao ceremony allows us to link our desire for connection to the world with our seeking spirit that constantly reaches out for love, understanding and integrity.
Cacao’s warm and generous nature allows us to see beyond the veil that separates our world from the spirit world. We are able to invite our ancestors to teach us, find forgiveness and compassion, and reconnect to loved ones. It is a time to reconnect to our ancestors and share our unspoken thoughts, feelings and love with those that have died.
At Ritual Cacao we know that drinking ceremonial-grade Cacao helps us commemorate this turning point of the year, and provides a loving and supportive path through the winter months, when many things lie fallow.
From boosting our serotonin, dopamine and anandamide receptors, to flowing blood to our hearts, Cacao gives us a warm, delicious and calming inside hug, while energising us to stay inspired, upbeat and creative.