Good Reverence Ancestor Altars are traveling altars that support individuals in beginning or continuing their ancestral journey. Our Ancestor Altar Traveling Jars come with essential items for honoring your ancestors and come with an altar cloth, candles, a divination tool, and more to help you connect and bring your altar to life. 
 
Our Good Reverence Ancestor Altars are perfect for anyone looking to build an altar with limited space or needing to travel. Our altars allow you to honor your ancestors wherever you may be. With Good Reverence Altars, you can keep your ancestor altar close and pay homage to your lineage.
 
Includes:
1 - Small White Lace Fabric 
3-Tea candles
1- Spiritual Broom for spiritual cleansing of the altar 
A tiny tube of Florida Water
Ancestor Name & Prayer book  
30 - Matches 
Abundance & Protection Mojo bag
Bay Leaf for the intention 
Small Glass for water
Joss paper
 
Directions: 
Clear your environment using spiritual cleansing water (Florida, Rose, Holy) or any smudge that cleanses the environment (White Sage, Palo Santo, Mugwort, Rosemary). Jars come with Florida water.
Locate an area to set up your altar.
Use your spiritual broom to sweep any residual energy from the designated area. 
Open your Ancestor Jar.
Set up your altar by placing the white fabric in the designated area. Then, place the given items and your personal artifacts on top of the white fabric.
Say aloud a protection prayer, affirmation, or intention that verbally releases any unpleasant energies and spirits in your space.
Sit in meditation and repeat the given opening prayer.
Next, in your prayer book, write down the names of your ancestors.
 If you do not have access to the names of your blood relatives, an additional option. 
Insert “I, _______ (your full name), wish to call in my ancestors known and unknown _______.
 
Example:
I, Ashanti Brown, wish to call upon my beloved known and unknown ancestors in the ______ (last name) family to develop a stronger relationship with you, myself, my destiny, and the relationship with (your belief system.) I am grateful for your love, protection, guidance, and revelation.
 
What are ancestor altars:
Ancestor Altar is a designated space for creating a strong connection with your ancestors, blood, and chosen family who have passed on. It is a sacred space to honor their memory, connect and seek guidance. By setting up an ancestor altar, you can establish a strong connection and invite their energy to support you in discovering your ancestral history, destiny, spiritual gifts, and generational legacy.
 
When using your altar, it is important to: 
Place remembrance artifacts that connect to ancestors, including any pictures, artifacts, obituaries, jewelry, or papers that bring honor to them. 
Include offerings: food and objects your ancestors enjoyed when alive and guide you to purchase.
Build a healthy daily practice with your ancestor altar; it can be every day, once a week, as often as your need.
Replenish the water on your altar. Water is another portal that connects to the spiritual water.
Include and change offerings daily: Food, objects, flowers, etc.
Remove old food daily and build a routine of cleansing off your altar.
Be open and discerning. Trust your intuition. 
Remember that they are your family! Your ancestors know you and will never judge you. Each of them understands where you are now and your heart. Leave shame at the door and embrace their love!
 
* Offerings:
A good question to ask yourself is, What did my relatives enjoy when they were physically living? If you have reservations and are unsure, meditate at your altar and ask your ancestors to reveal what they want. Be specific in asking them how to unveil that information to you. Feeling secure and supported in listening to your intuition is crucial, so be patient with yourself. As your relationship with them, yourself, and your divine God strengthens, you will be able to understand their forms of communication with you because you trust your intuition. 
 
Joss Paper: 
Joss Paper is an essential ritual of spiritual practice in many African, Chinese, and East Asian cultures. It is often used in ancestor honoring to support and honor our beloved dead. This special paper is burned in rituals of offering and prayer to bridge the gap between the physical and spiritual realms. Historically, the smoke carries the prayers of the living to the realm of the dead. 
 
Joss Paper is a spiritual offering used to support the ancestors and viewed as a spiritual form of money that supports the ancestors and helps clear any karmic debt or crossed conditions that our bloodline may be experiencing. It is essential with gratitude and honor those who have come before us. 
 
IMPORTANT: Altars are essential for any spirit work or ritual. It helps to protect and ground you while allowing you to connect with your ancestors. When working with ancestors, please be aware of the potential of spirit attachments. Ground yourself with prayer/intention when doing any spirit work.
 
Our Good Reverence jars support you in developing a strong and meaningful connection with your blood and chosen ancestors. Through ancestor honoring, you can access the wisdom and knowledge of your ancestors to better understand yourself and the world around you. It is a special act of unconditional love that can bring joy, healing, and peace to your life.
 
By understanding your ancestry, you can also receive a greater appreciation for your roots and cultivate a sense of belonging. This product provides an essential connection between past and present, allowing users to create a meaningful and lasting bond with their ancestors.