From Dia de los Muertos, to Ghede, to All Saints Day, honoring the ancestors on this day has been a long-standing holiday in rootwork/hoodoo tradition and in the black community in general. I lit white, black, and purple candles dressed with Mullen, Myrrh and lit Guava leaf, called Bayabas in the Philippines where they are utilized similarly to Sage as a sacred smudge. I also incorporated Dandelion roots, spiritually the aid in and social connection. I honored each direction — hawk feather (east), candles (south), cauldron (north), spring water (west) — and made a crystal grid with angelite, petrified wood, stromatolite, cowrie shells, blue lace agate, cemetery acorns and a metal ankh as a secured symbol. I offered water, alcohol, coffee and two plates — one for dinner and the other for dessert.