Day 14: Thinking About the Dead

I was thinking about something that really isn't talked about, unless Halloween, or Samhain, is involved. And that's the dead. Our ancestors, those that lived, gave birth to their own children, thus allowing us to live. I think the dead should be much more important in Wicca then it's viewed. We only care about the dead during Samhain, and that's just wrong. Thinking about our ancestors, trying to prove that they were right in having our ancestors, is important and shouldn't be confined to once a year.

My practice includes ancestors and they're always on my mind. As they should be.

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