#parentalia

Hoxe comeza os nove días de Parentalia, a festa onde os espíritos divinos (manes) dos nosos seres queridos e antepasados nos visitan e nós recordámolos e venerámolos.

I am going to do a ritual for it later today and I hope everyone else has a blessed Parentalia

#Repost @maidenandcrow with @instarepost2016 ・・・ “The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.” - Marcus Tullius Roman Halliween Parentalia (Ancestral Days) is a religious Roman festival to honour the dead. Beginning at noon on February 13th until February 21st, it is a time for celebration of the rites of ancestors and family members who have passed on. On the last day of Parentalia, the Feralia took over and this was held publically, during which visits to the tombs of dead relatives occurred. A ritual act that many pantheons and cultures exercise still. The Feralia was considered a time for grieving and mourning which is why weddings were banned during this time and public worship of the gods was suspended at the temples. No incense was burned on any altars and hearth fires were left unlit to show respect and Magistrates did not wear their insignias. On this day, Romans travelled to the tombs of their ancestors (“Manes”). They brought offerings like wreaths, grain, salt, and wine soaked bread. These offerings would be left in the tomb they would be visiting. Violets would be placed around and in the tombs. Wealthy families of Rome would arrange bountiful public feasts at the tombs to honour ancestors and a means of paying the gods of the Underworld. Many believe that The Feralia is likely the catalyst for the creation of Samhain and All Saints Day. At midnight on Feralia, rituals were intended to control baneful entities and force them to return to the spirit world for another year. If someone did not follow the rites of Feralia it could lead to these spirits lingering where they would manifest as ghosts and bring tragedy and bad luck throughout the coming year. So for those of you, like myself, who are being called to pierce the veil and jump the hedge, tonight is your night. The Fairy's Funeral by Fitzgerald (1864) · · · · #maidenandcrow #maidenandcrowapothecary #maidenandcrowritual #themagician #traditionalwitchcraft #witchcraft #witchesofinstagram #witchshop #witchcommunity #maidenandcrowspiritual #maidenandcrowspiritualapothecary #parentalia#feralia https://www.instagram.com/p/CLS_eNpnz7t/?igshid=jinq4rrd7jbl

Parentalia Invocation Perhaps you gave us life, Sowed our seed, gifted us with Your chromosomes and genes. Perhaps you birthed us Or were there to greet us As we entered the world. Perhaps you fed us, cleaned us, Held us when we cried, Sang us to sleep, taught us Many skills, or perhaps You merely led by example. Perhaps you were tied to us by blood Or by marriage, or simply came Into our lives when it was needed. Perhaps you were a parent to our bodies, Or to our minds, or to our hearts, Or to our souls. However it was, you were there, And we are grateful, For the flame you kindled Has warmed us ever since, And we will pass it on.

#🎈 #parentalia #halloween #sumortumortu #it #festadeimorti #Хэллоуин (presso Milan, Italy)

Dolansky, Fanny. "Honouring the Family Dead on the Parentalia: Ceremony, Spectacle, and Memory." Phoenix, 65-1 (2011), p.139

Today I did a quick celebration/rite for the ancient Roman holiday, Parentalia, a day wherein one gave offerings to their ancestors. Lighting a mix of Rosemary, bayleaf and Sage as incense, asked Janus (of openings), Mercury (the messenger between the living and dead), and Vesta (protectress of the sacred hearth) for their blessings during the rite. I then offered the Gods and ancestors wine and m&ms, and asked Mercury for his protection as I travel to the States today to visit family.