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Ancestral Magic is a two-part class formulated to supplement and expand on ideas within “Ancestral Magic” (2025), including sharing more in-depth experiences that Frankie has experienced in their reconnective journey, folk magic and tradition as a method of reconnective work, accountability in community, and learning about culture and ancestors from an Italian-American viewpoint.
When we reconnect, we have to center accountability in reconnection. What does it look like to remove problematic traditions and rituals and engage with them in a new way? What does it mean to establish community, find teachers and respectfully approaching cultures you aren’t a part of? What are the red flags as we build and find community, and how can we be a better ancestor moving forward? While our first class looks at the beginning steps of reconnection, Part 2 builds upon the ideas of ancestral magic and work through the lens of a reconstruction, respect, and understanding our relation to not just diasporic culture and community, but ancestral culture and community.
PART 1: Ancestral Magic: Reconnection & Learning from the Folk, Nov. 8, 6:30-8-30pm
What is reconnection? Why do we reconnect? This class explores what reconnection to community, ancestors, and more mean through various methods including exploration of homeland and diaspora, learning from the folk and folk magic, ancestral veneration and different sets of ancestors, connecting to other ancestral spirits and embodying your ancestral practice. This workshop focuses on foundational aspects of an ancestral and reconnective practice, exploring working with ancestral allies, making space for ancestors in your practice, and building altars.
Part 2: Ancestral Magic: Accountability and Learning from the Folk, Nov. 22, 6:30-8:30pm
When we reconnect, we have to center accountability in reconnection. What does it look like to remove problematic traditions and rituals and engage with them in a new way? What does it mean to establish community, find teachers and respectfully approaching cultures you aren’t a part of? What are the red flags as we build and find community, and how can we be a better ancestor moving forward? While our first class looks at the beginning steps of reconnection, Part 2 builds upon the ideas of ancestral magic and work through the lens of a reconstruction, respect, and understanding our relation to not just diasporic culture and community, but ancestral culture and community.
This class series is hybrid in-person AND virtual, you may choose your ticket below to come to the shop in-person for the classes, or choose the virtual option to participate online. This series takes place on Nov. 8, 6:30-8-30pm, and Nov. 22, 6:30-8:30pm.
YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Frankie Castanea, also known as Chaotic Witch Aunt, is a practicing folk witch, animist, Italian American folk practitioner, and spirit worker. They have been on a journey of reconnection to culture and ancestral practices for almost five years now, a practicing witch and diviner for almost a decade. Within this, they have found a passion for learning and teaching Italian-American ways of being, animism, ancestors, and spirit relationships. They have and continue to be a student of Lisa Fazio and Mary Beth Bonfiglio, and have, in the past, learned from Austin Toney of Cat and Cauldron. They learn from being in community with other Italian-Americans and folk practitioners, their own spirits, and are driven by their ancestors in almost all things they do, sharing their ways of reconnection and reconstruction via Instagram, Youtube, Patreon and their blog, Chaotic Folk Magic, through their website (chaoticwitchaunt.com). They run a small online shop of ancestral and folk magic guided wares, believes in the power of the color red, and reads tarot, Italian playing cards, and offers professional spell consultations at Ritualcravt in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. They are the author of two books, “Spells for Change” (2021), and their upcoming book “Ancestral Magic” (2025).
You may also like the following events from Ritualcravt:
- This Saturday, 8th November, 11:00 am, Tarot & Astrology Readings With Reese in Wheat Ridge
- This Saturday, 8th November, 12:00 pm, {IN PERSON} TAROT 101 in Wheat Ridge
- Next Monday, 10th November, 12:00 pm, Tarot, Italian Playing Card Readings & Spell Consultations With Frankie in Wheat Ridge
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