From lineage to liberation🎧

Ancestral work isn't just about dealing with our predecessors, it’s also about dealing with ourselves because we are ancestors in training.
-Kamila Shakur

Hello.

Kamila and I originally had this conversation back in October of 2024. While I intended to publish it much sooner, I believe it’s become even more relevant over the past few months as we enter fast-moving global shifts in energy and transformation.

Understanding our lineage, the cycles and patterns of our ancestors, and how we are ancestors in training will help us navigate with a clearer sense of inner direction, guidance, and purpose.

Here’s a sneak peek of what you’ll hear in this episode:

• How to recognize the energetic patterns in your lineage and shift them

• Working with non-linear time and the power of healing backward and forwards

• Simple methods for communicating with your deceased loved ones

• The power of integration in ancestral work

• How to distinguish when you’re acting as a vessel for spirit and when you’re self-possessed

“I was once the wind, I was once that endangered animal, I was once the soil that a seed relied on to grow.”

Kamila Shakur

is a multidisciplinary artist, spiritual practitioner, researcher, and archivist. Her work focuses on ancestral relationship building, Familial Energy Work, and Creative Spirit Work. All of her endeavors are politically rooted in the Black Radical Tradition. She is the head archivist for the Hush House Black Community Museum & Institute for Human Rights and resides in Detroit, MI with her son and daughter.

This is a rich, powerful conversation for anyone interested in doing family ancestral work and connecting to Spirit for transformation and healing.

Kamila Shakur

expresses a depth of wisdom and grace that’s immediately accessible, yet layered with meaning. I revisited our conversation several times and still have more to learn.

Listen in to learn how to benefit from and heal your ancestral lineage for future and past generations

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“The direction, the blessings, the inspiration, all of that is naturally going to make its way to you from the simple fact that you are a limb that's connected to Spirit. So all you have to really do is remember that it's natural.”

Watch our unedited interview below (only on Substack) 📽️👇

Show notes

• TimeMap- Time Zone Protocols

• Moor Mother Explains Black Quantum Futurism

• Rasheeda Phillips

Connect with Kamila

Website
On Substack
Instagram

Kamila will be hosting a Familial Energy Workshop series this year. Stay tuned and subscribe to

Walking The Path

for more info. 💗

Ancestral Relationships & Spiritual Custody

Photo credit: Kamila Shakur

Have you done any ancestral healing work? What surprised you about our conversation?

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Thanks for listening.

All my love,
Mariah

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