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On your own, ancestor ritual

Here is a way to connect deeply with your ancestors, which you are sure to benefit from. The starting point for this is the constellation as described on the previous web pages. The element of representation has been removed, so that you can carry out the constellation on your own. The ritual constellation will be explained in full.

The most important thing about ancestors is that you connect with them. Help comes from them. A connection enables them to reach you more effectively. You can establish this connection very easily. You are already connecting simply by thinking of them and asking for their help. However, a somewhat deeper connection is formed when you connect using, for example, the constellation you’ll find on this webpage. This ‘sets more things in motion’. Because the constellation has a ritualistic nature, I often refer to it as a ritual.

Using four ancestral lines

The description again assumes four ancestral lines. You can adjust this as you wish, provided you understand what an ancestral line is. A brief explanation of what an ancestral line is: an ancestral line runs from one generation of ancestors to the generation before that, and you can extend that line across as many generations as you like.

If we assume a single ancestral line, the first generation refers to both your parents. The second generation refers to your four grandparents. The third generation refers to your eight great-grandparents. The fourth generation refers to your 16 great-great-grandparents, and so on. You arrive at a single ancestral line by tracing one line back from yourself.

If we start with two ancestral lines, the first generation consists of your mother or your father. This generation therefore consists of one person. The second generation consists of the parents of that one parent, so two people. The third generation consists of the parents of the parents of that one parent, so four people. Each subsequent generation consists of twice as many ancestors. This gives you one of the two ancestral lines. The same applies to the second ancestral line, except that it starts with your other parent. You can trace two ancestral lines by tracing one ancestral line from each parent.

You can also base your ancestral lines on your four grandparents. This gives you four ancestral lines, which I like to work with.

One ancestral line consists of: your mother as the first generation – that’s one person. Your mother’s mother as the second generation – that’s also one person. Her two parents as the third generation – that’s two people. Those parents’ parents as the fourth generation – that makes four people. The fifth generation will then comprise eight people, and so on.

The second ancestral line would then be: first generation: your mother. Second generation: your mother’s father. Third generation: your maternal grandfather’s parents. And so on.

The third ancestral line would then consist of: your father as the first generation. Your father’s mother as the second generation. Your paternal grandmother’s parents as the third generation. And so on.

The fourth ancestral line would then consist of: your father as the first generation; your father’s father as the second generation; your paternal grandfather’s parents as the third generation; and so on.

The numbering is, of course, arbitrary. You arrive at four ancestral lines by tracing one ancestral line from each of your four grandparents.

Multiple ancestors in a single position in the constellation

If we assume four ancestral lines, from the third generation onwards the parents are no longer distinguished as a father and a mother, but are placed in a single position in the constellation. So, all the ancestors of a single generation in an ancestral line following the grandparents are represented in a single position in the constellation when we assume four ancestral lines. This makes it clear and manageable for us as human beings.

If you have decided in advance which ancestor a stone represents, place a note next to that stone so that you cannot make a mistake. It is also best to number the generations, for the same reason.

As mentioned, when working with four ancestral lines, a stone in the constellation can represent several ancestors from the third generation onwards. The third stone represents two ancestors, the fourth stone four, the fifth stone eight, the sixth stone 16, the seventh stone 32, the eighth stone 64, the ninth stone 128, and the tenth stone 256 ancestors. You can work out for yourself how many ancestors the stone of the 30th generation represents across four ancestral lines.

When you do a constellation and a stone represents one generation of ancestors, you usually do not know exactly which ancestor that stone stands for. If you pick up the stone and start to tune into it, it sometimes represents a single ancestor, whilst at other times it conveys a broader sense shared by an entire generation of ancestors. When I act as a representative (which does not happen in this constellation that you are doing on your own), only one ancestor ever comes to the fore per stone. So when you pick up a stone in the constellation where I am acting as a representative, only one ancestor ever appears in it, whom I then represent. When you do this on your own and are simply tuning in, the information you experience or that comes through may relate to a broader group of ancestors from that generation.

Form of the constellation: one ancestral line at a time

If you are carrying out the constellation for your ancestors alone, you do not lay out the four ancestral lines at the same time, but just one ancestral line at a time. You complete that one fully, remove the stones that were used to represent it, and then lay out a new ancestral line. Do make sure that you tune into your father and your mother – who appear in two ancestral lines – only once. So, in the first ancestral line, you connect with all the generations you have laid out. In the second ancestral line for the same parent, you begin by connecting with the grandparent who was not included in the previous line, and you skip the first stone, which represents the same parent as the first stone in the previous line.

How many generations do you include?

I would include ten generations in any case, but if you’re on your own, you can include even more. Including thirty generations in a constellation is also very meaningful. Don’t think it’s pointless to go back that far in time. Further back in time, there were such different ways of life; you bring those into your system. That is valuable. If you’re willing to make that effort, you can gain a great deal in return. It happens imperceptibly; there’s no name or sender attached to it. But tuning into ten generations is also fantastic.

Ferry and Margrete’s website, natuurlijkewezens.nl, contains information on this subject from the high-level being of light known as Odilia. Odilia is an entity who has never incarnated, with whom they both have contact for a specific reason. Odilia states that individual ancestors can appear up to around the twentieth generation, but that, when it comes to contact with generations even further back in time, only a collective energy from the ancestors is accessible. Link: https://natuurlijkewezens.nl/voor-ouders-2/

Carrying out this constellation in Doesburg

If you do this constellation with me in Doesburg, without using representations, we’ll work with ten generations. In a single session lasting around 2.5 to 3 hours, we’ll be able to tune into two ancestral lines spanning ten generations. That’s a total of 19 stones to tune into. If we both tune into them, it will take longer. It begins with you settling into an unfamiliar space – namely, my home. And each stone is tuned into twice: first by you, and then by me.

You’ll start by taking a stone in your hand and seeing what you feel. If you notice anything or if something comes to mind, make a note of it. You’ll pass the stone to me when you’ve finished tuning into it, and then I’ll do the same. You can move on to the next stone whilst I’m still working on the previous one. But please do wait until you can hand the stone over to me. Do not put the stone back in the line. I, too, will note down what I perceive or what comes to mind.

Afterwards, we’ll go through our notes together for both ancestral lines, and these are for you.

The fee for this is €60.00 per session. If you’re under 25, I’ll charge half the amount. I only speak Dutch and am happy for you to use an interpreter.

Full description of all the steps

On the following two web pages, I provide a complete overview of all the steps in the ritual constellation that you can carry out on your own. First, a more descriptive explanation, followed by a step-by-step guide. This can be helpful because, for many people, doing something in such a ritualistic way really takes some getting used to. Explaining it twice in slightly different ways can help you build up your understanding of the ritual constellation.

Two personal experiences

At the bottom of two web pages, there is a case describing a personal experience with this ritual ancestor constellation.

At the bottom of the web page ‘Why ancestors?’ under ‘Ancestor constellations’. Link: internal://06a70981-37d4-4d42-bc66-6903579a00cb

At the bottom of the web page ‘What will you encounter?’ under ‘Ancestor constellations’. Link: internal://1fee5a54-877b-4524-95fd-febe2979c4cf

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