Hands to the Root Sacred Healing

10/09/2026

📖🕯️ The Book of Psalms: Its Sacred Purpose
Hoodoo Heritage Month • African American Culture
🌿 Hands to the Root Sacred Healing

The Book of Psalms gives us words when our hearts are too heavy to speak—and songs of gratitude when our spirits overflow. Within its verses, we encounter grief, courage, repentance, praise, and hope.

In many African American Hoodoo traditions, the Psalms are prayed as sacred scripture for protection, comfort, spiritual cleansing, and guidance. Practices vary by family and lineage, but prayer remains a meaningful connection between faith and everyday life. 🤎

Spiritually, praying the Psalms invites us to bring our whole selves before God. Through a metaphysical lens, we can also reflect on how sacred words focus our attention, shape our intentions, and encourage us to act in alignment with our prayers.

📖 Sacred Ways to Use the Book of Psalms

✨ Comfort & Guidance — Read Psalm 23 when you need reassurance, rest, and a reminder that you do not walk alone.

✨ Prayer for Protection — Pray Psalm 91 as an expression of trust in God’s refuge and care.

✨ Renewal & Reflection — Turn to Psalm 51 when seeking forgiveness, a clean heart, and a renewed spirit.

✨ Praise & Thanksgiving — Read Psalm 100 aloud to make room for gratitude and joyful worship.

✨ Daily Spiritual Practice — Choose a passage, read it slowly, and sit quietly with its meaning. Journal about how you can put its wisdom into practice.

✨ Honor the Legacy — Remember the generations who drew strength from scripture, prayer, and sacred song. Ask trusted elders which Psalms have been meaningful in your family.

As we celebrate Hoodoo Heritage Month, we honor the faith, creativity, and perseverance woven into our spiritual inheritance.

💬 Which Psalm brings you comfort or holds a special place in your family’s story?

Besceglia Yeasmine
Spiritual Teacher
Hands to the Root Sacred Healing 🌿

10/07/2026

🕯️🌿 HOODOO HERITAGE MONTH & AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE
Hands to the Root Sacred Healing

What’s the purpose of “dressing” candles?

Dressing a candle is a sacred act of preparing it for a specific spiritual purpose—often by anointing it with oil while speaking prayers, setting intentions, or presenting a petition.

Within African American Hoodoo and rootwork, this practice brings prayer into physical expression. A candle may be prepared with a particular purpose in mind, accompanied by Psalms, heartfelt words, and customs passed through families or learned within spiritual communities. Practices vary across families and lineages.

✨ From a spiritual perspective, dressing a candle creates a moment to be deliberate about what we are praying for and inviting into our lives.

✨ From a metaphysical perspective, the flame can symbolize illumination, transformation, and focused intention. Preparing the candle becomes an opportunity to bring our thoughts, words, and actions into alignment.

🕯️ Reasons practitioners may use a dressed candle include:

🌿 Praying for protection and peace
🌿 Seeking spiritual cleansing and renewal
🌿 Setting intentions for prosperity and new opportunities
🌿 Cultivating self-love and emotional restoration
🌿 Honoring ancestors through prayer and remembrance
🌿 Deepening meditation, gratitude, and spiritual clarity

For me, this is also an opportunity to honor the cultural roots of the practice and the generations who found strength in prayer, resourcefulness, and sacred tradition.

Let your prayer guide your intention—and let your everyday actions support what you are praying for. 🤎

🔥 Practice candle safety: Never leave a burning candle unattended. Use a fire-safe holder and keep loose herbs and other flammable materials away from the flame.

Besceglia Yeasmine
Historian & Spiritual Teacher
Hands to the Root Sacred Healing

10/07/2026

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10/06/2026

🕯️🌿 HONORING OUR ROOTS: WHAT IS ANCESTRAL VENERATION?

In celebration of Hoodoo Heritage Month, The Spirit & Truth Institute of Theology & Spiritual Studies and Hands to the Root Sacred Healing invite you to reflect on the lives and legacies of those who came before us.

Ancestral veneration means honoring our ancestors through remembrance, gratitude, and care for the wisdom and stories they left behind.

🤎 HONOR IS NOT WORSHIP.
In our spiritual practice, we do not worship our ancestors. We honor them. Worship belongs to God. Remembering our loved ones, tending their graves, preserving their photographs, and expressing gratitude for their lives are acts of love—not demonic acts.

📖 BIBLICAL CONNECTIONS
Exodus 20:12 teaches us to honor our father and mother. Psalm 78:4 calls us to share the stories of God’s works with the next generation. Hebrews 12:1 speaks of a “great cloud of witnesses,” following its account of those who lived by faith.

These passages offer meaningful connections to honor, remembrance, and spiritual legacy, while Christians differ in their understanding of ancestral practices.

🌳 CULTURALLY
Within many African American families and Hoodoo traditions, remembrance lives through family stories, recipes, songs, keepsakes, and graveside care. These practices help preserve histories of resilience, faith, creativity, and love.

✨ SPIRITUALLY & METAPHYSICALLY
Many practitioners understand ancestral remembrance as an affirmation that love and spiritual connection continue beyond physical death. Reflecting on our lineage can deepen our sense of belonging and inspire us to carry forward what was life-giving.

Honoring your roots does not require excusing harm. You can cherish wisdom, acknowledge painful history, and choose a healthier legacy for the next generation.

🕯️ SACRED WAYS TO HONOR YOUR ANCESTORS

• Speak their names and record their stories.
• Create a remembrance space with photographs and flowers.
• Offer prayers of gratitude to God for their lives.
• Visit and care for their graves.
• Prepare a treasured family recipe.
• Ask living elders about your family’s history.
• Carry forward their best values through kindness and service.

Our remembrance becomes meaningful through how we live. May we honor the love we received and become a source of love for those who follow. 🤎

What family tradition or cherished memory helps you feel connected to your ancestors?

Besceglia Yeasmine
Founder & Spiritual Teacher

09/28/2026

𓂀 ✨ WHAT IS KEMETIC SPIRITUALITY? ✨

Kemetic spirituality draws from the sacred traditions of Kemet—ancient Egypt in northeastern Africa—with roots reaching back more than 5,000 years. Today, modern Kemetic paths revive and reinterpret these traditions in different ways.

At its heart is Ma’at: truth, justice, balance, harmony, and right living. This invites us to consider how our words, choices, and relationships contribute to the world around us. 🌿

✨ SACRED PRINCIPLES

🪶 Live in truth. Let your actions reflect your values.
⚖️ Practice justice. Treat others with fairness and dignity.
☀️ Honor the sacred. Learn about the Netjeru, the divine beings revered in ancient Egyptian traditions.
🌳 Remember your ancestors. Reflect on their lives, lessons, and legacies.
🌍 Respect creation. Care for the earth and recognize your responsibility to others.

✨ SACRED WAYS TO HONOR THIS PATH

• Study ancient Egyptian history, teachings, and symbolism with respect for their African origins.
• Create quiet moments for prayer, reflection, and gratitude.
• Offer clean water or flowers as an intentional devotional practice.
• Honor ancestors through remembrance and acts of kindness.
• Put Ma’at into practice by speaking honestly, keeping your commitments, and correcting harm when you can.

These are suggestions for contemporary practice; Kemetic communities differ in their beliefs and observances.

As we explore this wisdom, let us ask ourselves: “How can I bring more truth, balance, and compassion into my life today?” 💛

With love and sacred intention,
Besceglia Yeasmine
Founder & Spiritual Teacher
The Spirit & Truth Movement, International Inc.

09/27/2026

✨🕊️ SOUL AWAKENING SUNDAY 🕊️✨
Psalm 91: Dwelling in Divine Refuge

What does it mean to dwell in the secret place of the Most High?

Spiritually, Psalm 91 invites us into a deeper relationship with God—a place of trust, communion, and refuge. To dwell is to remain: to nurture that connection through daily prayer, stillness, and the choices we make.

Even when life feels uncertain, we can return to the sacred assurance that we do not face our struggles alone. God’s presence offers comfort, courage, and strength within the storm. 💛

Through a metaphysical lens, we can also reflect on the “secret place” as an inner sanctuary—the quiet space where our awareness turns toward the Divine. This symbolic reading invites us to examine what occupies our minds, what we hold in our hearts, and where we place our trust.

The shelter of God’s wings can symbolize being held in divine love. The shield can represent faith and discernment that help us respond to fear without allowing it to govern our lives.

This reflection is an invitation to practice awareness with compassion. Experiencing hardship does not mean your faith is weak or that your thoughts caused your suffering. You can feel afraid and still be spiritually rooted. 🌿

Sacred ways to reflect on Psalm 91 today:

🕊️ Read slowly, noticing which words speak to your heart.
🕊️ Sit quietly, breathe gently, and make room for prayer.
🕊️ Name a fear you are ready to entrust to God.
🕊️ Honor your peace through wise choices and healthy boundaries.
🕊️ Ask: “What would living from trust look like for me today?”

Today’s affirmation:
“I return to the sacred stillness within. I rest in God’s presence and welcome divine wisdom. I am loved, supported, and strengthened as I move through this day.”

What part of Psalm 91 speaks to your soul in this season? 💬

Besceglia Yeasmine
Founder & Spiritual Teacher
The Spirit & Truth Movement International, Inc.

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09/09/2026

✨ THE 9/9 PORTAL IS OPEN! ✨

Today is a sacred opportunity to pause, release, realign, and prepare for a new beginning. The energy of 9 symbolizes completion, wisdom, spiritual growth, and the closing of cycles that have fulfilled their purpose.

Be intentional today:

🙏🏾 Pray with faith. Surrender your plans to God and seek divine direction.

🧘🏾‍♀️ Meditate in stillness. Quiet your mind so you can hear what your spirit needs.

✨ Manifest with purpose. Speak life over your vision while aligning your thoughts, choices, and actions with what you desire.

🍂 Release with gratitude. Let go of old habits, relationships, fears, and beliefs that can no longer accompany you into your next season.

Ask yourself: What am I ready to complete, and what am I prepared to welcome into my life?

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Besceglia Rhythm Yeasmine
Spiritual Strategist & Practitioner
Hands to the Root Sacred Healing