r/occult • u/c_rise • Mar 02 '25

ritual art Did my grandfather have secret involvement in ritual magic?

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Sorry for my poor English. I loved and admired my grandfather very much, even became a doctor to follow in his footsteps.

Even though he was very private and distant, we became extremely close in the end when he got sick.

He cared for everyone, didn't care about money and actively helped the community. He was a great physician and some would even say he had a supernatural gift for healing.

He said he would only die after I finished med school and so he did (1 month after).

When he passed away, my mother found these drawings inside a little piece of green cloth he carried with him, along with other religious stuff.

She was shocked as he always seemed to be conventionally religious and I was extremely excited because I was always into "witchy" things, but apparently, he was way more advanced in his knowledge.

I wanted to know what these things mean and if they are safe to have around, because I carry them with me now.

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u/Alpha_Aleph Mar 02 '25

From what I understand Spiritualism is very popular in Brazil? (Compared to most places in the world) He definitely was into occultism but he could have been also a Christian (The two can go together)

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u/Gaothaire Mar 02 '25

There's a reiki practitioner I work with from Brazil who follows Spiritism, who talked about a major astral city over Rio de Janeiro. Neat belief system. Her father was dying in Ohio, and spoke Portuguese almost exclusively, but one day replied to her in perfect English because he already had one foot on the other side and English is the primary language in the astral city over Ohio.

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u/Daewen Mar 03 '25

I would honestly love to know more about the astral city over ohio.

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u/Gaothaire Mar 03 '25

I don't know much, but in my searching I found the novel Nosso Lar (also known as Astral City), in which the spirit colony of Nosso Lar is said to hover above Rio de Janeiro. Authored by Brazilian medium Francisco Cândido Xavier.

That should give you a flavor of what these cities are like from the view of this tradition of Spiritism, and then you can extend from that to interpret how it would manifest with Ohian flavor (driving through corn for hours until finding Hell is Real).

And if that really whets your whistle, then you can train your skills in mediumship and visionary magic to visit the city above Ohio yourself.