Entering the Ancestral Field

In many traditions, water is spoken of as the great carrier of memory. Flowing through rivers, crashing in waves, or falling softly as rain, water gathers impressions, carrying them across time and place. Science too affirms this mystery: water takes the shape of what surrounds it, holding imprints long after the moment has passed.

Like water, we too are vessels of memory. Our bones hold ancestral stories, our blood carries the imprints of generations, and our breath flows like the tide of countless lives before us.

When we attune to water, we touch this continuity, feeling how what has been carried forward is still flowing through us now.

The Spiral Infinity Rain Disk, handmade by a shamanic artisan in Moldova, is a beautiful expression of this truth. His design blends the voices of the ocean drum and the rain stick, creating an instrument that carries the essence of water’s many moods.

Turned vertically, the Rain Disk offers the sound of a gentle brook, endlessly flowing, never beginning, never ending. On its side, it can become the crash of ocean waves or the soft patter of falling rain. Each way of playing reminds us of water’s many voices, sometimes soothing, sometimes powerful, always carrying us forward. To hear the intriguing sounds of this beautiful instrument, click here to visit our online store.

As the foliage burns red and gold before returning to the earth, as the rains fall and the nights lengthen, the Rain Disk mirrors the season. Its sounds remind us of the ever-moving current of life and the presence of memory woven into each drop. Listening, we are invited to flow with the lineage we carry, to release what no longer serves, and to allow renewal to rise.

This season, the Ancestors are near. They speak in dreams, in synchronicities, in the hush of falling leaves and the rhythm of rain. Through sound, we open the door more fully to their presence.

The resonance of a bowl, the pulse of a drum, the voice of the Rain Disk, each becomes a bridge across time, a thread connecting us to wisdom and to healing.

Samhain is the time in early November, which is the crossing point of fall into winter in many traditions. It is also seen as a point which opens us to the Field of the Ancestors, ancestral wisdom and knowing.

This is the invitation of Samhain: to honor what has been, to release what no longer serves, and to remember that we, too, are the Ancestors, keepers of memory, carriers of resonance, sowers of seeds for those yet unborn.

Blessings on this turning of the wheel.

Zacciah & Dorothy, Emissaries of Sound™

and Sunreed™ Team