Witchcraft club teaches proper graveyard etiquette in Illinois
- Candle Craft Magic
- May 30, 2022
- 2 min read
Graceland Cemetery located in Chicago, Illinois www.mourning-souls.livejournal.com/869690.html
Angels carved into gravestones, mausoleums and ivy-adorned gates greeted Columbia’s witchcraft club Call of the Cauldron at its graveyard etiquette event held at Graceland Cemetery.
Created in the Spring 2020 semester, Call of the Cauldron is a club dedicated to creating a space for witchcraft and spiritual practitioners no matter their experience level. The club is a safe haven for occultists to talk to one another and share their knowledge and history of witchcraft.
Karel Ramirez, a junior television major and the social media coordinator for Call of the Cauldron, works with crystals and celebrates pagan holidays as part of her spiritual practice which centers around nature.
Ramirez organized the April 29 event as an educational opportunity for members to be aware of rituals surrounding graveyards and how to properly respect gravestones. She got the idea of visiting graveyards with respectful intentions from her mother.
“We are entering a sacred place where it is the resting place of so many people,” Ramirez said. “You have to be respectful in that area; it’s like entering a church or synagogue. Practicing graveyard etiquette is just for people to know that graveyards are not a scary place, and they are a resting place. You need to be kind and respectful when it comes to entering, but at the same time you need to protect yourself.”
Ramirez’s advice for graveyard etiquette includes asking spirits for permission to enter the site.
“That permission at times requires you to leave stuff at the entrance of the graveyard, such as alcohol, pennies and coins,” Ramirez said. “Some people leave those things on certain graves as a peace offering. It’s best to behave in that place.”
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