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How grief can awaken unexpected spiritual beliefs

I was raised atheist but my infant daughter died and I find myself talking to my dead grandmother asking her to take care of the baby and I don't understand why I believe this now when I never did before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Profound loss can activate ancestral connections that contradict your rational worldview.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestor veneration across traditions?”

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