Ancestral Pots — From a $300 Base Module to a Deluxe Configuration
Start with our $300 ancestral pot module and develop it over time. Our modular approach supports affordability: begin with an appropriately prepared foundation, then add what your ancestral relationship and guidance call for.
The ancestral shrine pot is a larger, separately constructed vessel for ongoing ancestral relationship. In our house's understanding, it houses, gathers and stabilizes the ancestral current. It is distinct from the Isan Egun bundle and from the Teja de Eggun feeding/contact surface. The illustration is not a photograph of a particular completed commission.
The $300 Base Module
Our house starts ancestral pots at a $300 base module, including the clay pot and appropriate preparation. This is the house's defined starting configuration, not an empty clay vessel or the $180 Isan bundle. Lineages may define their own basic configurations; here the starting module and responsibilities are agreed before commissioning.
Affordability is part of the approach: start with the base module and add appropriate components over time as resources allow. Additions are optional and individually quoted; there is no fixed upper price implied by the $300 starting price.
Optional Integration
The ancestral shrine pot can also have the Isan bundle and Teja integrated into it. A fuller configuration may bring all three into one combined structure, but they remain distinguishable components with different functions. Many deluxe configurations use this three-part arrangement; it is not compulsory for every person or every pot.
Teja can be received independently when indicated, without first receiving a pot, and combined with it later. Do not assume the separate components are included in the base pot price or simply add the listed prices to calculate an integrated commission.
Deluxe Configurations
Deluxe configurations offer a fuller, individually commissioned ancestral shrine pot, often integrating the Isan bundle and Teja into one combined structure. Deluxe work can enter the thousands and is quoted individually. Private contents, methodology and construction protocols are not published here.
Some practitioners describe a fully developed ancestral pot as “as strong as an Enkisi” — the Kongo ritual pots renowned within these traditions for swiftness and power. In our house's understanding, deluxe ancestral pots are especially prized for combining effectiveness with the enduring loyalty of ancestral relationships. This is a practitioner comparison, not a guarantee that every pot has identical capacities or that ancestral and Kongo jurisdictions are interchangeable.
Base modules start at $300. Additions and deluxe configurations are quoted individually. What is beneficial or optimal for one person may be personally required for another; discuss individual and family needs rather than treating the offerings as a compulsory ladder.
Preparation and Responsibility
Study the Ancestral Manual and the distinction between an altar and a consecrated shrine, and discuss whether this construct fits the relationship and ongoing care you can maintain. Receiving a pot is not the same as completing ancestral priesthood or acquiring authority to work in other people's lineages.