🔮 Asensi, Necromancy, and Communication with the Dead in Kabylia: A Journey to the Heart of Ancient Rites

This video immerses you in the fascinating world of ancestral Berber funerary and spiritual practices in Kabylia, where beliefs related to the soul, dreams, incubation (asensi), and even necromancy persist.
Through testimonies, literary references (Herodotus, Saint Augustine, Mouloud Feraoun), and still-living traditions, discover how ancient Berbers perceived life after death, and how some continue to question the deceased today in rituals combining memory, faith, and symbolism.

👁️ WARNING: Some images of trances or ritual practices may be offending. Video not recommended for children under 12.

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📚 Bibliography:

🔹 FERAOUN, Mouloud. The Earth and Blood. Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1953.
🔹 GENEVOIS, Henri. Views of the Afterlife [online], Berber Documentation File, No. 88, Fort-National: Fédération des Bordj-Duafiers, 1965, 115p. Available at: www.ayamun.com/VUES-SUR-L'AU-DELA-FDB-N%b088.pdf (accessed July 1, 2025). 🔹 KINZI, Azzedine. "The Last Journey: The Funeral Repatriation of Kabyle Immigrants from Saint-Étienne to Tounef in Kabylie," Journal of the Muslim and Mediterranean Worlds [online], no. 144, 2018, pp. 99-114. DOI: 10.4000/remmm.11870. Available at: journals.openedition.org/remmm/11870#tocto1n3 (accessed July 1, 2025).
🔹 MAMMERI, Mouloud. The Forgotten Hill. Paris: Union Générale d’Éditions, 1978.
🔹 PLANTADE, Nedjima. "Necromancy," Berber Encyclopedia, vol. 33, 2012, p. 5310-5319 [online], published on OpenEdition Journals. Available at: journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/2690 (accessed 30 June 2025).
🔹 VIROLLE-SOUIBES, M. “Asensi (rite of consultation of the deceased)”, Berber Encyclopedia, vol. 7, 1989, pp. 957-961 [online], published on 1 December 2012. Available at: journals.openedition.org/encyclopedieberbere/1187 (accessed 3