Recently I discovered through my sister that my mother's

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Recently I discovered through my sister that my mother's side of the family descends from Shaman indians and slaves from the colonial period (I live in Brazil). She believes very strongly in spirits and their ability to affect our daily lives, and while I could just brush off as another bullshitty thing she believes in (since she also started to recently believe in the Zodiac signs which have been scientifically confirmed to be bullshit), she explained things in a way that clarified a lot of things I previously wondered about.

For starters, I used to consider myself an atheist until more or less a year ago (nowadays I don't deny the possibility of a higher power even if I think the Christian god is bullshit).
Throughout my entire life, my mom has had an ability to "hear" things. She has a voice in her head that warns her of incoming dangers and, when she was a child, could even tell her things like the next words people would say or if someone's relatives had died (before said person even knew about it). I know for a fact that it exists since it saved my life (and the lives of my family) more times than I can count. Just yesterday I was staying up late in my mom's office (she was at home already) when she calls me and tells me to go home immediately because she was hearing things in that voice. I go, and the moment I step outside the office and go into the street, I see three police cars parked outside the closed supermarket apprehending a criminal.
Once, my sister was in Boston talking to a guy she had met (she was dealing with breaking up with her former boyfriend) and she wanted to take things to the next level by going to his house. She called my mom and asked her if she should do it. My mom told her he was "dangerous" and proceeded to give an exact physical description of the guy (medium height, long blonde hair, wearing a grey hoodie). Keep in mind, she did this in Brazil, while my sister was in Boston.

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