#48 Ancestral Healing: Daniel Foor

Dr. Daniel Foor is a ritualist and educator focused on helping others to reclaim their innate capacity to relate with their ancestors and with the greater web of other-than-human kin.
He is the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing and an internationally respected teacher of ancestor reverence and ritual. Since 2004 Daniel has guided over one hundred multi-day ancestor-focused healing rituals in eight countries, reached thousands of participants through personal sessions and online courses, and mentored over 150 practitioners to facilitate the work of ancestral healing.
Topics:

00:00:00 – Introduction
00:02:41 – Daniel’s Lineage and Ancestry
00:05:03 – Genesis of Ancestral Medicine
00:07:42 – Ancestor Work Along the Spiritual Path
00:11:36 – Trauma and Ancestors
00:18:00 – Animism
00:24:36 –  Descendants, Ancestors, and Captain Kirk
00:26:10 – How to Begin Ancestor Work
00:35:25 – Special and Not-so-special Ancestors
00:40:58 – The Role of Ritual
00:44:12 – Ancestor Work and Children
00:48:34 – Ancestors Living Through Us and Addictions
00:54:04 – Expanding Ancestry
01:00:33 – Epigenentics
01:05:14 – Connecting to Our Ancestral Lands
01:09:50 – How to Connect