On the 10th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Daniel Foor, PhD.

Daniel is the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing and an internationally respected teacher of ancestor reverence and ritual. Over the past 20 years, he has guided over 150 multi-day ancestor-focused healing rituals in over 10 countries, reached thousands of participants through personal sessions and online courses, and mentored over 200 practitioners to facilitate the work of ancestral healing. He is also a doctor in psychology.

Daniels work revolves around helping people come back into relationship with the rest of life through animist ethics and applied ritual arts.

I respect Daniel for many reasons but particularly am inspired by him for his balance of spirituality without bypass and his deep commitment to utilising it in a decolonial way. Intentionally interrupting empire and supremacy of all forms.

Daniel tells me that ‘its important our approach to spirituality break our heart a little and help us to know that the suffering in the world is our own’ and ‘if our spiritual work isn’t moving us into stronger heart connection and solidarity with life, we are probably doing it wrong and might just be participating in escapism’.

In this episode, Daniel explains what ancestral and family healing is and why it is important for individual and collective trauma. Also why and how it can support in busting oppressive systems over the planet.

We also talk about what animism is, the sacred balance between spiritualist and activist and how to tap into our intuition in the age of AI and deep fakes.

Lastly, we talk about how Colonialist nation states do not inherently have a right to exist and that if our systems arent serving life then they should be dismantled; that the main way to prepare for death is to be an ethical person in life and how people of settler colonial lineage can tithe for the debts of our ancestors // and much more

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Massive Gratitude and Respect to Daniel Foor for his time and wisdom.

You can learn more about Daniel and check out his upcoming offerings and courses at his website ancestralmedicine.org or on his instagram @danielfoor

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This podcast is broadcast from the First Nation ancestral sacred lands of Bundjalung in so called Australia. I would like to pay my respects to the Elders, past, present and emerging, and any indigenous Elders listening in. I’d also like to acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded in this country. Always was, always will be aboriginal land.