Learning Resources
Earth, Ancestors, and Ritual: Where to Begin?
Over the past two decades of guiding ritual arts, people often ask, “Where do I start?” As my entry into ritual included little guidance or
Daniel's Blog
Ancestors
Ancestral Reconnection as a Journey of Cultural Healing
As an American of largely English and German early settler-colonizer ancestry, I was neither raised with a framework for ancestor reverence nor taught to value
Articles
Five Practices for More Potent Prayer
Over the past 30 years I have had the good fortune to participate in many spiritual traditions, including Methodist Christianity, Islamic Sufism, Zen Buddhism, contemporary Paganism,
Taboo and Sacred Difference
Taboo and Honoring Sacred Difference
The year is 2016 and tremendous violence continues to be perpetuated by people who seek to impose their reality on others by force. More extreme
Umunhum
Mountain Speak: On the Restoration of Mt Umunhum, San Jose, CA
Translation and author reflection in Mandarin. In early January 2009, I guided a dozen or so practitioners of diverse earth-honoring paths in a year of
Animism
The Ghosts of Climate Change: Ancestors and the Global Ecosystem
“Climate change is profoundly related to the troubled dead and the growing number of troubled ghosts now on Earth.” When Oya, a Yoruba goddess of
About the Author
Daniel Foor, PhD, is a licensed therapist and a doctor of psychology. He has led ancestral healing intensives throughout the United States since 2005.
He is an initiate in the Ifá/Òrìṣà tradition tradition of Yorùbá-speaking West Africa and has trained with teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and diverse indigenous paths, including the ways of his English, Irish, and German ancestors.
His approach to ancestor reverence and earth-honoring spirituality is heart-centered, non-dogmatic, and honoring of soul-level difference. He views ancestral and family healing as one part of a larger movement for social and earth justice. Daniel and his family live in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.
