ONLINE COURSE
Creativity and the Sacred
A Live, Four-part Series
with Dr. Daniel Foor
To be alive is to make choices, to improvise, and to respond. Creativity is not limited to artists or the select few but is about our capacity to perceive and respond with style and intent to the world as it is. In this way, to focus on creativity is to cultivate foundational life skills and to reach for a more fulfilled, effective, and meaningful life.
Stepping into our sacred role as creators is often seen as a path for the privileged or innately talented, not a capacity of all human beings.
Creativity is also about expressing our soul-level calling through the density and challenge of life’s many demands. Befriending our soul is a slow dance of improvisation, trust-building, experimentation, and constant alchemy between inner calling and outer conditions. Cultivating skills of creativity and improvisation deeply support this dance.
This course aims to unlock and amplify your personal creativity and calling. Inclusive teachings and practices draw from psychology, Earth-honoring ways, and diverse lineages of ritual and mysticism.
This offering is for anyone who wishes to more deeply access their creative potential —no need to identify as an artist or practice any specific discipline of creative expression. Each lesson includes multiple opportunities for guided practice and Q&A, all in a kind and relaxed learning environment.
To be here on Earth is to swim through a world of forms, to shape a life, and to engage in the most fundamental act of choice and creation.
Investment
Accessibility is a core value of our organization, and all price levels also include monthly payment options.
Supporter
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This rate invites folks with comfortable means to contribute more. Your generosity allows us to offer reduced rates.
Community
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This rate invites folks with more modest means to enjoy our programs at a reduced cost. *Limited availability.
Scholarship
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Scholarships are for those experiencing hardship or from economically under-resourced areas. *Limited availability.
Curriculum
What's Included
What's Included:
- Four live lessons, each approximately 90 minutes
- Two guided, experiential practices with each lesson
- Lifetime access to course recordings and resources
- Access to our Community Forum to connect with course participants, practitioners, and Ancestral Medicine staff
Lesson One
Lesson One: Expanding our Stories of Creativity
- Explore animist and ritualist perspectives on creativity, flow, and choice
- Consider more kind, honest, and inclusive understandings of creativity
- Discuss ways to soften common challenges to accessing deeper flow
- Practice identifying and amplifying your distinct style of flow and creation
Lesson Two
Lesson Two: Accessing Power and Purpose
- Consider the limitations of creativity as purely an individualistic pursuit
- Become curious which sacred powers actively support your life as creation
- Reflect on the risks and demands of being a muse for elder forces
- Invite your psyche to gently align with relevant sources of power
Lesson Three
Lesson Three: Creating with and as the Sacred
- Spend time in gratitude for your personal creative mentors and elders
- Explore similarities between channeling, flow states, and possession
- Learn ways to make these relationships more explicit and dynamic
- Practice allowing trusted powers to guide your psyche, voice, and hands
Lesson Four
Lesson Four: Courage, Love, & Improvisation
- Explore the ancient and perennial art of play and improvisation
- Intentionally reclaim the fullness of life as creative journey and process
- Learn strategies to gently move toward fear and invoke heart courage
- Practice deep solidarity with all others improvising their way through life
About the Instructor
Daniel Foor, PhD
Dr. Foor is a licensed psychotherapist, doctor of psychology, and the author of Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing. He is an initiate in the Òrìṣà tradition of Yoruba-speaking West Africa and has learned from teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and the older ways of his English and German ancestors. Daniel is passionate about training aspiring leaders and change makers in the intersections of cultural healing, animist ethics, and applied ritual arts. He lives with his wife and two daughters near Granada, Spain in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Learn More
Frequently Asked Questions
This course may in moments touch in issues of cultural and psychological harm (in service to the greater topic of reclaiming creativity), and in this way the material may stir complicated emotions for some participants. Support outside of the lessons may be helpful, as the course is not a replacement for personal therapy or spiritual care.
Enrollment includes access to our Community Forum – an online discussion group of students past and present, including supportive members from Ancestral Medicine’s Practitioner Network and Ancestral Medicine staff. Sharing experiences, reflecting on practices, and making connections in this private online community can provide one form of support.
Please also consider reaching out to someone in the Ancestral Medicine Practitioner Network for one-on-one support and guidance. Most are available for private individualized sessions, and many are willing to provide low-cost sessions to support financial accessibility needs.
To the very best of our ability, yes. All Ancestral Medicine offerings seek to embody an anti-racist, feminist, LGBTQ-celebrating, decolonizing and Earth-honoring ethic. They are also class-aware and internationally conscious. We offer a heartfelt, non-dogmatic approach that seeks to honor each participant’s unique life experiences and ancestral storylines. Resources included with each lesson favor ancestrally and geographically diverse voices, and the online Community Forum includes BIPOC and LGBTQ-only discussion spaces.
All of our lesson videos have closed captioning, as well as a full transcript and additional downloadable audio-only versions. If you have needs not met here, please feel free to reach out to us with suggestions at info@ancestralmedicine.org.
We’d be happy to help with additional questions. Reach out to info@ancestralmedicine.org and someone from our team will be in touch, usually within one or two business days.
