Your body is your ancestor altar, how hungry ghosts affect the living, the earth as the repository of ancestral wisdom, & more...
In the Intro:
Cleatus B. Wright , January 20, 1929 - February 27th, 1929
In the Interview:
The hunger for our ancestors
The story of Daniel's first ancestral connection, and the healing that followed
The ancestors are the collective wisdom of our species in all its beauty and trauma
Time collapses when in communion with the ancestors
Not all of the dead are equally well
The deeply embedded alcoholism in my fatherline
Addiction as the hunger of the dead moving through the bodies of the living, and the act of taking the substance as a form of ancestral communion
There are very few personal problems- a look at unmetabolized ancestral pain and systemic injustice
The dead can change
Ancestral forgetting as a function of the damage wrought by colonialism
We don't arrive at healing by exiling those who commit harm: an approach for white folks wishing to address their slave owning/colonizing/oppressive ancestral legacy (rather than ignoring it or living in perpetual guilt)
The role of the ancestors in social and earth justice
The interweaving of ritual, genealogical research, and healing
Synchronicity
They are shaking us awake in the burning house- the growing sense of urgency coming to us from the ancestors at this pivotal point in human history
The dead are in the earth, and the ancestors are animating the earth that is our bodies
Approaching activism in a more ritual oriented way
When a child is a returning of an ancestral lineage, mothering is my main form of ancestral reverence, and remembering that our children are the future ancestors of our further descendants
Are souls that die suddenly lost in limbo?
I ask Daniel a vulnerable question about my mom, who died in a car accident in November 2015
The most important way that we prepare for death is to be ethical and kind
Animism: living humans are just one kind of person / coming into relationship with the wider web of being
Links:
Daniel's website AncestralMedicine.com
My website MythicMedicine.love
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Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
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Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
51. Maternal Mammalian Ecstasy: The Ancient Hormonal Blueprint for Optimal Birth and Bonding - Sarah Buckley
50. Kneeling to the Earth: Herbalism is Remembering - Rosemary Gladstar
49. Grieving the Spirits of the Land & Bringing Healing to the Ancestors
48. Matriarchy in Action & Ancestor Assisted Birth - Emilee Saldaya
47. Rose Medicine: Softness & Strength From the Queen of the Flowers
46. Sex, Trauma, Magic, & the Ancestors - Pavini Moray
45. The Deepest Magic: To Know Yourself, Know Your Ancestors
44. Animism: Coming Into Kinship with All Life - Daniel Foor
43. A Plant Spirit Healing Story
42. You Are Your Own Healer: Earth Intuition & Self Knowledge - Asia Suler
41. The Dreaming Channel & Remembering Ourselves Home - Toko-pa Turner
40. Ancient Medicine & the Love of the Ancestors - Atava Garcia Swiecicki
39. Kitchen Herbalism: The Body Remembers - Kami McBride
38. Healing Our Indigenous European Ancestors - Lyla June
37. Ancestral Legacies, Lost Cultures, & Personal Mythmaking - Janelle Hardy
36. Magic Makes Us Human & Plants Keep Us Rooted- Rebecca Altman
35. Giving Life to Songs & Babies - Alela Diane
34. Womb Wisdom, Addiction, & the Way of the Wounded Healer - Anja Robinson
33. Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja Robinson
32. Having Cancer, Facing Grief, & Choosing Your Own Healing Path - Tara Coyote
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