Episode 28: Settler Colonialism, the Loss of Lineage, Collective Trauma, & Ancestral Healing with Daniel Foor, Ph.D.

Mar 14, 2021

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In this episode, author of Ancestral Medicine Daniel Foor and I...

discuss how Daniel honored his calling as a ritualist without having his own ancestral framework
discuss "whiteness" and settler colonialism, occupation of land, and the resulting loss of cultural identity and tradition for both colonizer and colonized
share the need to grieve the loss of a continued lineage of ritual
share the need to grieve how many of our ancestors traded their lineages for the construct of whiteness
talk about the intersection of identity, ancestry, and culture
talk about communing and communicating with our ancestors
discuss the ancestral repair process
discuss how engaging with our ancestors relates to cultural healing
talk about the collective trauma caused by the pain of misogyny, exploitative capitalism, white supremacy, and dislocation from land