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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At this point, this project is 100% self funded by me and my recycled clothing business NIRANIA so you can also support my business on instagram https://www.instagram.com/nirania_collective

Also big thanks to Juman for the music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/77pkM8fFPgStKyD3G2Qr4B

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.

On the 9th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Aunty Dinnawhan.

Dinnawhan means emu in Gamilaraay language and is an active Wakka-Kabi Elder and Wisdom Keeper living and walking on these lands now known as the Sunshine Coast of Australia.

Dinnawhan tells me she walks sovereign to the best of her ability.

As a respected First Nations Elder, Dinnawhan has facilitated and supported many cultural gatherings like Lore Circles, Indigenous Camps, Cultural Land Clearings and Ceremony Business. The Kiva circle of Multicultural Elders is one example of the many ceremonies and conventions across the world she has been invited to share at as an Indigenous Australian Ambassador. She also leads local gatherings on Clap sticks, Bush Tucker and Walkabout Talkabouts on country to name a few, sharing precious tradition with all.

In this episode, Aunty fuses Cultural Tradition, Lore and Spiritually as she imparts wisdom around the fact that our DNA is intertwined to the country that we are born onto and the importance of connecting to that country and how to do that.

She offers insight on differences between the law of the square or colonial law and the Lore of the circle or creators lore and how prayer is another form of conscious communication.

Lastly, Dinnawhan generously shares with us what the main responsibilities and actions of a First Nations elder are, What a songline is and what they are used for and the difference between learning and remembering // and much more

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Massive Gratitude and Respect to Aunty Dinnawhan for her time and wisdom.

You can learn more, see what’s coming up or get in contact with Dinnawhan by contacting her on her email at biracha@hotmail.com or through Libby at munimba-ja.com.au or at Munimba-Ja’s instagram @munimba_ja

If you feel you are receiving something from the podcast, a way you can give back is to follow and give us a 5 star rating or review on podcast platforms. Also, following on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mycelialpodcast and Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mycelialpodcast helps its growth and message. If you feel others could receive something from it too, please share an episode with a friend or on social media.

At this point, this project is 100% self funded by me and my recycled clothing business NIRANIA so you can also support my business on instagram https://www.instagram.com/nirania_collective

Also big thanks to Juman for the music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/77pkM8fFPgStKyD3G2Qr4B

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.

On the 8th episode of Mycelial, we speak with Dr Herwig Drobetz.

Professor and surgeon Dr Drobetz is an Austrian Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon operating and living in Lismore Australia, who also spends time every year serving in humanitarian aid missions with Red Cross and Medicines Sans Frontiers which translates to Doctors Without Borders.

In this episode we talk about these relief operations working as a humanitarian doctor in Syria, Yemen and Gaza. Dr Drobetz has been to Gaza now 3 times. Twice before Al Aqsa Flood where he worked on injuries that resulted from the March of Return and once during this latest ongoing aggression on Gaza in Rafah hospitals since Oct 7.

Herwig tells us the harsh realities of being on the ground in the worlds first live streamed genocide in Gaza, the stories that most broke his heart from there and his other missions and the surreal privilege of being able to come and go from a war zone in a support role.

We also talk about the hypocrisy of western medical institutions of condemning Russia over their bombing of a hospital whilst staying silent on the over 1000 attacks on hospitals and medical staff in Gaza in the last 2 years.

And we zoom out to examine the fine line between humanitarian medicine and colonialism and Herwigs efforts to curb the latter with a rogue group of doctors // and much more

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Massive Gratitude and Respect to Professor Dr Herwig Drobetz for his time, action and wisdom.

If you want to get in contact with Dr Drobetz you can contact him on email herwig.dro@gmail.com

And if you’d like to donate to the incredible work MSF or Red Cross are doing in communities that need support the most, please donate or support your time via https://msf.org.au or https://www.redcross.org - these organisations need more than just medical staff and a wide range of volunteer and paid roles are available for war and austere environments.

If you feel you are receiving something from the podcast, a way you can give back is to follow and give us a 5 star rating or review on podcast platforms. Also, following on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mycelialpodcast and Tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@mycelialpodcast helps its growth and message. If you feel others could receive something from it too, please share an episode with a friend or on social media.

At this point, this project is 100% self funded by me and my recycled clothing business NIRANIA so you can also support my business on instagram https://www.instagram.com/nirania_collective

Also big thanks to Juman for the music
https://open.spotify.com/artist/77pkM8fFPgStKyD3G2Qr4B

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.