Show Notes
Daniel Foor returns to Sounds of SAND for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from his own winding spiritual path to the urgent question of why so many spiritual teachers stay silent in the face of injustice. A doctor of psychology, initiated priest in the Yoruba Ifá tradition, and practicing Muslim, Daniel makes the case that animism is the antidote to human supremacy, that Islam is fundamentally a relational and earth-honoring tradition, and that genuine spirituality cannot retreat from the political realities of our time. Along the way, he speaks candidly about ancestral healing, decolonization, the genocide in Gaza, and what it means to become "regular-sized" in a culture built on separation.
Topics
00:00 — Welcome back & reconnecting with SAND
00:01 — Daniel's path: shamanism, psychology & many lineages
00:04 — Animism as the antidote to human supremacy
00:09 — Environmental problems are human behavior problems
00:10 — Is Islam animist? Sufism & the heart of the tradition
00:15 — Relationship is not worship: rethinking animism
00:20 — Giving the more-than-human a seat at the table
00:23 — "Blown-out" lineages & relearning relationship
00:26 — Spiritual responsibility & the silence around Gaza
00:31 — When silence becomes a moral failure
00:34 — The differential valuation of human life
00:38 — What Daniel is building: ancestral & earth ritual trainings
00:42 — Why pre-colonial ancestral connection matters
00:43 — Becoming "regular-sized": the antidote to extreme individualism
00:49 — Right relationship, humility & closing reflections
Resources & Links
Ancestral Medicine — Daniel Foor's website, courses, trainings & practitioner directory
Ancestral & Lineage Healing Course
Practitioner Directory — ancestral healing in 30+ languages, offered remotely with financial accessibility
Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing (book)
SAND Films
Where Olive Trees Weep
The Eternal Song (series of 12 films)
Referenced
Graham Harvey — scholar of the "new animism," referenced in the discussion of relational worldviews
Surah Al-Tin (The Fig) and the animist verses of the Quran — referenced throughout the conversation on Islam as a relational tradition
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