Events

Earlier this month I was in Nigeria for a third pilgrimage to train with Yorùbá elders. For folks who don't know, Ifá/Òrìṣà path is the most widely practiced traditional African system on Earth and is quite beautiful, elaborate, and generally awesome.

For folks with an interest in West African Ifá/Òrìṣà or who are just curious about why I love Yorùbá culture enough to study the language and keep returning to Nigeria, I'm offering this Wednesday evening (August 31 at 8:30pm Eastern) a free/open talk and discussion on my recent trip and involvement with the tradition (link here: https://zoom.us/j/530720703. 

Daniel Foor, Ph.D., is a teacher and practitioner of practical animism who specializes in ancestral and family healing and in helping humans relate well with the rest of the natural world. He has trained for over two decades with teachers of Mahayana Buddhism, Islamic Sufism, and diverse indigenous paths, including the traditions of his Northern European ancestors. Daniel is also a student of Yoruba culture and an initiate (omo awo) of Ifa, Orisa, and Egungun in the lineage of Oluwo Falolu Adesanya of Ode Remo, Nigeria.

Daniel's doctoral research in psychology focused on the use of shamanic healing practices by clinical mental health professionals, and he is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He has spent time as a student of culture and language in the Czech Republic, Mexico, Ecuador, Egypt, Morocco, and Nigeria. Training as a therapist, living in other societies, and immersion in different lineages of spiritual practice all inform his kind and non-dogmatic approach to ancestor and earth reverence.