Bert Hellinger (1925–2019) became a psychotherapist and created family constellations after living and working among traditional Zulu people for sixteen years, starting in the early 1950s — even learning their language. The Zulu, as do many traditional peoples, understand the place, or role, of ancestors to be sacred intermediaries between living community members and Source. Not only do our ancestors give life to the living, but they also continue to help the living
