Post-Tribal Shamanism

Kenn Day, author of Post-Tribal Shamanism, found shamanism the way most modern shamanic practitioners do--through a need for personal healing. Depression, anxiety, and PTSD in his twenties led him from traditional therapies that brought little success, to a willingness to go a different route. Working as an Art Director for a local ad agency, he never expected that the healing and teachings he learned, he would then bring to others.

While he sees shamanism as a general term describing a spectrum of practices that are rooted deeply in the human condition, Day is careful to give credit where it's due. He describes his approach as post-tribal shamanism, a phrase he created to differentiate between forms of shamanism that were and are still practiced in tribal cultures, and those arising from the post-tribal culture he was raised in. "We can only stand strong when we honor those who come before us," he says, and emphasizes awareness of cultural appropriation as significant to his work. Read more.