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.
