#mugyo

‘cause every time I move forward it seems like something bad happens.

But I don’t know my ancestor’s names being adopted. Am I screwed?

Personally speaking, I believe we tend to use that tag because I’m the one putting the tag, due to the relativity of Korean Shamanism being very likely birthed from Siberian Shamanism. But also because anthropologists tend to call my tradition that, rather than its other Korean-based names (Mugyo, Musok).

Hi, korean shaman here (spirit led, will be traditionally trained after this summer). Personally I find your wording to be offensive. What part of my life is “bullshit” to you? We undergo spirit sickness, it makes living our lives tortuous, our mental/physical/emotional health torn to shreds and it doesn’t even stop there. What makes our rituals and our tradition any more bullshit than other traditions/religions out there, exactly?

That said, there are scientific articles and books - anthropology in genre, mainly by Laurel Kendall in the US. And not once has she ever worded her research in such a condescending manner.