The mudang told me my chronic illness is because I haven't honored my ancestors properly, but I'm a third-generation Korean-American who barely knows their names, and now I feel guilty for losing something I never really had.
More people experience this than they realize.
Cultural assimilation has severed connections that shamanic practice assumes still exist.
“Where Are You with Korean and East Asian shamanism?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.