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When spiritual calling conflicts with personal identity

The spirits of my ancestral land keep calling me home but I'm gay and I know the community there won't accept me for who I am.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Ancestral spiritual connections may seem incompatible with aspects of personal identity that face traditional rejection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous spiritualities — Africa?”

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