On the nature of spirituality

This video speaks to how indigenous spiritual practices are being innovated by women Sangomas (Diviners) in South Africa to facilitate healing in a modern world devastated by mental health crises.

This collection of vignettes focuses on those projects and communities that are successfully innovative—by which we mean they are: 1) Novel: providing a new concept, context, offering, or pathway for engaging spirituality, while remaining 2) Rooted: growing out of and/or learning from existing spiritual or religious systems or traditions. We believe the best innovations grow out of a specific lineage or context rather than seeking to create ex nihilo, and so in sharing these vignettes, we seek to highlight projects that achieve excellence in both novelty and rootedness.

It provides a flexible and conscious way of presenting healing services for the community and an opportunity for spiritual innovators and those who facilitate healing to financially sustain their practice.