From Sacred 
to Synthetic
2023










This project began as a confrontation with my own practices. I realized I had been engaging in rituals without fully understanding where they came from, unknowingly participating in a larger pattern of appropriation. This essay, woven together with research, personal reflections, and drawings, became a way to position myself—to question, unlearn, and document. It serves as both a diary and an archive, tracing the ways spiritual traditions are borrowed, distorted, and commodified. Through this process, I examine my own relationship to these practices and the broader responsibility of engaging with them ethically.





**Disclaimer: This project is a personal exploration and reflection, navigated through my own experiences, research, and artistic practice. I do not claim to be an expert or scholar on these topics, but rather, someone seeking to understand my own relationship to them. This work is an attempt to position myself, question my assumptions, and engage critically with the appropriation of Indigenous traditions. It is not meant to speak for others but to contribute to a broader conversation about responsibility and awareness