An edition of Of water and the spirit (1994)
Of water and the spirit
ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an African shaman
By Malidoma Patrice Somé,Malidoma Patrice Some
Publish Date
1994
Publisher
Putnam
Language
eng
Pages
320
Description:
Malidoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village. He was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, where he remained for the next fifteen years, being harshly indoctrinated into European ways of thought and worship. The story tells of his return to his people and his hard initiation back into those people, which led to his desire to convey their knowledge to the world. *Of Water and the Spirit* is the result of that desire; it is a sharing of living African traditions, offered in compassion for those struggling with our contemporary crisis of the spirit.
subjects: Dagaaba (African people), Biography, Shamans, Rites and ceremonies, Religion, Chamanisme, Biographies, Dagari (peuple d'Afrique), Rites et cérémonies, Traditional medicine, Civilization, Shamanism, African Traditional Medicine, Healing, Dagari (african people)
People: Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956-)
Places: Burkina Faso