Of Water and the Spirit : Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
Malidoma Some (Author)
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639.00
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780140194968
Weight: 264.00
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 320
Page Dimensions: 214 x 136 x 16 (mm)
Categories: Non Fiction Biographies & Memoirs Religion & Spirituality
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Tags: Biography: general Spirituality & religious experience
Maliodoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village, however 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, his hard initiation back into those people, which lead 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.