Of Water and the Spirit

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Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

by Malidoma Patrice Somé

Maliodoma Patrice Somé was born in a Dagara Village (Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso, West Africa), 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.

Paperback | 320 pages | Penguin Books; Revised Edition | 1995

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