A revealing exploration of traditional healing practices, by a renowned shaman and scholar
Bridging ancestral wisdom from West Africa with the challenges of modern life in the West, this acclaimed book offers a wealth of insights into indigenous knowledge and how it speaks to the chronic problems of our fast-paced, disconnected world.
Drawing on his lived experience within the Dagara culture as well as his extensive studies and teachings, Malidoma Some's observations on healing, community, and ritual present powerful ways to become more connected-to the natural world, to the intergenerational village that can mentor and support every person, and ultimately to the truest, unmasked parts of ourselves.
""Profoundly wise and fascinating...
Malidoma Patrice Some has delivered an incomparably meaningful gift to us wanderers and seekers in the West.""
- Alice Walker
""An amazing bridge over the chasm of modern isolation. Malidoma reawakens the rituals of the heart. This is profound, brilliant, and accessible medicine for us.""
- Jack Kornfield
By:
Malidoma Patrice Some,
L M Some
Imprint: TarcherPerigee
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780874779912
ISBN 10: 087477991X
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 13 September 1999
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Introduction: Living in Two Worlds Part One: Healing in the Indigenous World 1. Healing, Ritual, and Community 2. The Healing Power of Nature 3. Indigenous Technologies Part Two: Relationships of Healing: The Community 4. The Value of a Healthy Community 5. Mentors and the Life of Youth 6. Elders and the Community Part Three: Understanding Ritual 7. The Elements of Ritual 8. Dagara Cosmology and Ritual 9. Preparing for Ritual Part Four: Rituals of Healing 10. Fire Rituals 11. Water Rituals 12. Earth Rituals 13. Mineral Rituals 14. Nature Rituals Part Five: Healing in the Western World 15. Initiation: A Response to Challenges of the West 16. Maintaining Community through Ritual Index
Malidoma Patrice Some was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa. A gifted medicine man of the Dagara tribe, he held three master's degrees and two doctorates, from the Sorbonne and Brandeis.
