num_pages: 311
description: Malidoma 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.
language: English
title: Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman
titlecomplete: Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)
genres: Burkina Faso, Religion, Spirituality, Africa, Biography, Mythology, Memoir, Nonfiction, Magic, Anthropology
ratings_count: 1484
places: Dano
publisher: TarcherPerigee