Skip to content
Libra Esoterica

Of water and the spirit

ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an African shaman

by Malidoma Patrice Somé

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, German

Description

Description from Open Library (opens in a new tab)

The story I am going to tell comes from a place deep inside of myself, a place that perceives all that I have irremediably lost and, perhaps, what gain there is behind the loss.

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ritual magic and grimoires and Shamanism and spirit practice.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from wellcome matched “ritual magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subtitle, “Ritual magic” in the subtitle, “Magic” in the edition subtitle, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • “ritual magic”· via Wellcome Collection
    • “Magic”· in subtitle
    • “Ritual magic”· in subtitle
    • “Magic”· in edition subtitle
    • “Ritual magic”· in edition subtitle
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Shamanism” and “Shamans”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subject metadata and “Shamans” in the subject metadata.

    • “Shamanism”· via Open Library
    • “Shamans”· via Open Library
    • “Shamanism”· in subject
    • “Shamans”· in subject

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

Read & download

Where a scan or ebook exists, it is listed here.

No public full text is known for this record.

None of our sources reported a scan or ebook. It may exist elsewhere — these searches are a good next step.

Buy or borrow

Links to ISBN 0140194967; other editions may be cheaper. WorldCat shows libraries near you that hold a copy.

Editions

Open Library reports 9 editions; 1 cataloged here.

ritual, magic, and initiation in the life of an African shaman

Wellcome Collection bibliographic record

311 pages : map ; 22 cm

1994Penguin; PutnamEnglish
  • 9780874777628
  • 0140194967
  • 0874777623
Borrowable

Subjects

18 subject headings

Identifiers & provenance

How this record was assembled, and the authority identifiers it carries.

Cataloged from

Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 9 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL1887737W
Edition coverage
Multi source partial
Retrieved