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Of water and the spirit : ritual, magic and initiation in the life of an African Shaman

by Malidoma Patrice Somé

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Language: English

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.

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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.

  • Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the title, “Ritual magic” in the title, “Magic” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • Magic· in title
    • Ritual magic· in title
    • Magic· in subject
    • Magic· in edition title
    • Ritual magic· in edition title
  • Shamanism and spirit practice

    Controlled discovery queries from openalex matched “shamanism”. Retained metadata contains “Shamanism” in the subject metadata.

    • shamanism· via OpenAlex
    • Shamanism· 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.

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OpenAlex scholarly book record

1995-01-01Arkana eBooksEnglishUnknown

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