The Healing Wisdom of Africa

Author: Malidoma Patrice Some
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 087477991X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 345

Book Description
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 Somé’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 Somé 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

Ritual

Author: Malidoma Patrice Some
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101177209
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 91

Book Description
The stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors. The commentary has the sharp edge of modern thought and the intricacy which results from the intellect being woven through the ritual complexities of tribal life. The purpose of constructing thresholds that bring this world together is to find the powers that can heal the rends in tribal as well as modern communities.? --Michael Meade, from the Introduction Versed in the languages of psychology, comparative literature, as well as ancient mythology, healing, and divination, Malidoma Patrice Some bridges paths between the ancient tribal world of the West African Dagara culture and modern Western society. Ritual is written with wild imagination, careful critical reflection, and intuitive insights that will force the reader to encounter the world anew.

The Healing Wisdom of Africa

Author: Malidoma Patrice Somé
Publisher: Tarcher
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
A fascinating, detailed journey through the traditional healing practices of West Africa by a beloved shaman and scholar.

Of Water and the Spirit

Author: Malidoma Patrice Some
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140194967
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 321

Book Description
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.

The Healing Drum

Author: Yaya Diallo
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
ISBN: 9780892812561
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
In the personal story of internationally acclaimed drummer Yaya Diallo we see the power of music as a sacred, healing force in West African culture.

Welcoming Spirit Home

Author: Sobonfu Somé
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 152

Book Description
A natural sequel to Some's book on ritual and intimacy, this book draws on the wisdom of the African ancestors to show how to build communities where children are not only welcomed but prized.

African Religions & Philosophy

Author: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435895914
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
"African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is to those who have grown up in African nations. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies.

Self- Healing Power and Therapy

Author: K. Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781580730266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

Tippi My Book of Africa

Author: Tippi Degré
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN: 1432301713
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
This book takes the reader on a delightful journey into Africa and into the world of a little girl called Tippi who tells her unforgettable story on her return from Africa to France at the age of ten. Tippi is no ordinary child. She believes that she has the gift of talking to animals and that they are like brothers to her. Her world is filled with characters like Leon the Chameleon, Abu the elephant whom she calls ‘my brother’, and leopards, snakes, baboons, lions and ostriches ... ‘I speak to them with my mind, or through my eyes, my heart or my soul, and I see that they understand and answer me.’ My Book of Africa contains the words of a little girl who has the gift of reaching out and touching the people and animals of Africa. It s beautifully illustrated with over 100 magical photographs taken by her parents, French filmmakers and photographers, Sylvie Robert and Alain Degré.

Falling Out of Grace

Author: Sobonfue Some
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780972520027
Category : Alienation (Social psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This long-awaited work by African spiritual leader Sobonfu Som reflects the profound developments in Som's thought and teaching since the publication of her first two bestselling books, "The Spirit of Intimacy" (1997) and "Welcoming Spirit Home" (2000). Som is a compassionate student of life who has contemplated deeply the nature of personal triumph and defeat.