Ritual : Power, Healing and Community - Softcover

Some, M P

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1858600251 ISBN 13: 9781858600253

Publisher: Gateway, 1995

Synopsis

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About the Author

Malidoma was initiated in the ancestral traditions of his West African society, and is a medicine man and a diviner in his native culture. He holds three masters degrees and two PhDs from the Sorbonne and Brandeis University and has taught at the University of Michigan. His work has particular relevance for men seeking a redefinition of their identity and role in the community, and he is much in demand as a group leader in the United States and in Europe, and teaches with Robert Bly and Michael Meade in men's conferences.

From Library Journal

Some is the ideal author for this book, which presents traditional beliefs about spirit possession and the need for ritual. He grew up in a village in West Africa and holds advanced degrees from the Sorbonne and Brandeis University, and he is also a Dagara medicine man and diviner. Some presents his own reactions to Western culture's enslavement to machine technology, which, he states, "is the spirit of death made to look like life." He concentrates on the need for grief ritual and ways of working with emotion in Western culture. Recommended for academic and large public libraries.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Gateway
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1858600251
• ISBN 13: 9781858600253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1000