Ritual: Power, Healing and Community (Compass)
by Malidoma Patrice Somé
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In this remarkable book, Malidoma, Somé explores the essential role ritual plays in maintaining community and examines the structure common to all ritual. By telling stories of the rituals of his native West African Dagara culture, and his own experiences in the tribal community, he makes a convincing case that the lack of ritual in the Western world is a fundamental reason that the fabric of society is unravelling.Tags
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Malidoma Patrice Some is from Burkina Faso, West Africa. In his native language, Malidoma means "Be friends with the stranger." A gifted medicine man of the Dagara tribe, he holds three master's degrees and two doctorates, from the Sorbonne and Brandeis.
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- Original publication date
- 1993
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- Genres
- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 299.64 — Religion Other religions Shintoism/Taoism/Other Mythologies Of African Origin Religious Experience, Life, Ritual
- LCC
- BL600 .S63 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Religions. Mythology. Rationalism Worship. Cultus
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- 186
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- Languages
- Dutch, English, German
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 8
- ASINs
- 2
