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Ritual: Power, Healing and Communityby Malidoma Patrice Some
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:?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. Synopsis:In what Robert Bly calls", the greatest and most detailed book about ritual that I have ever read", Malidoma Patrice Some--who is well-versed in the languages of psychology and comparative literature, as well as ancient mythology, healing and divination--bridges paths between the ancient tribal world of the West African Dagara culture and modern Western society.
About the AuthorMalidoma Patrice Somé, born in Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) West Africa, is initiated in the ancestral traditions of his tribe, and is a medicine man and diviner in the Dagra culture. He holds three master's degrees and two doctorates from Sorbonne and Brandeis University, and has taught at the University of Michigan. He currently devotes himself to speaking and, with his wife, Sobonfu, conducting intensive workshops throughout the United States. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: by Michael Meade My Beginnings in Ritual The Dimensions of Ritual Ritual: The Anti-Machine Pain and Ritual Ritual, Ceremony and Us Our Role in Ritual The Hidden Space of Ritual Ritual as Show Power on Display Sabotaging Ritual Space Ritual and Community Models of Ritual and Constraints of the Modern World Money and Spirit Power and Corruption The Structure of Ritual A Ritual Sampler: The Funeral and the Language of Grief Invocation and the Funeral Ritual The Re-enactment Speeches and the Pyre Modernity and Death The Farewell How to Ritualize Life
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