Informationen zum Autor Malidoma Patrice Somé was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa. A gifted medicine man of the Dagara tribe, he held three master's degrees and two doctorates, from the Sorbonne and Brandeis. Klappentext Through The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surrounds us and is within us. The book is the most complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African people--and the role it can play for seekers in the West. Zusammenfassung 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 connectedto 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 fascinatingMalidoma 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis The Healing Wisdom of Africa Introduction: Living in Two Worlds Part One: Healing in the Indigenous World 1. Healing, Ritual, and Community 2. The Healing Power of Nature 3. Indigenous Technologies Part Two: Relationships of Healing: The Community 4. The Value of a Healthy Community 5. Mentors and the Life of Youth 6. Elders and the Community Part Three: Understanding Ritual 7. The Elements of Ritual 8. Dagara Cosmology and Ritual 9. Preparing for Ritual Part Four: Rituals of Healing 10. Fire Rituals 11. Water Rituals 12. Earth Rituals 13. Mineral Rituals 14. Nature Rituals Part Five: Healing in the Western World 15. Initiation: A Response to Challenges of the West 16. Maintaining Community through Ritual Index...

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Malidoma Patrice Somé was born in Burkina Faso, West Africa. A gifted medicine man of the Dagara tribe, he held three master’s degrees and two doctorates, from the Sorbonne and Brandeis.

Klappentext

Through The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surrounds us and is within us. The book is the most complete study of the role ritual plays in the lives of African people--and the role it can play for seekers in the West.

Zusammenfassung
A revealing exploration of traditional healing practices, by a renowned shaman and scholar
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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

Inhalt
The Healing Wisdom of Africa Introduction: Living in Two Worlds
Part One: Healing in the Indigenous World

1. Healing, Ritual, and Community
2. The Healing Power of Nature
3. Indigenous Technologies
   Part Two: Relationships of Healing: The Community
4. The Value of a Healthy Community
5. Mentors and the Life of Youth
6. Elders and the Community
   Part Three: Understanding Ritual
7. The Elements of Ritual
8. Dagara Cosmology and Ritual
9. Preparing for Ritual
   Part Four: Rituals of Healing
10. Fire Rituals
11. Water Rituals
12. Earth Rituals
13. Mineral Rituals
14. Nature Rituals
    Part Five: Healing in the Western World
15. Initiation: A Response to Challenges of the West
16. Maintaining Community through Ritual
    Index