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Malidoma Somé’s superbly crafted Of Water And The Spirit: Ritual, Magic And Initiation in The Life of An African Shaman is a riveting autobiography of growing up in two different words. It describes in vivid detail the worldview and experience of the Dagana in Burkina Faso along with the colonial Western perspective as represented by the Jesuit mission school he attended. There is no other story that opened my eyes more about entirely different conceptions of reality and meaning making. Among Malidoma’s people there is no distinction between the natural and the supernatural. Malidoma’s vision weaves the lessons of both the shamanistic experience of traditional Africa and the Western mindset into a deeply moving, fantastic tale. |
