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Of Water and the Spirit

Malidoma Patrice Somé

  • 320 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1994
  • 9 editions
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1 About this book

Malidoma Patrice Some was born in a Dagara Village. He was soon to be abducted to a Jesuit school, where he remained for the next fifteen years, being harshly indoctrinated into European ways of thought and worship.

The story tells of his return to his people and his hard initiation back into those people, which led to his desire to convey their knowledge to the world. Of Water and the Spirit is the result of that desire; it is a sharing of living African traditions, offered in compassion for those struggling with our contemporary crisis of the spirit.

  • Biography
  • Traditional medicine
  • Healing
  • Rites and ceremonies
  • Religion
  • Biographies
  • Civilization
  • Shamanism

2 About Malidoma Patrice Somé

1956–2021

Malidoma Patrice Somé (1956–2021) was a writer and workshop leader, primarily in the field of spirituality. Born in a Dagara community in Dano, Burkina Faso, West Africa, he was raised by Jesuit priests from the age of four, pursued higher education in the West, and spent most of his adult life in the United States and Europe.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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