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 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
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.
