Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman Männlichkeitsbilder bringing them into the open

bringing them into the open with a singular mix of literary virtuosity and scholarly rigor

Der „kleinstmögliche Eingriff“ steht für ein Stück neue Planungstheorie

theater) at the In Transit Festival of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin

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er führt ihn auf seinen Wegen durch das atemberaubende Tal und lässt ihn das Wunderwerk der Natur durch die Augen des Entdeckers sehen

Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman Männlichkeitsbilder bringing them into the openWhen he was a young boy growing up in Burkina Faso, Malidoma Som was taken from his village and brought to a Jesuit mission school, where he spent years being harshly indoctrinated in European ways of thought and worship. In this vivid and paradigm shifting memoir, Malidoma recounts his journey homeand his initiation into the healing traditions of the Dagara culture, where the natural and supernatural blend together, and every person is encircled by