The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community

I read this book because I'd just read his autobiographical story in "Of Water and the Spirit." I knew his outer life, now I wanted to know more of his inner life. How could I know that "The Healing Wisdom of Africa" would teach me more about MY inner life!This man is the "real deal," when it comes to wisdom, whether it be of a spiritual, mystical, political, cultural or social kind. I wish every white person, especially in America, would read this book. Malidoma Some gets to the heart of our problems and does so without blame, with natural authority, true humility and great love: rare combinations! His words are gentle, yet unbelievably strong. His insights are brilliant and his language exquisite. He knows the value of the individual as well as the group. He respects children, how unusual! He understands how we got to the place in America of suicide being the No. 1 killer of our teens. He understands "the great White loneliness," (my words)and he knows how to connect us up again, not only to the God within, but to each other.This book is nicely subversive, as well. Perhaps that is why it hasn't become a national best seller. We throw our Africans away, don't we? We always have. And what does a black man, of all things, have to teach us, we who are so superior in our technology and indifference? Only the way home. To ourselves, to our God, to each other.Quotes:"Matter is the skin of Spirit.""To produce beauty consistently requires a healthy community."

I absolutely love this book. I gifted it to friends as well. Nice quality

This is a Great Book, but athe Generalizing one. On the subject of the African Folk Culture, and especially getting to know the line of Work and the author - Some, this is actually not the NEWER Eddition. This is the Generalised outcome from his research. Thus I the detailed one is the earlier !It is a one of the pieces from the Great Line of Cultural research by Patrice Malidoma Some.The Author is verified as an expert on the Topic in the far 1994, when he actually even recorded mixtapes with the oral tradition.The death of this author during The Pandemics is a TRULY unfortunate event.I am aware that his is trying to took it from where his Great Father left. This is truly a HARD Task, when your name brings light to a Culture indeed. This one is from the original author figure.May God show his Mercy on Patrice`s soul ! Deep Regrets to his Family.

I don’t even know how to write a review for this book. In short, it’s amazing! I believe that every American of African descent has a responsibility to read this book. Even if you don’t end up practicing ritual, you should at least have the knowledge.I wholeheartedly believe that the information in this book holds the key to healing the black American community. Perhaps maybe even the entire Black/African world.

Profound book. This is deep water.

Highly recommended to anyone who is looking to learn about different cultures and their spiritual wisdom.

This is the first book I have read by this author, and I really enjoyed the feeling of being among the Dagara tribe and feeling the love and true community that these people share. I felt a constant stream of love from Some to his readers through the entire book. I could just tell that if he could help heal every human on earth, he would. I got a great sense of perspective about how much a sense of community is missing from our American culture and how much better off we could all be if we came together and recognized each person's gifts, instead of everyone living so privately the way we do. The book gave me a lot of ideas to try with my family and group of friends, and I hope I am able to put some rituals into practice.I am grateful that this book was recommended to me, I hope the energy of this book stays with me my whole life and helps me radiate the kind of compassion that the author has shared.

LIFE ALTERING, POWERFUL, AMAZING BOOK. I imagine you would have to be in a place to understand how far we have gotten away from living in unity and oneness with the forces of this planet and other realms. This book is a gift to humanity, if you're in a place to accept it. There is something to be said for the indigenous way of life, THE OLD WAYS, and there is no denying the modern world is suffering tremendously because of it's disconnection. This book is worth reading and gifting. Thank you, Mr. Malidoma Some, for your knowledge and wisdom and for having courage to share it!!!

This book has opened my mind and heart in a new way and has filled my life with hope and excitement! There is so much more in this world than what we can see and what we’ve been taught and Malidoma is living proof of that. So grateful to be able to read his story and insights!

Boa escrita, fácil de ler, história pessoal que descreve várias fases de crescimento e evolução da sociedade.

This book has touched me in so many ways. It perfectly described the troubles of the Western, "modern" civilizations and offers pieces of African tribal wisdom about how to heal, how to reconnect, how to thrive inside of a community, the importance of remembering our purpose and the responsibility of the community to support the genius of every single child to form into an adult who knows how to connect to others and the world.It trully resonated with me, and gave me insights about my next step in life to live my own purpuse.The book is simply written, with a very powerful content which goes straight to the heart. I have orderd hiw other books as well.

was delighted to read this book and get to know the great healing knowledge and the wisdom of the indigenous people and the power of nature.

You really must read this book. It oozes with warmth and wisdom: 'feeding your soul' as it opens up an understanding of African indigenous communities and their spiritual integration with each other and the natural world. There is a lot in this that 'more developed' societies could learn - or perhaps remember.The author does a wonderful job of communicating the importance of community, and the development within community of individuals and their talents/life purposes. It explains the ways in which a common purpose for the Dagara people (whose lives depend very directly upon each other and their immediate environment) is interwoven with the health of both the natural and spirit worlds. In this way, they have survived sustainably without 'high aspirations' or 'mega-consumerism': things which don't necessarily make human beings happy.I feel that there is a strong message to the western world within this book - and many ideas that would be of great help, if we could listen.