Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman

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Summary: Entertaining the other world
Review: This is a powerful human who compels you to open to the possibility that our linear universe is just a step away from other worlds. Having read his books and met him, it's impossible to doubt his clarity, intention and presence. It's a reality check!!

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Summary: The most powerfull book I ever read.
Review: This is one of the few books I read and when I finished it, I really wanted to meet the author. This book shows you that there is more in the world than western civilisation.This book takes your mind with it to an unknown but ever so fascinating world of the African Shaman.

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Summary: A Masterpiece - Similar to some degree to Carlos Casteneda's
Review: This work is very important at this time in our history. It sheds new light about the need to embrace (not destroy) rituals, beliefs and sacred traditions of other cultures. Would we as Americans like for someone of another culture to destroy our televisions, computers, fax machines, microwaves pagers and cell phones? I think not.

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Summary: Great
Review: Umm, i'm in a rights of passage space right now and i had to read this book. The book is amazing, it teaches alot through his experience. He is a great elder and everyone should read this book.

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Summary: Mystical.
Review: While reading this book I was beset with strange dream journeys in my sleep. I felt moved deep within myself just from reading the words. Funny thing too, the book kept getting wet..."Of Water and Spirit." Some explains the brutality of the current African leaders are the results of the "educational" methods of the colonial settlers religious shamans (Jesuit).

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Summary: What a journey!
Review: With this book, Malidoma Patrice Some opens the door to a whole new way of looking at the world; one in which spirits (ancestor and otherwise), magic, wisdom and community come together as one. I was mesmerized by this story and by the possibility it presented for a deeper understanding of this life and how it can be lived. Hold on to your hat!