Ritual, power, healing, and community : the African teachings of the Dagara
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Ritual, power, healing, and community : the African teachings of the Dagara
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Ritual
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power, healing, and community : the African teachings of the Dagara
Summary
In this remarkable book, Malidoma, Somé explores the essential role ritual plays in maintaining community and examines the structure common to all ritual. By telling stories of the rituals of his native West African Dagara culture, and his own experiences in the tribal community, he makes a convincing case that the lack of ritual in the Western world is a fundamental reason that the fabric of society is unravelling
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adult
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