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Some, Malidoma Patrice OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT: Ritual, Magic, and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman New York: Putnam, (1994.) Hardcover First Edition



First printing. Autobiography of a Dagari [Burkino Faso] shaman, who after being 'imprisoned' as a young boy in a seminary built for training a 'new generation of black Catholic priests', returned to his hometown and his roots by undergoing the Dagara month-long initiation in the wilderness. Dust jacket praise from Alice Walker, Robert Bly and others. 311 pp. Map endpapers. Fine in fine dust jacket. .ISBN # 0-874777623 

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