Ritual: Power, Healing and Community (Compass)

?The stories within these books have the poignancy of new discoveries as well as the unworn imagination of the ancestors. The commentary has the sharp edge of modern thought and the intricacy which results from the intellect being woven through the ritual complexities of tribal life. The purpose of constructing thresholds that bring this world together is to find the powers that can heal the rends in tribal as well as modern communities.? --Michael Meade, from the IntroductionVersed in the languages of psychology, comparative literature, as well as ancient mythology, healing, and divination, Malidoma Patrice Some bridges paths between the ancient tribal world of the West African Dagara culture and modern Western society. Ritual is written with wild imagination, careful critical reflection, and intuitive insights that will force the reader to encounter the world anew.

• The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
• Of Water and the Spirit: Ritual, Magic and Initiation in the Life of an African Shaman (Compass)
• The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief
• Who Dies?: An Investigation of Conscious Living and Conscious Dying
• Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul
• The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships
• The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and the Community of Care
• The Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise
• Ritual: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
• The Power of Ritual: How It Can Change Our Lives