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History of Ideas: Rituals

2016

Our societies have dropped ever more rituals from our calendars. The long history of rituals seems to be winding down. That’s a great pity.

13:12 min

Ritual: Power, Healing and Community

In this remarkable book, Malidoma Some explores the essential role ritual plays in maintaining community and examines the structure common to all ritual.

Book
Malidoma Patrice Somé
1997
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Between Two Worlds Malidoma Somé on Rites of Passage

On the first page of your autobiography you write, “My elders are convinced that the West is as endangered as the indigenous cultures it has decimated.” They sent you from your village into the “white wilderness” in part to help save us. In what way is the West endangered?

Article
2010
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Ritual