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

Talking is a powerful tool. Compared to the written text, the speech has a special emotional quality conveyed in the vocal cords and sound bandages of the vocal cords. Words can tell stories, but sounds make it active. Some Malidoma Patrice tells the story of life with the audio version of Water and Spirit. Sadly, when Malidoma talks about life, he reconsider it at the same time, making the audience more vivid. However, the story of Mary Mama is not the story of a man struggling in the world dominated by European society.

In Siberian Chukchi people, Sherman is interpreted as a person possessed by a spirit and he asks someone to take on the role of Sherman for his people. In Buryat there is a ritual called "Chanuard" where the candidate is consecrated as a witch by another established shaman. When the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949 and officially sealed off the border with Russia, the shamans of many nomadic Tungusic (including Evenki) were restricted to Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. The last shaman of Oroqen (Meng Jinfu) died in October 2000.

Sherman is an intermediary between the world and the spiritual world. They represent the ceremonial community, heal people, and help guide the people of Sherman to others. Sherman's life belongs to the village, they are responsible for creating families, communities, and all happiness. World famous shaman and therapist Brant Sekunda established the Deer Dance Foundation in 1979. The goal is to help the Ficolls maintain their tradition of shamanism, maintain their cultural and economic survival, and bring this ancient power and joy to modern wisdom.

Ceremony is a collective effort to connect shaman, client, and spiritual world. Each shaman usually moves in his or her space, where the statue of God is adorned. It seems to be a doctor's clinic. People frequently visit in a short period of time and use Sherman as a consulting company sometimes telling lucky. She only starts a longer and more complicated ceremony only when Sherman diagnosed a more serious problem. A complete ceremony is the last resort to solving any problem. All the team helped Sherman to do her ritual. They play instruments to help Sherman touch the supernatural world - the most important are drums and cymbals of hourglass, cymbals, rattles and flutes. Through a ceremony with various voices of Sherman: At the most dramatic moment, a loud, cheerful and attractive rhythm can last for several minutes