Malidoma Patrice Some

1956-, Burkina Fasso Dagara Shaman, Writer

Age / Ageing
Knowing means becoming old. To say someone is old is to say that this person knows something, or has experienced something valuable. Furthermore, the mature self is hardened in the field of experience by awareness. In contrast, the word young refers not just to age but also to the absence of awareness.
The Healing Wisdom of Africa , 1999
Art
The artist as an artisan of the sacred can cooperate in bringing the sacred to birth in this world … There is only a thin line between the artist and the healer.
Ibid.

Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004