Home Page of
Malidoma
Somé
and
ECHOES OF THE ANCESTORS
a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization
Malidoma Somé is a fully initiated Shaman of the Dagara Tribe of West Central Africa, and the holder of two PhD's from the Sorbonne in Paris and Brandies University in Boston. Malidoma teaches the medicine of Mother Nature, how to recreate the natural, old instinct in the souls of people, to reopen the eyes to see the sacred again, unhampered by modernism. It is a context in which medicine, healing, and a re-acquaintance with the old can take place. Malidoma tries to accomplish this by working with people to help them implement new ideas to form communities founded in spirit; communities where the flavor of indigenous wisdom prevails through a rediscovery of the magic of nature.
Echoes
of the Ancestors, Inc. is a non-profit charitable corporation created by Malidoma. It is dedicated to the preservation of the Wisdom of the Dagara and other indigenous tribes of West Central Africa. Its activities include the dissemination of information about these cultures, donations of clothing to Dagara children, and the construction of water wells, and water reservoirs to help fight the drought, sickness and extreme poverty in Africa. This web site explains the purposes of the foundation, its charitable activities, and provides some information about the wisdom of the Dagara, and their chief spokes-person for the West, Malidoma Somé.
Echoes of the Ancestors was born in response to the strong need to give a context in which Dagara ancestral beliefs and tradition, wisdom, and culture can be brought to the West and shared with people in modern culture who are seeking an indigenous model of spiritual and holistic development. It's purpose is not to transplant indigenous African spirituality and to create African culture in the West, but to provide a model for seekers of ways of creating and working with new concepts of socio-spiritual communities in this country. It also provides a vehicle for seekers to give back to the Dagara, and other indigenous people of Africa, to help them in their material needs, and to cope with modernity.
PRESERVING
DAGARA WISDOM
Dagara
Men’s Initiation Dancers
Echoes of the Ancestors, among other things, helps to preserve Ancient Dagara Wisdom through a training program: Into
the Heart of African Shamanism
Into the Heart of African Shamanism is a three year intensive program which transmits Shamanic practices drawn from the Elders and Wisdom Keepers of the Dagara tribe. This program culminates with a trip to Africa where participants will work with the Elders, Magicians and Wisdom Keepers.
If you would like to participate in this intensive shamanic teaching, click on the following link to obtain detailed information:
Into the Heart of African
Shamanism.
Proceeds
from this program are used to benefit the Dagara people.
HELPING THE DAGARA
In addition to
bringing this cultural wisdom to the West, Echoes of the Ancestors. is also
responding to the urgent need and crisis situation in West Central Africa.
The agriculture imposed on the Dagara tribes during colonial rule has
damaged their land and recently triggered wide spread draught among tens of
thousands of Dagara people alone. During
the dry season (half the year) thousands of Dagara women must walk for miles
each day to the nearest water hole. They
carry the water back on their heads in buckets.
The water they get is frequently unfit for consumption - but that is all
they have. The draught, caused by
changed soil conditions and weather patterns, in turn causes serious problems of
disease and starvation, triggering in turn a migration to the cities.
Simply put - due to the collision of the Dagara culture with Colonialism
and the modern world - this important wisdom tradition and high spiritual
culture is in danger of extinction. The
world has already lost so many indigenous cultures, let's help this great
culture help themselves, and survive with us into the Twenty First Century.
If they do not survive, it will be a irreparable loss for us all.
Echoes of the Ancestors is the central organization helping to alleviate
the water problems in Dagara villages, thus keeping the village able to remain
within its ancestral boundaries. Click here to learn more about the
Echoes of the Ancestors' Water Project.
You can help the
Dagara people in three ways: The
first is by attending a program presented by Echoes of the Ancestors.
All proceeds of events presented by Echoes
of the Ancestors go directly to help the Dagara people.
The second is by becoming a member of Echoes of the Ancestors and the
third, by a contribution.
DONATIONS
Donations to Echoes
of the Ancestors are encouraged and fully tax deductible.
Echoes of the Ancestors, Inc. has been granted 501(c)(3) charitable
organization status from the Internal Revenue Service.
Please consider sending us a check today.
A donation of $25.00 will grant you membership in Echoes of the
Ancestors, Inc. You will then receive our membership newsletter and be kept
abreast of all our activities. Please make all donations payable to Echoes of
the Ancestors and send it to our treasurer, Mark Bockley, 1 Los Pinos, Nicasio CA 94946. If you are
interested in helping with fund raising please also contact Mark Bockley at 415-662-2515 or email us at mark@harpooninc.com. For inquires concerning our non-profit status please contact
our legal counsel, Ralph at Ralph@schoolofwisdom.com.
LINKS TO DETAILED
INFORMATION
Into
the Heart of African Shamanism
Malidoma's
life
Malidoma's
Elder Innitiation
Dagara
Wisdom
Schedule
of Events
Activities
of Echoes
Water
Project
Becoming
a member
Other
Important Links
For
information regarding any of our programs, donations or legal status, please
contact us.
Echoes of the Ancestors, mark@harpooninc.com
Mark Bockley, Treasurer, mark@harpooninc.com
Ralph, Legal Counsel, ralph@schoolofwisdom.com
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