Lakota Healing: A Soul Comes Home-Photos by Marco Ridomi [Paperback]

Marco Ridomi (Author), Laura Gaccione (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2010

This large format book presents forty-five dramatic, sumptuous, and empathetic black-and-white photographs, printed in duotone, with a succinct and poignant text by the photographer. The text tells the story of how, following a diagnosis of an incurable disease, the Italian-born author-photographer, then living in New York, undertakes a search for healing and spiritual transformation. This culminates in a Lakota Sioux Healing Ceremony and Vision Quest at the Pine Hill Reservation in South Dakota. While staying at the reservation, the author came to know the Lakota people and love their spirit. The photographs were made during this time of personal crisis and spiritual awakening, and this book is dedicated to the Lakota people in appreciation of their warmth and wisdom.

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About the Author

Marco Ridomi was born in Italy in 1952. After school, he moved to NYC to study photography. At 34, he was diagnosed with a terminal disease. This changed his life; he soon lost his will to live. In search for a cure he met Native American Godfrey Chipps and was led on a journey to reclaim his health and spirit.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Barrytown/Station Hill Press, Inc. (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 188644966X
• ISBN-13: 978-1886449664
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 11.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,241,504 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marvelous. Insightful. Universal., September 9, 2000

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This review is from: Lakota Healing: A Soul Comes Home-Photos by Marco Ridomi (Paperback)

Short, powerful paragraphs next to intensely thoughtful pictures; this book will travel far, via word of mouth. This book is a walk beside a soul in healing, and because we are all "walking wounded", there is spiritual bread for everyone, here. The wisdom captured is absolutely universal; truth is truth, and this book contains much. I checked it out as a library book, but ended up buying several copies. It will take 10 minutes to read, but it will perch upon your heart and sing to you, for years.