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I few weeks ago I returned to the Golden Wings Center for a sweat lodge ceremony. After glass walking and fire walking there, experiencing a sweat lodge was obviously the next logical step. Accordi…

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AK note: This is Part II in discussing sweat lodges and non-Natives. For Part I and background,click here.After that long lead in, lets break it down into some of the major issues at play here…

Cordwood lends itself to many types of buildings, including ones that keep a person clean and a dog sheltered. Below is a cordwood sweat lodge in the Pacific Northwest. It is built with Western Red Cedar which makes for a beautiful cordwood wall. A tiny sweat lodge/sauna in Montana with a hollow log for light…

["A Blessing from the Thunderbird Sweatlodge" by Mark Anthony Jacobson] When I wrote recently about attending a pow wow, dbs of think.stew commented that he regretted missing a chance to experience a sweat lodge. That made me think of the one occasion when I was lucky enough to have had that opportunity, so perhaps this is a good time to write about it. First, a bit of background info for anyone who might be unfamiliar with this First Nations spiritual practice. A sweat lodge is a round…

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