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Yuwipi, vision and experience in Oglala ritual / by William K. Powers.

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Publisher description: A profoundly spiritual book, Yuwipi describes a present-day Oglala Sioux healing ritual that is performed for a wide range of personal crises. The vivid narrative centers on the experience of a hypothetical father and son in need of spiritual and physical assistance. The autho...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author: Powers, William K.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©1982.
Subjects:
Oglala Indians > Religion.
Oglala Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • introduction
  • An anthropological view
  • Prelude
  • Sacred stones
  • The sweat lodge: inside
  • The vision quest: on the hill
  • Preparing for the sing
  • The vision talk
  • Calling the spirits
  • The curing
  • The feast
  • The vision quest: off the hill
  • The sweat lodge: outside
  • Postlude.

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