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 author combines the Yuwipi ceremony with two ancient Sioux rituals often performed in conjunction with it; the vision quest and the sweat lodge. Wayne Runs Again; suffering from alcoholism and worried about his father’s health; seeks out a shaman who; while bound in darkness; calls on supernatural beings to free him and to communicate. While the young man undergoes purification in a sweat lodge and waits on a hill for a vision; the community prays for him and his father. The ceremony serves not only to cure the sick but also to reaffirm the continuity of Oglala society.
#601172 in Books Bison Books 1995-05-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 .82 x 5.36 x 7.96l; #File Name: 0803272766344 pages
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