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So, this charlatan jackass douchebag in Sedona charges $9,000 to participate in a sweat ceremony, only - surprise! - he doesn't !$#@%^%@^% know what he's doing and two people die. Story here. There were 50 people in that lodge. That's about 44 too many.

A real sweat ceremony is divided into four parts, with breaks between. Also, you don't pay for it, not ever.

Stan4dSteph

10-16-2009 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by 3894 (Post 302834)

Sounds more like a cult leader to me. This quote stands out:

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"It breaks my heart to know that the families are suffering," said one caller identified as Brent. "I think that the people that left, I do believe they made their own choices, whether on this level or the next, but I do feel really for the families."

Apparently in that person's eyes, the people who died chose to die. /cue Twilight Zone theme

wolfy999

10-16-2009 07:46 AM

What the heck is the point of a "Sweat Ceremony" anyways?

Not Afraid

10-16-2009 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph (Post 302837)

Sounds more like a cult leader to me. This quote stands out:Apparently in that person's eyes, the people who died chose to die. /cue Twilight Zone theme

The SECRET! Dum dum dum.

Strangler Lewis

10-16-2009 08:48 AM

A sweat lodge ceremony is some sort of native American purification ritual. There was some litigation a number of years ago when San Quentin would not arrange a similar ceremony as the last rites for a condemned inmate.

Ghoulish Delight

10-16-2009 09:11 AM

Little did they know they could have saved time and money by combining last rights with execution.

3894	10-16-2009 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by wolfy999 (Post 302838)

What the heck is the point of a "Sweat Ceremony" anyways?

If the ceremony is held between strangers, there is zero point.

Sweats are held for the same purpose as group therapy/intervention/problem solving sessions. It's always with just a few people, often family. You sit in your bathing suit in a sauna-type atmosphere and talk over/pray over the problem.

There has to be a high level of mutual trust and history going in to the sweat. This is why 50 strangers paying for a sweat is 110% bull.

ToriBear

10-16-2009 10:37 AM

I joined a website called FanFiction. net and it's really cool! I'm working on my fanfiction (Labyrinth), and hoping to post it in a day or so. Username is GoblinPrincessAza.

Snowflake

10-16-2009 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid (Post 302805)

We have a 3-in one bed that Tango might like. Does she like to burrow or go "camping" at all? There's not a picture of the bed on our website. I am too brain dead to remember the brand name tonight, but I'll remember it soon (probably at 2 am) and see if I can scare up a picture. It is a really cool bed that can be a tunnel, a donut bed or a fluffy blanket. I want one in my size!

Tango began with a donut oval/round kind of bed that she loved, it was a cheapo bed from WalMart in VA. It wore out and I've tried 2 similar beds and she will not go near them. Right now, my old fleece robe is now her bed. I've got it rolled on the edges sort of like a donut, and she loves it.

She does like to nest under paper and once in a while under the coverlet.

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