Yuwipi Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual

Name: Yuwipi Vision and Experience in Oglala Ritual
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ISBN: 9780803287105

ISBN-10: 0803287100

ISBN-13: 9780803287105

Edition: Reprint

Authors: William K. Powers, William Powers

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A profoundly spiritual book,Yuwipidescribes 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. nbsp; 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…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 8/1/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 113
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.84" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English



Preface


Introduction


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


An Anthropological View


Bibliography


Glossary and Index of Lakota Terms


Subject Index


Author Index