| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 124 | Suffice it to say that the ceremony of the sweat View more quotes about lodge">lodge is a detailed, complex, sophisticated and highly symbolic ritual. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | 121 | When the stones cool they are removed from the lodge and reheated. |
| 35 | 122 | There are many rituals and significances connected with the sweat lodge, having to do with such things as the stones, the fire, the orientation of the lodge, the path between the lodge and the fire, the amounts and ways in which the water is poured, and the number of times the lodge is opened. |
| 35 | 123 | I shall not enter into these matters in depth. |
| 35 | 124 | Suffice it to say that the ceremony of the sweat lodge is a detailed, complex, sophisticated and highly symbolic ritual. |
| 35 | 125 | The purification of the bather is its principal objective, the readying of the bather for the awesome task of seeking the dream or vision. |
| 35 | 126 | My helpers, tending the fire and aiding with the stones, were Canka and Cuwignaka. |
| 35 | 127 | I did not follow the order of the ritual in all respects nor keep the ceremony in the exactitude of all its details. |