Two Dead In Arizona During 'spiritual Cleanse' Options

http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topst...at_lodge_deaths

Here's one link to the story, I'll get back and comment later when I've got more time.

sweat lodge - a simulation of the underworld - hot as hell, dark as pitch - in a real sweat lodge they don't use blue tarps and even the poles that hold up the coverings are related to the paths of planets and stars - it is all about stressing the body/awareness until the awareness leaves the body, usually with the aid of something placed into the fire, deep within the ceremony - shamans are picked and trained from youth, but nowadays everybody thinks they are of shaman material, and then they have problems, sometimes severe, especially with entities, and convincing an entity that gets called to a feast that such a git isn't worth their feasting upon can be an even bigger problem than letting them just go for it, so i can see how this sort of thing can happen

redneck sweat lodge = dig a hole, build a fire, throw on a pound of pot, cover it with a thick blanket, crawl under the blanket - sort of a 'be the bong' kind of thing

sweat lodge - a simulation of the underworld - hot as hell, dark as pitch - in a real sweat lodge they don't use blue tarps and even the poles that hold up the coverings are related to the paths of planets and stars - it is all about stressing the body/awareness until the awareness leaves the body, usually with the aid of something placed into the fire, deep within the ceremony - shamans are picked and trained from youth, but nowadays everybody thinks they are of shaman material, and then they have problems, sometimes severe, especially with entities, and convincing an entity that gets called to a feast that such a git isn't worth their feasting upon can be an even bigger problem than letting them just go for it, so i can see how this sort of thing can happen

redneck sweat lodge = dig a hole, build a fire, throw on a pound of pot, cover it with a thick blanket, crawl under the blanket - sort of a 'be the bong' kind of thing

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/kicking.gif) Oh Esoterica, sometimes you really deliver. Redneck sweat lodge.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/victory.gif) Everything else is dead on as well, you hit the nail on the head without really saying it, just because you make a living doing something doesn't mean you are expert at your craft, and this craft is particularly dangerous.

I really have no notion who this guy is after all if he wrote "the secret" why the hell would anyone seriously into the occult care much about him? Darkmage I guess I agree with your dark cynicism in part, but mostly this is a thing that truly annoys me; there are some seriously talented occultists out there who could do way better and who make next to nothing, yet are busting it out there all the time helping folks out. I feel that stuff like this is... egomaniacal, firstly, way too many people for a frickin sweat lodge ceremony. Secondly, I feel he should have had more people there helping, not just saying yes, yes, yes. Like I said though I don't really care to know much about this situation but please holla if any news breaks.