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 Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2006 3:15 pm
I just had a fantastic time this weekend at a Celtic Women's Sweat. Has anyone else taken part in anything similar? If you have the chance to I thoroughly reccomend it. We began by offering tobacco and our intentions to the sacred fire, then we went around a circle marking each other with blue paint to aid us on our healing journey. Then we entered the sweat lodge where they put in twelve super heated rocks covering them with herbs and later water. We did three rounds that night for the land, sea, and sky. It was so dark but wow what a journey! I had a hard time grounding after that, it was just so powerful! I'm so happy to have had that experience. After the sweat we had a potlock and then we went to have a dream circle. We drank mugwort tea to help us. Sadly the mugwort didn't help most of us so that portion of the evening wasn't as great but the sweat itself was just plain amazing!
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Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 8:31 am
omg that sounds awsome... wish i could join an exsperience like that
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Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 7:16 pm
It was very awesome. I can't wait for the next one. I'm going in Spring. A friend of mine is doing a sweat before he does his oath rite. He wants all the druids in our grove to attend. I can't wait. That means my husband can attend this one. I hope he is home for it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:51 pm
That sounds a lot like a Native American Sweat. I have never been to one but I have read and heard about them. I think it is mostly the tobacco that strikes me as being Native American, though it is deffinatly integrated in all cultures nowadays.
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 2:25 pm
The place we went to is mostly native american shamanic. It's actually a shamanic village of sorts. Yes, I agree the tabacco is very native american. It's part of their thing though. The woad and such is where it gets celtic. I like the blending of the two, it's a good idea considering to me shamanism and druidry are definitely related.
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 8:12 pm
I agree. It would deffinatly be interseting to go to something that blends the two. I would love it. I just don't know where any place is that I can go to one around here >.>
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:05 am
Very Interesting, and definately something I would like to look into. I know that as far as grove interests go, During Lughnassadh weekend we hold "The Games of Lugh" and what we refer to as "Sweating for Lugh" where we do all manner of physical and mental activities in the heat of the summer sun to offer our sweat and hardwork as praise for the summer.
It's usually a 3 day camping event (Or more like Friday Night to Sunday night) held at Tredara (Ian and Sue's land, lol) That's when I first became acquainted with StoneCreed and the A.D.F. and it was such a wonderful experience, it was almost as if we had became instant family.
It was truly a wonderful bonding experience not only spiritually but communally.
But I still can't wait to try out a sweat retreat, lol. Sounds like fun.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:16 am
Sweating for Lugh sounds awesome! What kinds of games and works do you do in particular?
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 7:21 pm
That sounds like you had a wonderful experience biggrin . I think I will learn up on it and maybe some day I can partake in something similar to it.
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