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Native American Indians have a rich culture filled with mysticism and magic along with a love of nature that they routinely become one with on a daily basis. They have beautiful rituals that are unsurpassed by everything we see in the United States, as this is a new country and old traditions still live on as a large part of our history. Here we will give you some ideas on how to use what you already have, such as a shed on your property, to participate in a ritual or two at home and enjoy nature as the natives did hundreds of years ago.
An explanation of Moon Lodge and Sweat Lodge
Native American traditions are forged with a certain type of spirituality that is steeped in family and how they are linked to nature. For them, everything is thrown into the stars and the cycles of mood and the cycles of nature itself. They do nothing without consulting ancestors and animal spirits. Whites settled on the land and appropriated the traditions with their own, but despite the turmoil and tribulations of history between settlers and Native Americans, there is a vast exchange of culture in which both Native Americans and European Americans participate lovingly and that is where the moon and sweat lodges come into play.
The women and men of the Native American community were highly segregated when it came to their rituals. At the time of their monthly female cycle, women would enter a special structure that you can make from your shed and be together at that time. Their bodies were in sync as you will notice that other women are the ones you can work with and shared spiritual experiences during this time within that structure without the company of men.
The men would build a structure that you can also use a shed on your property called a sweat lodge. This is a structure with a very high ceiling or no roof. A fire would be incorporated in the middle and the men would sit around it and basically use it as a sauna to sweat off the impurities. This and the use of prayer and storytelling would unite them in much the same way as the women in the moon hut.
How to build one on your property
For the lunar shelter, all you need is a clean, empty shed where maybe you can put a pool of water big enough for you to wash off. You can search for the corresponding ritual. Other than that some soft pillows you can sit on and a window to see the sky.
For the sweat lodge you need a shed with a high roof, preferably metal, so that you can safely light a fire in the middle using a fire pot, not a wooden one, this is dangerous and enough windows to ventilate the smoke . Light the fire and extinguish just before the men enter and you will have enough dry heat to continue the ritual. Instead, you can take a hot rock steam bath in the shed like a sauna and voila!