Yuwipi - The rite of the Sacred Stone
The Origin of the Rite of Sacred Stone dates back to ancient times, before the arrival whop of the White Buffalo Woman. This ceremony is very complicated because of some phenomena discussed "paranormal" that may occur during its course. It is celebrated by the man Yuwipi Yuwipi - Dream of Stones - a shaman specializes in finding lost things and beings. It operates with the help of the oldest gods of the Lakota, Tunka. His speech during this ceremony is called a peculiarity: it is omniscient. You be the oldest on Earth.
As the legend goes, Tunka fell from heaven in the form of Rocky, before our world was inhabited by other living beings. It is the knowledge of all secrets, it can give indications on where and how to find lost objects and missing persons. Tunka is the immortal essence of the Creator, not created, with no beginning and no end.
Everything has a birth and death, but Tunka was never born and never dies ... Tunka is the Spirit that fell from the sky. It is a rock. He knows all the secrets. Found what was lost. "
(R. Erdoes - Crying for a Dream - Ed Xenia)
the Lakota language there are two terms of male gender to indicate the rock, although in the Italian become femmile Gender: inyan (stone) and Tunka (rock). Tunkashila, Grandfather, is another way to invoke Wakan Tanka. Who wants to know something about a wants to find a missing person or lost object must seek the intervention of man Yuwipi. Your request must be formal and be accompanied by a sacred pipe and the verbal commitment to provide accurate staging of the banquet following the ceremony.
In one room, or in a tepee, and the applicant participants sit in a circle. The shaman is wrapped from head to toe in a blanket bearing the drawing of a star. After that is bound with rope or strips of leather to look like a large cocoon, and then placed, face down, down, in the center of the circle. Lights out and in complete darkness are seen darting lights, flying stones glittering, we hear sounds, songs and sounds. At the end of the ceremony, the lights come back on and the shaman is completely free from its cocoon and its ties. At that point it is ready to report information received from Tunka during his shamanic journey. It all ends with a feast of meat.
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