TheFly wrote:I saw on a documentary that women(& women shamans respectfully) are not supposed to attend when they are bleeding as it directs the shamans visions towards that wound and makes it hard to see where the problem lies with the other attendees of the ceremony.
Relatedly, some sweat lodge ceremonies won't include women on their cycle, since that is considered a ceremony unto itself and shouldn't be mixed with other ceremonies.
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