Plants of Power

Highlighted are 14 significant plants, with information on their properties, growing conditions, and medicinal applications. Included are descriptions of Native American ceremonies and rituals in which these plants play a central role.

Introduction

7

(7)

Part I

The Use of Sacred Plants in Ceremony

The Ancestors Help Us to Practice

14

(5)

Prayers for First Things

The Birth of Things, Morning Prayers

19

(2)

First Rituals

Prayers and Incense Offerings at Birth, Separation from the Mother, Baby-Naming

21

(3)

Rites of Initiation, Rites of Passage

24

(22)

Preparing for Womanhood

25

(1)

Preparing for Manhood

26

(1)

Crying for a Vision Ceremony

27

(2)

Sweat Lodge Ceremony

29

(3)

The Sun Dance

32

(4)

Rites of Last Things

The Keeping of the Soul Rite

36

(5)

Releasing of the Soul Rite

41

(3)

Ceremonies and Prayers, the Use of Cedar and Juniper, Before Bedtime

44

(2)

The Four Directions

46

(74)

Winnebago Prayer

51

(3)

Part II

The Plants

Incense Cedar

54

(6)

Red Cedar

60

(2)

Copal

62

(6)

Juniper

68

(4)

Lavender

72

(4)

Mugwort

76

(3)

Osha

79

(3)

Pinon, Nut Pine

82

(4)

White Sage

86

(3)

Desert Sage

89

(3)

Sweet Grass

92

(5)

Ceremonial Tobacco

97

(14)

Red Willow Bark, Red Osher Dogwood

111

(4)

Yerba Santa

115

(5)

Bibliography

120

(2)

Index

122

(6)

About the Author

128

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