Burning sage for purification
"You are the bows from which your children are as living arrows sent forth.
The archer sees the mark along the path of the infinite,
and he bends you with his might that His arrows may go swift and far."
Recommended Reading
The following are recommended readings on initiation and rites of passage:
- Betwixt and between: Patterns of Masculine and Feminine Initiation, edited by Louise Carus Madhi, Steven Foster, and Merideth Little. Chicago: Open Court, 1987
- Crossroads: The Quest for Contemporary Rites of Passage, edited by Louise Carus Madhi, Nancy Geyer Christopher, and Michael Meade. Chicago: Open Court, 1996.
- The Rites of Passage, Arnold Van Gennep. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1960.
- The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell. New York: Princeton University Press, 1968.
- Long Life Honey and the Heart, Martin Prechtel.New York: Penguin/Putnam, 1999.
- Of Water and the Spirit, Malidoma Some. New York: G.P. Putnam’s sons, 1994.
- The Roaring of the Sacred River, Steven Foster and Meredith Little. Lost Borders Press, 1997.
- Rites and Symbols of Initiation, Mircea Eliade. New York: Harper and Row, 1958.