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mysticknt:
just came across this it old but he seemsto get about a bit

Mike Chirobokow from Canada

http://www.life-times.co.uk/sweat-lodge-ceremony.htm

educatedindian:
Robin, this looks like a chance for you to pass along those flyers I gave out.

Doing a sweatlodge to celebrate Samhain?! Wait a minute, that's not even the funniest thing, get a load of "Brother Michael".

http://health.typepad.com/fasting/2004/12/sweat_lodge_sha.html

Really inspires confidence...

And take a look at the "lodge" it's one big outdoor tent.

More...
"Before coming to live in Europe, Mike - whose Native American name is "Sacred Warrior Coming Down" - had been a Sundance (Native American piercing ritual) leader with the Black Foot Indian tribe and had been adopted by a Canadian First Nation Cree family."

And he's recommending claustrophobics try to be "cured" by sweatlodges. Incredibly stupid.
http://health.typepad.com/fasting/2004/12/claustrophobic_.html

And of course you just gotta have your own fake tipi nearby the ceremony.
http://www.lovehealth.org/photos/sweatlodge.htm

This event is booked at a college as a "Native Red Indian" ceremony. At least in the US you could stop this kind of thing at a college or university by pointing to its offensiveness to Native students, not to mention the bigoted title theyre using. Any chance someone could complain to this college? I'd be glad to be in contact with the college myself if its help.

180IQ:
I guess those Blackfeet must've taught ol' Mike C. about charging for ceremonies:

http://www.life-times.co.uk/sweat-lodge-ceremony.htm

One of the "Sweatlodge Terms and Conditions" is that "space in the sweat lodge is not booked until you have paid (£30)".

However I doubt that writing to the college will help stop this particular event, which took place last year.

I will move this post over to the Frauds category.

mysticknt:
flyers??? could do with a copy of them and will get them put in our local pagan fed magazine

Barnaby_McEwan:

--- Quote ---This event is booked at a college as a "Native Red Indian" ceremony. At least in the US you could stop this kind of thing at a college or university by pointing to its offensiveness to Native students, not to mention the bigoted title theyre using. Any chance someone could complain to this college? I'd be glad to be in contact with the college myself if its help.
--- End quote ---


Here's their site. From what I can tell it started out as a socialist experiment in the middle of the twentieth century, but I suspect it was started by the kind of socialist who George Orwell famously lambasted as 'bearded fruit-juice drinkers'!

These days it seems to be a commune rather than a college. With fewer beards. How can we get in touch with Native people over here? Ed and Sox can't be the only ones...

There's another one planned this year:

http://www.life-times.co.uk/transform-retreats.htm#returning

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