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Initiation
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Go out in the woods, go out. If you don't go out in the woods nothing will ever happen and your life will never begin.
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― Women Who Run With the Wolves
― Women Who Run With the Wolves
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In certain ancient civilizations and indigenous cultures there was often a process of initiation that young people would go through before they became adults. In some Native American traditions, for example, the initiate would be put out into the wilderness without any food or any other provisions for survival. He would have to rely on the Universe and his own soul. During the experience, the initiate would fast. He would experience himself confronting the Universe alone. He would be out there f
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― In the House of Remembering: The Living Tradition of Sufi Teaching
― In the House of Remembering: The Living Tradition of Sufi Teaching
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