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My Haunting After a Temazcal Sweat Ritual

“Warrior, why are you here?” The echo of those words, spoken by a shaman in the temazcal, lingers. I hear them still in moments of doubt and happiness, too. I think of them when I am alone. I wonder about my purpose. I suspect that to be their intention. They were meant to stay in my mind long after the shaman has gone. They live and permeate everything like the steam of lava rocks in a sacred ritual. It’s jarring...