temescal

On the Bidwell ranch is an old Indian "temescal," or sweat-house.

Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

Participants in the temescal also seek a similar experience as the shaman by prayer and chanting within the fiery hot steam-filled confines of the sweat lodge.

Shamanism and the problem of consciousness 2008

In Mexico, for example, the temescal, (often written temazcal) or traditional sweat bath, continues to be used as in pre-Hispanic times both as a curative means and as a ritualistic way of freeing the mind or spirit from the body.

Shamanism and the problem of consciousness 2008

In Mexico, for example, the temescal, (often written temazcal) or traditional sweat bath, continues to be used as in pre-Hispanic times both as a curative means and as a ritualistic way of freeing the mind or spirit from the body.

Shamanism and the problem of consciousness 2008

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Participants in the temescal also seek a similar experience as the shaman by prayer and chanting within the fiery hot steam-filled confines of the sweat lodge.

Shamanism and the problem of consciousness 2008

Near the centre of the group of huts stood the temescal -- an institution with nearly every Southern California tribe of Indians -- where those who were ill subjected themselves to the heroic treatment of parboiling over a fire, until in a profuse perspiration, to be followed, on crawling out, by a plunge into the icy water of the stream.

Old Mission Stories of California Charles Franklin Carter

A fresh-water lagoon, or lake, was near the present corner of Montgomery and Sacramento, and an Indian temescal, or sweat-house, beside it.

Stories of California Ella M. Sexton

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Laguna Dulce, a little fresh water pool where Richardson's Indians delighted to take a cold plunge on leaving their steaming temescal. "

The Lure of San Francisco A Romance Amid Old Landmarks Mabel Thayer Gray