That reminds me of the Plains Indians sun dance rituals, - black foot and sioux spring to mind. In the ritual a dancer would be suspended by hooks through the pectoral muscles - in front rather than in back. I know one person who did go through the ritual, and reported something similar to Critz.
Did anyone see the movie "A Man Called Horse" starring Richard Harris? It showed something similar. alrry At 10:02 AM 8/18/2003 -0400, Heald, Tim wrote: >gratz man, > >The pics are great. Will pass them on to Chrissie, she'll love em. Good to >know it all went well, how are you feeling the day after? > >Timothy Heald >Information Systems Specialist >Overseas Security Advisory Council >U.S. Department of State >571.345.2235 > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Critz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 8:01 PM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Today's Suspension > > >oi CF-Community,!! > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?recordid=263 > http://www.houseoffusion.com/users/view.cfm?recordid=264 > > (if they are unappropriate Mike, feel free to remove them) I added (nws) >to the second name...) > > so anyway, today was....is.... almost impossible to put into words. It >was the most intense thing > I have ever done. The piercings themselves weren't too bad, we have two >piercers working on each > person, so two hooks are done at the same time. There is a >small, small rush from the > needles...nothing unlike any other piercing. Once I was finally knotted >into the rig...and started > to stretch my way down the ladder....it was like this total haze... I had >my eyes closed, I could > hear the people around me talking....but they seemed so far away. Once I >started walking about on > my toes, I lost track of exactly what position I was in.....which way >I was facing...etc etc.. > Once I was pretty much stretched, and pulled my feet up off of the >ground, I had one last, very > very strong surge of pain by hook #3, then everything became a bit >dreamy..... it was pretty wild > and definitely the break from reality I needed. I cannot wait till our >next meet :) > > > Crit > > >-- > > >--- >[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Virus] > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
