Life/Death/Rebirth ritual

I'm looking for an account of a life/death/rebirth ritual. My preferred pantheons would be something American (North, South or Central) or Taoist, and I flat refuse to work with any Celtic imagery.

Can anyone point me to the right place to look?

And what would be the purpose in this, exactly? *confused*

Well the purpose would be to do the ritual, after first tweaking it (if necessary) to be as appropriate as possible.

So the purpose is entirely to spend the time doing it?

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i know that in shamanic systems there's often a death/rebirth component, either a ritual, or just a journey. for me, it "happened" on a journey very early, it was a "welcoming ritual" my spirit companions made for me.

googling for "shamanism death rebirth" brings a lot of results, such as:
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this one requires a group, but perhaps there's a way to alter it for your needs:
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i didn't look at all the results, hope it helps.

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Cheers dude, I'll check out the links.

Not exactly a ritual, but this one gives a lot of information about shamanic death and rebirth. Warning: it's very long, but worth the read.

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Ta, bookmarked.

Motley Wrote:Not exactly a ritual, but this one gives a lot of information about shamanic death and rebirth. Warning: it's very long, but worth the read.

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<!-- s --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt=":P" title="Razz" /><!-- s --> <3 Raven Kaldera. He has -very- good stuff up, though it's heavily geared toward the Northern Tradition worldview, which isn't for everyone.

Archer, you may not want to spend the money for it, but Nana Nauwald, who's been researching shamanic poses and trances for decades, has a book out (with the late Felicitas D. Goodman) covering various poses used by shamans for their rituals. Many of the postures are taken from Native American (usually Mesoamerica) statues, but there's also a good few from Europe and elsewhere; there's a whole section on Death/Rebirth postures.

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On Amazon: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.amazon.com/Ecstatic-Trance-Ritual-Body-Postures/dp/9074597637">http://www.amazon.com/Ecstatic-Trance-R ... 9074597637</a><!-- m -->

Nana's website: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.visionary-art.de/">http://www.visionary-art.de/</a><!-- m -->

The Cuyamungue Institute (Goodman's organisation): <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cuyamungueinstitute.com/">http://www.cuyamungueinstitute.com/</a><!-- m -->

Hope that helps.