Weyekin
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Weyekin
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Weyekin or wyakin is a Nez Perce word for a type of spiritual being. According to Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, everything in the world - animals, trees, rocks, etc. - possesses a consciousness. These spirits are thought to offer a link to the invisible world of spiritual power. These spirits are seen not as divine beings, but as mediators. To receive a weyekin, a young person around the age of 12 to 15 would go to the mountains on a vision quest. The person about to go on this quest would be tutor
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2023-08-25T16:20:29Z
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