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- Title: Horned Spirits
- Description: Archaeological excavations conducted in 1988 demonstrated that Legend Rock was probably not a permanent campsite, but was instead likely used by only a few individuals who engaged in personal rituals such as prayer, fasting and vision questing. The supernatural entities depicted on the sandstone cliffs may represent reproductions of what supplicants encountered in the altered states of consciousness that accompany these personal rituals. Such abstract designs may represent spirits, visions or were even believed to be created by spirits as a way to convey power or messages to humans. Keyser and Klassen take it a step further, writing that ancient artists may have been trying to “tap into the power of these sacred places through rituals, ceremonies, and rock art.” Fasting and vision quests would be two of these rituals. The authors write that many of the sites he visited with Crow elders were places warriors made pilgrimages to during war ventures “either to produce the art or to read human or ghost made images.” James D Keyser; Michael Klassen, Plains Indian Rock Art, Seattle: University of Washington Press; Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, ©2001.
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