The pipe ceremony is a sacred ritual for connecting physical and spiritual worlds.
Nothing is more sacred.
The pipe is our prayers in physical form. The fire in the pipe is the same fire in the sun , which is the source of life. The reason why tobacco is used to connect the worlds is that the plant s roots go deep into the earth, and its smoke rises high into the heavens. There are different kinds of pipes and different uses for them. There are personal pipes and family pipes as well as pipes for large ceremonies.