Though most civilizations around the world have always possessed some type of sweat bath, the Finns are particularly famous for it. Even when their peoples lived a nomadic existence, they most likely carried around a portable sweat lodge like the ones used by American Indians. This was actually a common practice for many wandering societies . . . Continued
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After playing a part in many civilizations’ culture and lifestyle for centuries, the sauna began to be respected as a spiritually significant object. Strict standards for behavior, propriety, and ritual soon came to be associated with taking a sauna. An astonished Swedish economist even remarked that, in 1776, some persistent individuals even considered the sauna building to be “some kind of shrine.”
Even in modern-day saunas, an air of reverence . . .