Something The National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) Didn't Tell You About "Church And State" And Native American Religions And Why Too-Big-To-Fail Things Fall Down

" . . . the ritual use of tobacco, unique to the Americas, creates communion both among the participants and with the sacred beings to whom tobacco is offered in the sacred pipe. In many rituals, the participants strip themselves to their essential being in order to approach the spirits with humility and openness."

(See http://www.unification.net/ws/wsintr4.htm#12)