Chris Carter attended Navajo chants and rituals to make sure he was accurate in his depiction of them (members of the community had spotted some discrepancies in the episode Anasazi (1995)). He attended these not just as an observer but also as a participant. Carter was greatly honored to be asked to attend such a ceremony, though he admitted it was incredibly painful to sit cross-legged on the ground for 8 hours.
This is John Neville's first appearance in the series as the Well Manicured Man. The character was originally designed to just appear in this episode and the one following, Paper Clip (1995), but he went down so well with fans that he returned for more episodes.
A sand painter was brought in to create the paintings in the blessing way ritual. This took a whole day to complete.
This is the first episode to feature the Consortium (Syndicate).