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SHAMANISM AND PRAYERS TO LAKES,

RIVERS AND MOUNTAINS
Shamanism is a pagan religion that emerged in prehistory in
Siberia and spread through Central Asia’s tribal communities.
Shamanism has two perverse principles:
-It is mistakenly believed that everything in nature (stones, soil,
water, trees etc.) has both a soul and a will, and that it is therefore nec-
essary to maintain a dialogue with
them. (Surely Allah is beyond that.)

Shamanism is a heretical, mag-
ical faith. Shamanist priests
wear the kind of peculiar cloth-
ing seen in the picture to the
side and allegedly enter the
spirit world. Below is a depic-
tion of a Siberian shaman.