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Pre-Islamic mythology, Barayething and the shamanic gift of prophesy


Source: Syed Mujahid Ali Shah The cultural heritage of pre-Islamic philosophy and mythology is so interwoven into the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan that strands of it survive to this day. Religions born of their environments, the influence of centuries of Shamanism, Buddhism, … Continue reading

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