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basins), the Universe is presented in the form of the feminine

principle, the Great Mother of the world, the Progenitress

of all living creatures, the Mistress of the Universe, and the

mother of animals. It was believed that white shamans,

while making their astral journey to the higher heavenly

world, passed “the ways of all the worlds of the Universe” to

get the fullness of their magical power; but they received its

main part only from

heavenly mistresses

. Thus, they were

endowed with the

creating power from above

, or, using our

language, with the power of Allat which was given to them

by the

heavenly Mistress of the world

Secondly, in the past, it was mostly women who

possessed sacred knowledge of the invisible world because,

by their nature, they feel the invisible world in a more

subtle, intuitive way. The mystery of creation, of the birth

of new life, is connected with a woman, with the feminine

principle. In other words, in ancient times, the spiritual,

sacral knowledge was kept and passed down to future

generations mostly by shamankas and not by shamans.

Later on, it is women who were considered to be stronger

than men in mastering the shamanic practice of altering the

state of consciousness. Scientists have already discovered

a lot of ancient female burial places together with different

cult objects, decorated crosses, mysterious symbols,

ornamented amulets, and special ritual items. There are

many known ancient stone drawings and sculptures of

girls with ﬂowing hair, “the third eye” in the forehead, and

certain signs indicating sacred knowledge. Take even the

four thousand years old ﬁndings in Russia, for example, on

the banks of the Yenisei, the Lena, the Angara in Siberia,

or the pictograms of the cliffs of the ancient, the planet’s

deepest lake – Baikal.

Thirdly, the human Soul, which was linked to the higher

worlds, was usually called

“the mother’s one.”

The peoples

of the North, such as the Yakuts, for instance, have still

preserved interesting mentions. In ancient times, their

ancestors believed that in order for a person to live and think

in a normal way, the following components of the soul-koot,

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