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Is this from the Silmarillion or from the actual trilogy?

Somebody asked if a forest should be a bunch of tree spirits or one big one.

It's usually if there's a lot of them then it's just one powerful spirit. But say it was one tree by itself on a cliff then that would be its own spirit.

Think he’s just mentioned as a war hero.

Well it’s mostly spirits of nature. So say I’d want to get a pet rock. I’d have to pray to the mountain spirit and thank it for letting me take a rock. *True story my parents made me do this.* Mostly leave nature as it is. However since my clan is a Buddhist syncretic sect, there are also...

No problem, it’s a pleasure to explain.

Yes, that’s the one my family is a part of.

Interestingly enough Tengriism incorporates so much of a lot of different types of shamanism that it is the only one in the country. Of course there are different sects in it.

It’s a form of shamanism.

Well shamanism is the one original religion that stuck through in my country, and when Tibetan Buddhism came it formed a synthesis with it.

The relatives understood everything said, it seemed to be a recently deceased relative to them.

Don't really have a good grasp on Christianity as a whole, came to the U.S. and my maternal grandmother's cousin's family were part of a church and I came along because of hanging out with the relatives. So most knowledge I have is basic Bible study. What do you mean by 'speaking in tongues'?

After having two religious experiences as a child, I have become a firm believer in the spirits. Making this thread because I want to see if there's anybody out there that is the same. I'll start with myself, coming from the steppes of Mongolia there is a strong influence of Tibetan Buddhism...