A century later this form of shamanism is still practiced deep in the taiga on the borders of Russia/Mongolia. There is a very real element of mysticism in the lives of the families who dwell in these lands. Call it animist sorcery if you will, it is easy to cast cynicism from the other side of a screen in a culture far removed from essential survival practices in a hardy environment. In such places, sorcery and spells replace movies and fiction. Shamans and ghosts replace GP s and antibiotics. It is simply another method of human interaction with the cosmos. Perhaps more direct than the thick layered soup of culture which clogs the minds of us in the west   –         P.S. Deerskin  ’On Antiquated Cultures’.