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Muhnism

Muhnism is an ancient native american belief that has been revived in the past years. Muhnism comes from the Shoshone word Muh, which means moon. The members of this belief do not refer to Muhnism as a religion because it is not so that men have something to worship or for man to have any type of explanation of life. There are as few as 200 members of this belief. In Muhnism, there are only two commandments to follow: to see and respect everything and everyone as an equal and to believe that the Munishaki and the energy they provide us are real. There are thousands of spirits, but only seven are referred to as the Munishaki. The Munishaki is the group of spirits that provide and transport the energy that we use every day through cycles. The Shoshone believed that everything was a cycle within a cycle, the energy cycle being one of the most important. The cycle begins with Muh, the moon spirit, which recharges used energy and sends it down to Baa', the water/ocean spirit, planting the energy in the deepest roots of every molecule in the ocean. Baa' spreads it through the oceans and to all the water bodies in the world, including the organisms inside them. The next day, Dabai, the light/sun spirit, takes the energy thats left through evaporation, and gives it to the wind spirit Vagl'ento, who through condensation, shapes it into the clouds. The rain lands upon mother Earth and she, the spirit of life, Maleuke, and the spirit of the forest/plants spread it all over the world, making sure everything receives the correct quantity. Destiny plays a large part in this belief. The Shoshone believed the Munishaki have every individual's life planned, and only two things can change it. The first are the spirits themselves and the second the evil and power sleeping somewhere inside humanity. Humans are the opposite of spirits. They tire, hate, breath live and die. But the spirits are tireless and immortal. The only emotion they feel is love towards us. They are our equals and we are theirs. They may be more powerful than us but eventually, we will be spirits as well. In this belief, there is a heaven, but it represents what their is after every single life, not a place for the pure to spend eternity in peace and paradise. Although our destiny is already written and we cannot change anything without destroying our souls, life is a challenging passageway that all of us must take.