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title: What is the Great Mystery?
description: "The unknowable from which everything comes. Better rendered 'the Great Mystery': animism has no interventionist creator-god, and the truly infinite cannot be prayed to, bargained with or journeyed to. ## Where does this come up in the wiki? These answers…"
url: "https://www.therapeutic-shamanism.co.uk/wiki/what-is-the-great-mystery/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Glossary
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# What is the Great Mystery?

The unknowable from which everything comes. Better rendered 'the Great Mystery': animism has no interventionist creator-god, and the truly infinite cannot be prayed to, bargained with or journeyed to.

## Where does this come up in the wiki?

These answers say more about it:

- [What is the Upper-World?](/wiki/what-is-the-upper-world/)
- [What is the difference between an ancestor and an Ancestor?](/wiki/what-is-the-difference-between-an-ancestor-and-an-ancestor/)
- [What are Stone People and what gifts do they bring?](/wiki/what-are-stone-people-and-what-gifts-do-they-bring/)

## Where can I find the other terms?

Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the [glossary, A to Z](/wiki-glossary/#great-mystery).