The Republic of Khakassia is located in Southwestern Siberia, on the territory of the Sayano-Altai Upland and the Khakass-Minusinsk Basin. The local indigenous population has professed shamanism from time immemorial. It is not surprising that there are many so-called “places of power” associated with shamanic cults in the region.
Chests
Some consider this mountain range a cult place, others - an ancient observatory, others - an alien cosmodrome … Here is the oldest sundial. And among the rock paintings, you can see images of people in space suits. But the most mysterious of all is the area with such acoustic properties that even the words uttered in a whisper can be heard for several tens of meters.
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They say that in Soviet times, while plowing a field, tractor drivers stumbled upon the grave of a shaman. From there they took out a stone with a picture of the starry sky. Only the constellations depicted on it belonged to another, not our hemisphere …
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Valley of Spirits
Not far from the Chests there is a place that locals call the Valley of the Spirits. From there, you can supposedly get into a parallel world, into the past or the future. In the old days, only "special" people were allowed to go here, mainly shamans.
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Big Gate
Scattered throughout Khakassia are menhirs - stone structures that were used for sacrifices and other ritual rituals about five thousand years ago.
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Experts from the Khakass Research Institute of Language assure that menhirs are located in places of fractures in the earth's crust, which can affect the human biofield. One of these places is the Big Gate in the Ust-Abakan region.
They represent two menhirs located side by side at some distance from each other. On the end of one of them, the so-called tamga is embossed, depicting the contours of the human body. Three rays emanate from the human head.
For thousands of years, people have come here for healing and rituals. A depression even formed on the stone with the tamga - so many visitors rubbed against it …
Salbyk burial mounds
They are called "Siberian Stonehenge". The mounds are located in the Valley of the Kings, surrounded by high earthen hills. Around the pyramidal embankments there are dozens of stone steles up to 4 m high and weighing up to 60 tons. In the center is the Bolshoi Salbyk mound. Its enclosure consists of huge stone blocks, sloping eastward at the top. It is unclear how the ancient people were able to build this.
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According to experts, powerful geomagnetic anomalies are observed in the area of the Salbyk kurgans. Many, having visited this place, then said that in the center of the Big Kurgan they felt a tremendous flow of energy and their body vibrated right from the very top of the head to the tips of their toes …
Ulug-Khurtuyakh-Tas
Translated from Khakass, this name means "Stone old woman". This is a stone statue located near the aal of Ankhaks. It really portrays an old woman. She has rough features, bulging breasts and belly.
According to legend, Khurtuyakh-Tas helps from infertility, as well as female ailments. Women often come here with offerings. They pour milk or ayran over the statue, and smear the face and stomach with lard or sour cream.
They say that the statue comes to life after a visitor walks around it three times. Many who have been here claim that Hurtuyakh-Tas really helped them …
Kashkulak cave
It is also called the Black Devil's Cave, and it is listed in various catalogs as one of the most sinister places on earth. The official name was given to it by one of the peaks of the spurs of the Kuznetsk Alatau.
The cave is located 20 km from the village of Shira. It is not recommended to go there without a guide: transport does not go there, you need to climb the taiga on foot up the hill. And then descend 300 m deep.
But that's not the worst part. From time immemorial, the Kashkulak cave was surrounded by ill fame. Some people, having gone there, disappeared without a trace. Others have gone mad. Still others committed suicide.
Many, once in the cave, felt a chilling horror, and saw a black shaman in front of them, beckoning them to follow him … According to legend, this is the spirit of a shaman who was once killed in that very cave.
There is no doubt that the cave was a cult place. Inside it there is a stalagmite of natural origin, and next to it there are traces of an ancient fireplace … Most likely, the stalagmite reminded pagans of a phallus and was worshiped as a symbol of fertility.
But another legend is much more tenacious - that here the ancient Khakass sent a cult of worship of the black devil. Among other things, human sacrifices were brought to him …
However, there is a silver lining. They say that in a cave you can undergo a rite of rebirth if you are not satisfied with your current life. To do this, you need to imagine yourself as an egg, from which the embryo begins to develop. You must imagine all the qualities that you want to endow your new self with, and try to leave all the negative in your “old” life.
Periodically, local shamans perform their rituals in the Kashkulak cave. Russian sorcerers also come here, representatives of various esoteric movements …
Somehow researchers of paranormal phenomena decided to take measurements in the cave. They found that there was an object emitting low frequency pulses. Moreover, these impulses cannot have a natural origin. Despite all attempts, it was not possible to find the emitter. How to answer the questions, when and who could install it. Maybe it causes strange states and hallucinations in people? However, it is too early to draw conclusions.
