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 **[ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ]** (translated roughly as //realization//), sometimes rendered Mangukal, is a mythological-religious complex native to [[geography:sekhaa:start#southwestern Sekhaa]].
-[ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ] is centered around the idea that the [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|world inhabited by mortals]] is a kind of false realm; it has no reality of its own, but a sort of incomplete slice or extension of the true world, the home of the [[ngatbe|[ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe]]], //ngatbe//, or gods (lit. //the true ones//).
+[ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ] is centered around the idea that the [[universe:mikurmiya:avishraa|world inhabited by mortals]] is a kind of false realm; it has no reality of its own, but is instead a sort of incomplete slice or extension of the true world, the home of the [[ngatbe|[ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe]]], //ngatbe//, or gods (lit. //the true ones//).
-There a number of schools of thought as to the exact nature of the mortal world as compared to the world of the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe] - whether it is intrinsic to the latter, or some kind of dream or imagining - but the barrier between mortals and the true world is called [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ] or //guldambe-bilaak//, the //mist of lies//. [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ] is a byproduct of being native to the mortal realm; it is the confusion of mistaking what one sees and hears and feels for what is real, because senses belonging entirely to the mortal world cannot perceive the full reality available to the [ˈŋat.ɡ͜ʘe].
+There a number of schools of thought as to the exact nature of the mortal world as compared to the world of the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe] - whether it is intrinsic to the latter, or some kind of dream or imagining - but the barrier between mortals and the true world is called [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ] or //guldambe-bilaak//, the //mist of lies//. [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ] is a byproduct of being native to the mortal realm; it is the confusion of mistaking what one sees and hears and feels for what is real, because senses belonging entirely to the mortal world cannot perceive the full reality available to the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe].
 The [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe] themselves are not seen as granters of wishes or prayers so much as teachers of lessons, and each of them is defined (in mortal terms) by what aspect of life and being they teach lessons about. It is therefore considered desirable to commune with them and receive their advice, whether on particular matters or simply on life in general. But due to the obstruction of [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ], mortals cannot clearly interpret or even detect the words of the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe], and much of the practice of [ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ] therefore involves the various ways of ameliorating or circumventing this limitation.
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 The religion is dominated by a class of spiritual specialists whose roles involve assisting others in receiving messages from the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe], such as augurs attempting to interpret the signs and marks that they leave in the mortal world, or as shamans guiding practitioners on journeys through the confusion of [kɯɬ.ˌtam.ɡ͜ʘe.ˈɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ] via altered states of consciousness. Psychoactive substances, such as the bracket fungus called [[species:bilaak-tesh|[ˌɡ͜ʘi.ɬaːkʰ.ˈtʰeʃ]]], often play a role in these latter experiences.
-Despite the low regard in which [[chosen:|witches]] are held in many [[takma:]] cultures, they have an unusually honored, if uneasy, place in [ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ] and the cultures shaped by it, such as that of the [[ethnicity:kiilpam|[ˈkʰiːɬ.k͜ʘam.ɡ͜ʘe]]]. Their [[chosen:magic:]] is considered to be a manifestation of the ability to tap into the energies of the world of the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe]. They have no more ability to //see// that world than any other mortal, and are therefore not automatically in the same class as the spiritual specialists, though it is not unknown for a witch to also become a shaman. But that they can bring the true world's effects into mortal perception makes them revered, almost a form of living message from the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe].
+Despite the low regard in which [[chosen:|witches]] are held in many [[takma:]] cultures, they have an unusually honored, if uneasy, place in [ˈmaŋ.kɯ.kʰaɬ] and the cultures shaped by it, such as that of the [[ethnicity:kiilpam|[ˈkʰiːɬ.k͜ʘam.ɡ͜ʘe]]]. Their [[chosen:magic:]] is considered to be a manifestation of the ability to tap into the energies of the world of the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe]. They have no more ability to //see// that world than any other mortal, and are therefore not automatically in the same class as the spiritual specialists, though it is not unknown for a witch to also become a shaman. But that they can bring the true world's effects into mortal perception makes them revered, almost a form of living message from the [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe]; the augurs in particular therefore have a close relationship with the witches and spend considerable time around them.
 ===== Known [ˈŋatʰ.ɡ͜ʘe] =====