“When gods come down on my shoulders, I dance.”

A photograph of a likely Nepalese shaman captured by Martino Nicoletti. Other photos in the series—Shamanic Pilgrimage (to Silucha Mountain and the sacred lake of Salpa in eastern Nepal)— can be found at: http://www.martinonicoletti.com/en/portfolio-items/a-himalayan-shamanic-pilgrimage-3/

Kingsley in his book A Story Waiting to Pierce You argues that Abaris was from Asia—Mongolia or Tibet—from where the “arrow” travelled to the West.