In the midst of all this Mr Thubron ACTS like a kind of secular shaman, allowing himself to be possessed by the many spirits of the place without succumbing to their power.
在朝圣的队伍中，休布伦先生倒像是个世俗的萨满，允许自己心怀此地的神灵却从不屈服于神明的力量。
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The use that was made of these beliefs by the powerful (whether that power was secular or clerical) can often look cynical to a modern observer.
由现代人观之，那些世俗或教会权威所订立的信条，不免显得相当愤世嫉俗。
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His slogan "nuclear power is our absolute right" slipped off the tongues of even westernised, secular Iranians.