and what we must do to appease them or influence them. The essence of animism is the power they use and the control of it positively or negatively. In Folk Islam there is little effort to develop a single, coherent system of beliefs. Folk Islam is very localized in its beliefs and will vary greatly from place to place and culture to culture, but the central pagan and animistic beliefs are basic to all Folk Muslims. The Folk Muslim does not want to know about the unity of Allah. He wants to know: