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The Kapuhenasa is the indigenous religion of the Loa people and is followed by almost the entirety of Takatta Loa, with around 70% practicing it exclusively and the remaining 30% practicing it in tandem with Islam. Originating from the writings of the Anahuenna of the 1500s and subsequent Books of Ecdysis and the teachings of Saȳd Kamáv Istiklav, a [[Kiravia|Kiravian]] Sufi mystic, it developed throughout the late 1700s and 1800s, and came to be called Kapuhenasa first in 1866. His followers were largely local mystics, philosophers and theologians and after his death they adapted his teachings to their local philosophy of “Ecdysis and Imago” as well as the practices of spirit possession. Eventually the Kapuhenasa came to be developed and thought of as its own distinct and organized religion. During the [[Takatta Loa Civil War]] the various entomantic orders, or ‘’[[List of Ilaseuesa|Ilaseuasa]]’’, attempted to exert influence against the various warlords and eventually the secular republican and Muslim factions that came to prominence near the end of the war. When the First Incarnate appeared and began to organize, the ‘’Ilaseuasa’’ rallied all their forces behind her, with many peasants also joining the cause. The Incarnate managed to turn the tide of the war and unite Takatta Loa yet again, despite unorthodox wartime strategies and significant disadvantage. From 1897 to 1970, the Incarnate and the ‘’Ilaseuasa’’ she founded ruled Takatta Loa as an absolute theocracy, effectively cementing the Kapuhenasa as the religion of the state and the people, alongside Islam.