X-Minds - Iceland's Guides to the Invisible Worldbr br Iceland is a country on a volcano. The land here seems to be breathing: scorching steam bleeds from the Earth's depths, geysers throw up water into the air, volcanoes erupt on a regular basis. This background of fantastic nature, earthquakes and eruptions makes it crystal clear why Icelanders have such a profound belief in the supernatural. Little has changed in local people with the advent of Christianity a thousand years ago: pagan ancestral beliefs are very strong here even today.