As folklore would have it, shilajit, traditionally referred to as ”The Destroyer of Weakness”, was found by the ancestors of the langur monkeys. The story goes that the villagers of the Himalayan region observed these white monkeys prying at the cracks of the mountains to retrieve a black tar that was infused within the rock and gravel. During the summer months when the tar/rock was most accessible due to the heat, the monkeys would show up and gather it. Curiosity arose within the people making them ask, what made this substance so naturally attractive to these primates? What was the purpose? One thing led to the next and the observers began to harvest this organic attraction and unleashed its power. The rest is history.