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Occult Japan is an esoteric study of Japanese personality and possession based on Japan's indigenous religion, Shinto, and other aspects of Japanese culture, history and heritage. Shinto, also known……続きを見る

First published in 1910, "The Shinto Cult" by Milton Spenser Terry is the substance of a course of lectures on the old Shinto cult which the author has given for a number of years to his classes in ……続きを見る

The martial arts are shrouded in the mystique of Asian lore and nuances. Information is well-known by experienced practitioners, but is often kept as an “open secret” among themselves. Aikido is a s……続きを見る

The Sea and the Sacred in Japan is the first book to focus on the role of the sea in Japanese religions. While many leading Shinto deities tend to be understood today as unrelated to the sea, and mo……続きを見る

Japan's oldest surviving narrative, the eighth-century Kojiki, chronicles the mythical origins of its islands and their ruling dynasty through a diverse array of genealogies, tales, and songs that h……続きを見る

Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history. This much-anticipated sequel t……続きを見る

This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shintō, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of accelerated globalization in recent decades. It ……続きを見る

The Nihon Shoki, translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called the Nihongi (The Japanese Chronicles). It is more elaborate a……続きを見る

The Daruma doll is also known as Dharma doll. Its design is rich in symbolism, and is regarded as a good luck charm by the Japanese. There is an eye-painting custom associated with Daruma doll. 続きを見る

The world is a fine tapestry, ever worked and ever evolving upon the loom of spirit. The worlds of the visible and invisible mesh, and sometimes the unseen is glimpsed between the red posts of the t……続きを見る

The object of this little book is to show how the Mahayanistic view of life and of the world differs markedly from that of Hinayanism, which is generally taken as Buddhism by Westerners, to explain ……続きを見る

Prayer, fasting, and almsgiving are often called “spiritual disciplines.” The term highlights their similarity to physical disciplines. But like a physical fitness program, we can go through the mot……続きを見る

The present work examines the controversies inherent to the issues on shamanic practices, by comparing the different outlooks of the scholars and their methodological approaches, Then, applying to ……続きを見る

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, te……続きを見る

Aikido Ground Fighting presents effective ground techniques that remain true to aikido founder Morehei Ueshiba's teachings while addressing a potential weakness in the system: while aikido is renown……続きを見る

The mythological tanuki was originally depicted as an evil and mischievous animal. After centuries of evolution, it has been turned into a lovable icon of luck and wealth. Tanuki statues are popular……続きを見る

There are various Ways. There is the Way of salvation by the law of Buddha, the Way of Confucius governing the Way of learning, the Way of healing as a doctor, as a poet teaching the Way of Waka, te……続きを見る

EVERY JOURNEY IS AN ADVENTURE, but when a major earthquake strikes Japan, triggering cataclysmic events, the author's travels are cut short. What starts out as a quest to discover the sacred meaning……続きを見る

Elibron Classics. Replica of 1905 edition by Longmans, Green, and Co., London. This is an Illustrated edition. William George Aston (9 April 1841 – 22 November 1911) was a British diplomat, author a……続きを見る

Immortal Wishes is a powerful ethnographic rendering of religious experiences of landscape, healing, and self-fashioning on a northern Japanese sacred mountain. Working at the intersection of anthro……続きを見る

Origines bouddhiques - Émile Senart Émile Charles Marie Senart (1847 - 1928) est un indianiste français. Outre de nombreux travaux épigraphiques, on lui doit notamment plusieurs traductions en franç……続きを見る

Rituals reflecting Shinto culture and beliefs, many of them drawing on the mythology of Shinto as reflected in the earlier Kojiki. In most cases the rituals take the form of prayers, but in some ins……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS I. Materials for the Study of Shinto II. General Features--Personification III. General Features--Deification of Men IV. General Features--……続きを見る

This edition features a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS The Country Is Shinto a Religion? Origin and Relative Age of the People Meaning of the Term Shinto Sources of Information Jap……続きを見る

A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan. 続きを見る

Voici un livre qui ne se lit pas nécessairement du début à la fin, mais que l’on peut parcourir au hasard de ses deux cents petits textes, pour lever le voile sur une habitude, une croyance, un pays……続きを見る

Naikan is a Japanese psychotherapeutic method which combines meditation-like body engagement with the recovery of memory and the reconstruction of one's autobiography in order to bring about healing……続きを見る

Originally published in 1934, this book contains a wealth of information on Shintoism, the indigenous religion of Japan, and is highly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of any with an inter……続きを見る

Beyond the Lectionary gives preachers a new year of Biblical texts that are not found on Sundays (or other mainline Protestant holy days) in the three-year cycle of the Revised Common Lectionary. It……続きを見る

The Japanese Middle Ages were a period when forms of secrecy dominated religious practice. This fascinating collection traces out the secret characteristics and practices in Japanese religion, as we……続きを見る