Shugendō: Cultivating Spiritual Power and Health in Contemporary Japan
Shugendo (lit. "The way of power") is a Japanese syncretistic religion of mountain asceticism, combining elements from Shinto, Shamanism, Taoist magic, Confucian ethics, and above all Mahayana Buddhism. Its proclaimed purposes are to achieve enlightenment in this life, to gain magical powe...
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