Synopses & Reviews
These devotions inspired by ancient Shinto rituals are a series of calls-and-response that directly address the awesome power of the natural world to heal and restore the soul. Readers are invited to stand before rivers, stones, and trees, to listen to thunder, and to be touched by the wind and rain in order to cultivate a spirit of reverence for Nature and awaken the cosmic content within the human. Included are steps for conducting misogi (waterfall purification) and resources for learning more about Shinto practice in North America.
Stuart Picken, an ordained minister, has taught religion in Japan since 1972 and is international adviser to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine. He is author of Essentials of Shinto.
Synopsis
For more than a thousand years, the religious Shinto rituals of Japan have celebrated Nature's spiritual power to heal, strengthen, and enlighten. In SHINTO MEDITATIONS, these ancient devotions to the Earth will inspire readers to cultivate a new spirit of reverence for the spirituality of the natural world that surrounds us. With each meditation--gazing up into the treetops, listening to thunder, feeling the rain fall on our skin--we awaken to the cosmic content within each of us. Readers will learn how to conduct misogi (the Shinto ritual waterfall purification) and find more information about Shinto practice in North America.
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Inspire and awaken your connection to the Earth with spiritual meditations from the ancient Shinto rituals of Japan.
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The first book in English to apply ancient Japanese Shinto traditions to daily spiritual fulfillment.