Whether you are planning to visit the actual sites or take a virtual journey, this guide is the perfect companion. Visit Joseph Cali’s Shinto Shrines of Japan: The Blog Guide: http://shintoshrinesofjapanblogguide.blogspot.jp/.
The Centrality of Rice In describing the ecology of ESulalu, it becomes clear that the forest, the estuaries and marshes, and the rice paddies were the primary areas of economic activity. Rice farming, however, shaped the way that all ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The greater part of the book is a definitive exploration, on a basis that is at once thematic and chronological, of the major saints cults of medieval England, from the Norman Conquest to the Reformation.
Apart from the absence of pilgrims, the new physical features (that he accurately portrays) are striking. ... Note, too, in the 1790s that the Inner Shrine's old kami hall, vacated by the Sun Goddess in the 1789 sengū still stands on ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This volume traces the development of the veneration of relics in Europe and how these objects were often catalysts for the establishment of major pilgrimage sites that are still in use today.
This sometimes happened with overseas shrines, although geography or practical concerns often took precedence over historical connection when deciding the location of a new shrine. Older shrines also repositioned their kami as ...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
The tradition of home shrines first began evolving in the American Southwest during the Mexican colonial period, when priests often travelled to homes to perform mass, novenas, baptisms, and marriages,...