ABSTRACT

This classic work describes shamanic figures surviving in Japan today, their initiatory dreams, ascetic practices, the supernatural beings with whom they communicate, and the geography of the other world in myth and legend.

chapter 1|15 pages

The Bridge

chapter 2|16 pages

The Sacred Beings

chapter 3|17 pages

Witch Animals

chapter 4|15 pages

The Other World

chapter 5|18 pages

Ascesis

chapter 6|22 pages

The Ancient Sibyl

chapter 7|13 pages

The Living Goddess

chapter 8|23 pages

The Blind Medium

chapter 9|21 pages

The Ascetic’s Initiation

chapter 10|37 pages

The Visionary Journey

chapter 11|26 pages

The Symbolic Journey

chapter 12|17 pages

The Ascetic’s Power

chapter 13|26 pages

Village Oracles

chapter 14|18 pages

Mountain Oracles

chapter 15|16 pages

Exorcism

chapter 16|3 pages

Conclusion