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"Hey Zoe, how's that Cleyera episode going?"

"O-oh."

"Zoe are you ok?" No :)

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"Hey Zoe, how's that Cleyera episode going?"

"O-oh."

"Zoe are you ok?" No :)

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*stares at the camera*

Has this been done before? Idk here’s my crack at it anyway

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Oracles of the Three Shrines / Sanja Takusen　（三社託宣)

This is one of my favourite teachings and piece of Shinto history. I've always really liked these, so I wanted to share with you all! It has a bit of a controversial history as you can read on the Kokugaukuin entry, but, it's important to note this - "However, even if assuming they were a forgery, the content of the oracles still had moral efficacy.

The oracles were thus not rejected as an effective means of cultivating the morals of the common people such as bringing about a sense of devotion for the kami, and won support from adherents of popular Shinto (tsūzoku shintō), teachers of practical ethics (sekimon shingaku) and persons connected with Buddhism espousing the unity of the three teachings, i.e. Shintō, Buddhism, and Confucianism.

A vast amount of handbooks, picture scrolls and prints were produced for the common people.

Moreover, pious associations (kō) offering dedicatory lanterns (tōrō) to the three shrines were formed in various places.

Faith in the sansha takusen deeply permeated the whole country and did not abate throughout the early modern period.."

(Additionally, many Sanja Takusen shrines for the three Kami-sama were enshrined and established together at particular Jinja, I remember in particular Kibitsu Jinja has a space for them!)

I adjusted the official English translation slighty (you can see the official one on Kokugakuin here) And, I've also included easy to read Japanese and explanation in Japanese as well - courtesy from this website page and the author

These teachings emphasize honesty, sincerity (spiritual 'cleanliness' / clarity), and mercy / compassion

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Amaterasu Omikami-sama:

"If you plot and scheme to deceive people, you may fool them for a while, and even seem to have profited from doing so. But you will without fail be visited by divine retribution. To be deeply sincere and honest may have people shun you and speak ill of you, but in the end, such a person will receive the blessings of the sun and moon."

【天照皇大神宮】

ぼうけいはがんぜんのりじゅんたりといえども、かならずしんめいのばつにあたる。謀計は眼前の利潤たりと雖も、必ず神明の罰に当る。

訳：謀をめぐらして人を欺くことは、目前の利益になるかもしれないが、必ず神様の罰にあたるぞ。

しょうじきはいったんのえこにあらずといえども、ついにはにちげつのあわれみをこうむる。正直は一旦の依怙に非ずと雖も、終には日月の憐れみを蒙る。

訳：正しき直きこころはその場のたのみにならない場合もあるかもしれないが、最終的には神様の恵みをいただくぞ。

Hachiman Okami-sama:

"Follow sincerity without fail. Though one could attempt to eat a red-hot ball of iron, one must never eat food from a person with an insincere heart. Though one might sit above a blazing fire hot enough to melt copper, one must never go into the place of a person of an insincere mind. This is to keep a clear heart."

【八幡大菩薩】

てつがんをしょくすといえども、こころけがれたるひとのものをうけず。 　鐵丸を食すと雖も、心汚れたる人の物を受けず。  　

訳：たとえ、食べ物がなく鉄の塊を食べたとし 　　ても、心汚れた人の食べ物は受けるなよ。

Kasuga Okami-sama:

【春日大明神】

"Even though you may see someone of a household who seems to have managed for long to avoid misfortune, the Kami will not enter into the household of a person with a perverse and cruel disposition. On the other hand, even though a man be in mourning for his father and mother*, if he is a man of compassion, the Kami will enter in his home. Compassion is all important."

せんにちのしめをひくといえども、じゃけんのいえにはいたらず。千日の注連(しめ)を曳くと雖も、邪見の家には到らず。

訳：たとえ、長い期間に亙って神聖な生活をしていて汚れていなくても、邪な家には行ってはいけない。

じゅうふくしんこうたりといえども、じひのしつにおもむくべし。重服深厚たりと雖も、慈悲の室に赴くべし。

訳：たとえ、重い忌服であったとしても、死の穢れを厭うことなく、哀れみ慈しみ深い家には行かなければならない。

*[Traditionally, there is an idea someone in mourning would be considered to have kegare, negative energy, bad energy - and therefore the Kami-sama would avoid them and they should avoid the Kami-sama. But the teaching here says even though he is in mourning and may have kegare, his heart is pure and compassionate, so the Kami-sama will enter his home regardless]

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Furlough, an exploding beer, a dead fridge, and unexpected government paperwork were the least of it

Oy vey.

-Nyri

Hey Zoe here

Pulling back the curtain just a little bit here: Yeah our October episode is delayed.

In our defense, I got fired, Nyri got Furloughed, I lost the place I was living in, and a lot of other things happened.

So please be patient with us as we are having technical difficulties of a type.

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Hey Zoe here

Pulling back the curtain just a little bit here: Yeah our October episode is delayed.

In our defense, I got fired, Nyri got Furloughed, I lost the place I was living in, and a lot of other things happened.

So please be patient with us as we are having technical difficulties of a type.

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Zoe Speaking:

Yeah they give us headaches too

Shinto Subreddit Selections

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So, about the October episode

Hey ya'll

So… Nyri has been furloughed from her journalism gig, and I had to move because of conflict with my now ex.

So… sorry for the delay. We're getting back to it as the Kami are getting back to us all.

Thank you all for your patience. 🙇‍♀️

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HELLO TUMBLR

Hey, so it's been a bit of a stressful summer, but Nyri and I are going to be recording today!

If you do want us to answer your questions, please feel free to put some Q's into our ask box and we'll answer them.

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Folks, Cleyera episode 12 is up! Please give it a listen and let us know what you think. Remember, we also welcome your questions!

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I had a dream that Joe Biden addressed the nation wearing a Miko robe like a Shinto priestess. He was also visibly 8 months pregnant. He didn't talk about that until the press asked him about it, to which he replied "I bear the child of a great spirit" as if that was like, something mildly inconvenient like getting stuck in traffic.

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Folks, today I presented on kitsune lore in Miyagi Prefecture, at Anthrocon 2023. If you're reading this and you were there-- hi! Please drop us a follow and send us asks!

About 90 minutes #Screaming about Tohoku, folklorists of the early Showa era, my grudge against the University of Pittsburgh, and why Katsumata Yazaemon and some Edo-period NIMBYs really should've just let the kitsune have their soba.

Thank you for dropping by! I hope to present again next year. And in the meantime, now that my presentation is done, I can wrap up edits on Episode 12 of the podcast and get that to you in the not too distant future.

Thanks again for a wonderful event today!

-Nyri

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Hey, Zoe here.

I'm reblogging this because Nyri and I have said that big nature energy is part of Shinto and very important to it. While I do wax eloquent on the beauty of roads and circuit boards, I cannot emphasize enough the beauty and power of nature and trees.

Please take a few moments to watch the tik-tok and then sign the above.

Help save mature forests in the US

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Got that Chloe Price brain rot

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Further my Ujigami sama has been depicted as a man, a woman and an androgynous being.

Just saying.

-Zoe

Folks, in my capacity writing for Unseen Japan, I have just covered the story of Amagasaki Ebisu Jinja, a shrine in Hyogo Prefecture which is leading the way in that prefecture in welcoming queer couples for weddings. Please give it a read.

--Nyri

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I mean, as far as I'm concerned, ain't nothin' straight about Ame no Uzume's divine burlesque that brought Amaterasu Ōmikami out of the cave.

-Nyri

Folks, in my capacity writing for Unseen Japan, I have just covered the story of Amagasaki Ebisu Jinja, a shrine in Hyogo Prefecture which is leading the way in that prefecture in welcoming queer couples for weddings. Please give it a read.

--Nyri

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Folks, in my capacity writing for Unseen Japan, I have just covered the story of Amagasaki Ebisu Jinja, a shrine in Hyogo Prefecture which is leading the way in that prefecture in welcoming queer couples for weddings. Please give it a read.

--Nyri