Occult Japan: Or the Way of the Gods, an Esoteric Study of Japanese Personality and Possession (Classic Reprint)

OCCULT JAPAN. ONTAKE. nJN the heart of Japan, withdrawn ~ alike by distance and by height from the commonplaces of the every-day world, rises a mountain known as Ontake or the Honorable Peak. It is a fine volcanic mass, sundered by deep valley-clefts from the great Hida-Shinshiu range, amidst which it stands dignifiedly aloof. Active once, it has been inactive now beyond the memory of Ulan. Yet its form lets one divine what it must have been in its day. For upon its summit are the crumbling walls of eight succeSSIve craters, piled in parapet up into the sky. It is not dead; it slumbers. For on its western face a single solfatara sends heavenward long, slender filaments of vapor, faintTable of Contents CONTENTS; PAGE; ONTAKE • • • • • • • • 1; SHINTO • • • • 16; lfIRACLES · • • • • • • 36; INCARNATIONS • • • • 97; PILGRDIAGES AND THE PILGRIM CLUBS • 193; THE GOHEI • • • 230; THE SHRINES OF ISE • • • 270; NOUMENA:; SELF • • 278; SELFHOOD A FORCE • • • • 0 • 285; POSSESSION • • 290; VILL • • • • • • 2gB; SELF AS IDEAS • • • 304; IDEAS A lfODE OF :MOTION • • • • 307; IDEAS A FORCE • • • 317; INDIVIDUALITY • • • • 320; THE JAPANESE CHARACTER · • • • 323; DREA~IS • • • • 332; HYPNOTIC TRANCES • • • • 343; POSSESSION TRANCES • • • • • 355; THE SHINTO GODS • • • • 368About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the difficult to read text.