Shinto: The Way of Gods (8/2/24)

Joseph Campbell alluded to the folk religion of Japan, Shinto - which is not really a religion - as preserving a sort of unpolluted version of humanity's spiritual past. Although developing out of Buddhism and Daoism, themselves probably originating in India - minus regional cultural additions - Shinto is a Japanese practice distinctly separate from Buddhism at its core. Whereas Buddhists see the world as suffering, Shinto observers see the world as harmonious and try to work with that harmony in daily life. Many of the Shinto practices and rituals, and its background mythos, can be compared with other faith-based religions in particular and comparative mythology in general. It preserves this sort of proof that humans, no matter where they developed, and although they may use different words, are all really interacting with the same spiritual forces. In Shinto, there is no founder, holy books, heaven or hell, supreme deity, or even moral code, though such a code is baked into the practice and at the heart of water purifications. The word itself means 'Way of the Gods', obviously sharing a relationship with Buddha's Middle Way, Allah's Way, and the Way of Jesus Christ. -FREE ARCHIVE & RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-secret-teachings Twitter: https://twitter.com/TST___Radio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thesecretteachings WEBSITE (BOOKS, RESUBSCRIBE for early show access): http://thesecretteachings.info Paypal: [email protected] CashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: [email protected] / [email protected] a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-secret-teachings--5328407/support.Thank you for supporting independent, unbiased inquiry into the mysteries of our world.