Category: Misogi (Page 2 of 2)

Misogi and baptism

Water immersion

It’s well-known how much religions have in common and how often they replicate each other, but a visit to Ravenna brought home to me how central the notion of purification by water has been in differing cultures.

Brought … Read the rest

Summer solstice

 

For the summer solstice celebration last year I went to the Meoto rocks near Ise where I participated in the morning misogi done in the Pacific. It is timed to coincide with sunrise on the year’s longest day, and … Read the rest

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