Green Shinto would like to wish its readers all the best for the winter solstice as those of us in the northern hemisphere pass through the darkest days of the annual cycle with revelry and Yuletide fires to ward … Read the rest
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Today being Halloween is a timely moment to think of the connections between the western tradition and that of Obon in Japan, which takes place in midsummer. Both centre around the spirits of the dead, but whereas Obon is … Read the rest
Following on from the posting about the Sounds of Shinto, a piece in the Huffington Post suggests that sound may also have played a part in the spirituality of Stonehenge. The article is of interest because rocks and megaliths … Read the rest
Japan Today carries a report of an interesting midwinter festival in northern Japan. Fifteen “namahage” bearing torches of fire come down a mountain on Sunday night at the 51st Namahage Sedo Festival. Held over three nights every February in … Read the rest
This is the second part of an article comparing the Greek tradition with Shinto by Erik, author of the now-retired ExecutivePagan blog where some of the material for the article below originally appeared in 2007. (For Part One, click … Read the rest
Comparisons of Shinto with other traditions often prove illuminating, and we’re lucky to have among the readership someone with expertise in the Greek tradition – Erik, author of the now-retired ExecutivePagan blog where some of the material for the … Read the rest
There are people who like to promote the idea that Shinto is somehow special or ‘unique’. It’s not. It’s part of a community of pagan religions, and a Green Shinto reader named Malaz who is a priest of Sekhmet … Read the rest