Explore your spiritual connection to the earth
with meditations derived from the
ancient Shinto rituals of Japan.

Shinto Meditations
For Revering the Earth

STUART D. B. PICKEN

Introduction by Yukitaka Yamamoto,
High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine

128 pp, 5 1/2 x 7", paper, 16 illustrations
ISBN 1-880656-66-3, $12.95


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"Gathers common features of natural religion from different faith traditions and
shows how they can be used in a shinto context to revere the earth
and cultivate human spirituality."
YUKITAKA YAMAMOTO, HIGH PRIEST OF TSUBAKI GRAND SHRINE

Discover a new sense of reverence for the natural world with this collection of Shinto-inspired devotions. With each meditation—gazing up into the treetops, listening to thunder, sitting atop a stone, feeling the rain fall on our skin—we awaken to the cosmic content within each of us. We learn to respect our planet and the miracle of all life and existence.

Eight seasonal meditations are included as call-and-response litanies for use during a solitary moment or in a worship group, indoors or outside in the Cathedral of Great Nature. Also included are steps for performing misogi (waterfall purification), an introduction to Shinto and its roots in nature, and resources for learning more about Shinto practice in North America.

STUART D. B. PICKEN, an ordained minister in the Church of Scotland, has taught religion in Japan since 1972 and is international advisor to the High Priest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine.