/jp/ - Otaku Culture

[Anonymous No.]

Anyone have any good books about Shintoism?

I wanna invent a new religion that's like Christianity mixed with Shintoism.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030713
Ask a monk.

[Anonymous No.]

that gets done like every other week by some new-ager who thinks he's l ron hubbard and people will buy him yachts

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030713
Implying we would ever give a real answer to an awful op image of juniber jones or lee.

One of the worst shows that ever aired.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030713
It already exists. It's called catholicism. Same crap, really. Paganism + rites + some traces of christianity.

[Anonymous No.]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=sr_nr_n_1?rh=n%3A12482%2Ck%3Ashinto&keywords=shinto

[Anonymous No.]

oh and watch Ghost Hound too, it's super weird and has shinto stuff in it

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030736
Oh please. mah catholic paganism

[Anonymous No.]

Have your followers drink the kool-aid?? whee

[Anonymous No.]

the essence of shinto

[Anonymous No.]

>Shintoism
vaguely is the topic of some games that're popular on these boards.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030727
Well I'm a puella magi, and Christianity + Shinto is the secret to destroying witches forevs.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030756
Will playing these games give me a better understanding of Shinto?

[Anonymous No.]

laughing my ass off here

[Anonymous No.]

That's great and all, but I don't think you have considered the most important part: What is the miko uniform going to look like?

[Anonymous No.]

>books about Shintoism

There aren't any, because Shintoists are born and raised into their religion. The fact that you're asking for books just shows your western bias; you expect every religion to be like Christianity where its practitioners are constantly thrusting holy books in your face.

[Anonymous No.]

Pretty sure something like that already exists.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030787
There are plenty nerdlord weebmaster.

[Anonymous No.]

Well that's not a good idea my friend

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030787
He's not necessarily looking for a holy book, just information on the religious beliefs.

Don't worry, OP, there's books on Shintoism. /jp/ isn't the best place to ask, though. /lit/ might give you a better answer.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030713

Whats your new religions stance of sleeping all day and playing touhou at night?

[Anonymous No.]

>>11030787
>>11031098
I think the official scriptures to the govt.-associated variety of shinto are available online if you know Japanese. I've never checked so I don't know where, but I betcha they indeed are.

This isn't the yazidi religion we're talking about here, "shinto" just means native folk religion in Japan, or at least the parts of which aren't explicitly exclusively Buddhist.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11031101
If he is a NEET, I expect it to find an excuse for wasting away his life.

Even reclusive monks from most other religions find an occupation or work to support their (modest) lifestyles.

These abbots in norway make some good beer, ya know?

[Anonymous No.]

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/Shinto

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto

Information is not hard to find.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11031260
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
wait, wow, even just the bibliography&links section on this, hol-lyshit

what an era we live in, eh? I mean, like, wow

[Anonymous No.]

Katigawa, M. J. (1987). On understanding Japanese religion. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

I liked that one.

[Anonymous No.]

>>11031260
>implying the "useful notes" aren't just bullshit someone pulled out of his ass

[Anonymous No.]

Modern Japan: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Goto-Jones

[Anonymous No.]

Shinto a shit.
Real men are taoists

[Anonymous No.]

I hate you, OP