shugendo studies oceania

Shugendō (修験道) is a 1300+ year-old syncretic tradition of training and testing, characterised by meditation, pilgrimage and periodic retreats centered on ritual death & rebirth.

The Koshikidake (甑嶽山) sect's root temple, Kannon-ji (観音寺), is located in Yamagata prefecture, Japan. This is the branch-site of a practitioner located in Meanjin (Brisbane, Australia).

REBIRTH THROUGH NATURE

shugendo studies oceania

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