Magic Monday

[ecosophia]

It's almost midnight, so here we go with a new Magic Monday. The picture is Max Heindel, founder of the Rosicrucian Fraternity, one of the big four American Rosicrucian orders during the golden age of American occultism -- that was most of a century ago, in case you were wondering.

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Shinto and Druidry (and magic)

[(Anonymous)]

Dear Archdruid,

To my great delight there is a Shinto shrine near me, and I intend to start visiting and praying there regularly.

I know you are familiar with Shinto yourself, so perhaps you can help me with this: Do you happen to know if Shinto rituals and meditation conflict with Western magical practice?

I am doing the entire SOP (including the grail workings) daily, as wel as the Nine Hazels Druid Qi Gong, and I intend to eventually do DOGD workings daily, too.
I know that Japanese martial arts mostly dropped the energy-circulating practices they inherited from China, and are thus wonderfully compatible with Western Magic. Does this extend to Shinto?


Yours in Druidry,
Brigyn

Re: Shinto and Druidry (and magic)

[ecosophia]

Participating in Shinto rituals in no way conflicts with magic or Druidry; I did both for several years with entirely good results, and would still be doing so if there was a Shinto shrine in Rhode Island! I don't know how the distinctive Shinto meditation practices, such as chinkon gyoho, mesh with Western magic or Druidry, as I didn't experiment with them, but regular attendance at a shrine is perfectly safe, and spiritually beneficial.

Re: Shinto and Druidry (and magic)

[(Anonymous)]

Excellent, thank you!
-Brigyn

Re: Shinto and Druidry (and magic)

[tunesmyth]

Brigyn, if it's not something you mind sharing, I'm curious where you live? There are only a handful of active shrines outside the island of Japan-- specifically in Hawaii, Washington, California, Holland, and San Marino. I wonder if there may be something in Brazil as well, due to the large Japanese-origin community, though I haven't heard of one specifically yet.

Anyway, is it one of those? And if not, I'm very curious to know about it.