ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...
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Shinto in the ancient period -- The Kami in myth -- The coalescence of early Shinto -- Shinto during the middle and late Heian period, tenth through twelfth centuries -- The esotericization of ...
Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests watch as woodsmen, clad in ceremonial white, fell two ancient cypress trees. Their axes strike from three precise directions, timed with ...