Shinto: (The Way of the Gods)
Shinto: (The Way of the Gods)
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It seems possible that in Shinto at least this was the origin of the simple folding of the hands in prayer^ common to so many nations, and explained by anthropologists as the attitude of an unresisting sup- pliant holding out his hands for the cord.
Other Gestures,— Respect may also be shown by raising objects to the forehead or placing them on the head (tta- daku)^ as the most honourable and important part of the body. This is done in the case of the implements used m the greater divination. A...mong less formal gestures used in worship are reverent upward looks {awogu)^ an almost 11' J95' ito woksitlp.
instinctive practice, which has its root in the idea that Heaven is the dwelling-place of the Gods, and has certainly nothing to do with ghost-worship.
I cannot point to any case of prostration or of uncovering the feet as a form of Shinto worship. Uncovering the head is known in modem times, but I do not ffnd it mentioned in the older ritual.
Offerings. — As the attitude of devotees towards myth varies according to their intelligence and culture, some distinguishing, more or less clearly, between the truth which it adumbrates and its fictitious embroidery, and others accepting it indiscriminately as absolute fact, as the image is by some regarded simply as an aid to devo- tion and by others as a true representation of the God, or even as the God himself, so in the case of offerings, a double current of opinion is to be traced.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It seems possible that in Shinto at least this was the origin of the simple folding of the hands in prayer^ common to so many nations, and explained by anthropologists as the attitude of an unresisting sup- pliant holding out his hands for the cord.
Other Gestures,— Respect may also be shown by raising objects to the forehead or placing them on the head (tta- daku)^ as the most honourable and important part of the body. This is done in the case of the implements used m the greater divination. A...mong less formal gestures used in worship are reverent upward looks {awogu)^ an almost 11' J95' ito woksitlp.
instinctive practice, which has its root in the idea that Heaven is the dwelling-place of the Gods, and has certainly nothing to do with ghost-worship.
I cannot point to any case of prostration or of uncovering the feet as a form of Shinto worship. Uncovering the head is known in modem times, but I do not ffnd it mentioned in the older ritual.
Offerings. — As the attitude of devotees towards myth varies according to their intelligence and culture, some distinguishing, more or less clearly, between the truth which it adumbrates and its fictitious embroidery, and others accepting it indiscriminately as absolute fact, as the image is by some regarded simply as an aid to devo- tion and by others as a true representation of the God, or even as the God himself, so in the case of offerings, a double current of opinion is to be traced.
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