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Shinto - The Way of the Gods: Introduction to the Traditional Religion of Japan by Vincent Miller

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sacred mountain is called and worshipped as kannabi. Majestic, unique, or striking rock formations are called iwakura and are worshipped as yorishiro. Large beautiful forest areas are referred to as himorobi, and ancient trees are ...more

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“Being excessively harsh and violent, even during adversities, will result in a person being perceived as oppressive and having a hurtful behavior towards others. During the dominance of ara-mitama aspect, you may see others from an egotistical perspective and being aware of this will help you moderate yourself in a better way.”
― Vincent Miller, Shinto - The Way of the Gods: Introduction to the Traditional Religion of Japan

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“The explicit rejection of a role for biology in the social sciences occurred from the end of the nineteenth through the beginning of the twentieth centuries, with the leading roles played by Émile Durkheim in sociology, Franz Boas in anthropology, and John Watson in psychology.3”
― Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

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“The sciences form a hierarchy. “Physics rests on mathematics, chemistry on physics, biology on chemistry, and, in principle, the social sciences on biology,” wrote evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers.”
― Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

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“biology, with devastating effects.”2 Why the resistance? Because the social sciences have been in the grip of an orthodoxy that is scared stiff of biology.”
― Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

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“Kushi-Mitama or the Wondrous SoulThis spiritual form of the soul is believed to be the counterpart of the Happy Soul and in fact, is considered to be prosperity itself. When the wondrous soul is in a powerful state, then the individual remains in a state of wisdom, opening the mind’s eyes, helping us see the wonder of the universe and mankind, and understand things beyond the superficial which, in turn, helps us overcome biased perspectives, and see everything for what it truly is.”
― Vincent Miller, Shinto - The Way of the Gods: Introduction to the Traditional Religion of Japan

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