Sonny Davidson

“Shintoism believes that every element, whether place, animal, person, or thing or whether living or non-living, has a soul. This soul can be divided into four distinct parts or spirits including: Negi-mitama or the harmonious soul Ara-mitama or the harsh soul Saki-mitama or the happy soul Kushi-mitama or the wondrous soul While the soul consists of all the above four spirits, or parts, external factors decide which spirit is dominant in a particular state. The phenomenon of one soul, four spirits in Shintoism is called Ichirei Shikon.”
― Vincent Miller, Shinto - The Way of the Gods: Introduction to the Traditional Religion of Japan

“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

“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

“Biology is not going to put us out of business. The new knowledge that geneticists and neuroscientists are providing, conjoined with the kinds of analyses we do best, will enable us to take giant strides in understanding how societies, polities, and economies really function. We are like physicists at the outset of the nineteenth century, who were poised at a moment in history that would produce Ampères and Faradays.”
― Charles Murray, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class