Виждането за душата в Япония през съвременната епоха. Идеята „Ичи рей ши кон“
The article describes the idea of “Ichirei shikon” – a concept specific to Japanese Shintoism, according to which the immaterial part of man consists of four souls united in one spirit. It looks into the prevalent shintoist views on the human soul in the Kindai period (19th – 20th century) and the ideas of such scholars as Atsutane Hirata, Masayuki Suzuki and Chikaatsu Honda, whose views have played a key role in shaping the ideology of modern Shintoism, become the base of most of the so-called “new religions” and paved the way of modern spiritualism in Japan.
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