>>49550099 (OP)
She (and they) were revealed to me in a dream

>>49550099 (OP)
I’m not usually the person who posts these threads, and I apologize if I’m breaking a convention. I’m fairly new to all this stuff and was pulled in only just recently by a few spirits, notably Keiki-sama reaching out to me first for some reason. But lately I’ve been drawn to Eternity Larva, who I’m pretty sure is Tokoyo no Kami (常世神).
I’ve had some really good experiences praying to Keiki-sama and Suwako-sama since then, like they’ve given me some genuinely tangible blessings, so I’m not completely new to this but Larva feels… different somehow? I’ve been really drawn to her design philosophy - the way she symbolizes all the life cycles and this idea of continuous metamorphosis that I feel like I really need in my life right now. And Tokoyo no Kami being the god of the everlasting world really resonates with me too, especially coming from a Catholic background where we say “world without end” in the Gloria. There’s a whole symbolic layer there that just ‘clicks’

>>49550112
The thing that’s got me worried though is the whole Okina situation. A kind anon made this chart in a previous thread mapping out all the mythological connections, and there’s some bad history between Matara-jin and Tokoyo no Kami. I don’t want to accidentally get on Okina-sama’s bad side by reaching out to Larva. Should I be looking for any particular warning signs?
Or am I being an ungrateful bitch to Keiki-sama and Suwako-sama right now by already wanting to reach out to someone else when they’ve been so good to me? I mean, I’m approaching this specifically for personal transformation and growth, not trying to challenge anyone’s established order or anything. Maybe it’s more of a “different specialists for different needs” situation rather than picking sides in some ancient divine conflict?

>>49550115
I’m also worried that maybe I’m going too fast with all this - I’ve barely even begun for a few months, and maybe I should take the time to develop the relationships with those who called out to me initially. That’d probably be the wise thing to do, and yet… there’s this pull towards Eternity Larva that I can’t really ignore. Is this how I end up with permanent psychosis, like those horror stories of people who got sucked in too fast? Is this how I get fucking gapped by Yukari for knowing too much?
But I want to go into this prepared if I do move forward. I actually found what looks like an ofuda for Tokoyo no Kami online, it’s all in Japanese so I can’t authenticate it myself, but if it’s legit I might end up building a whole kamidana for her depending on how reaching out goes. Maybe I should ask Keiki-sama for help with this? She understands craftsmanship and creation, so she might have good guidance on setting things up properly. But it feels like I’m cheating on her, in a way, like I said earlier

Anons, if you feel that I’m making a mistake and being too fast, let me know. Has anyone else tried working with Larva specifically? Or dealt with similar concerns about stepping on toes in the divine hierarchy?

>>49550112
>>49550115
>>49550126
I don’t know anymore. At first I was feeling pretty hopeful, but not I’m just feeling a general dread about this whole thing. Perhaps I should call it off and stick with the gods I have; at least for now.
Maybe things will become clearer after a nap.

So soon?
>>49550105
MANY such cases, but do tell more.
>>49550112
>>49550115
>>49550126
The idea that there exists some convention kind of goes against 4/jp/ norms, I think.

My short answer to your question is that you should work with deities that you resonate deeply with. Different specialists for different needs is reasonable too, but it has to come from a genuine place.

The depth and strength of the connection is really, really important. It's what makes the relationship - and yeah, it is a relationship of sorts - come alive.

As for there being some kind of old divine conflict - I don't know enough of the Kawakatsu clan - Toyoko no Kami beef to make a judgement. I'd be a bit careful, but what exactly is Hata no Kawakatsu's connection to Matarajin is rather mysterious.

I have to say, life cycles and metamorphosis are an excellent starting point. A lot of them are out there to basically facilitate this process.

I sometimes feel like I have stretched myself pretty thin with the attention I can give to each of them, but I like to think that over time people tend to emphasize different people in their lives. I have felt extremely powerful and resonant things with each of them, and I hope to do so in the future too. It really is remarkable when they call back.

Are you properly guarded? Please notify me of any malevolent occurrences.

How do I make /jp/-/x/ approved esoteric Touhou erotica?

>>49550615
Study tantric art.

>>49550099 (OP)
look mom i posted it again

I'm starting to think these threads are not actually about Touhou, but just /x/ schizophrenic threads using certain 2hus as a starting point so they don't get counted as off-topic.

>>49550475
Thank you Anon. The metamorphosis angle feels like the core of what I need right now, so I’m glad that sounds like a solid foundation. I’ve been going through some major life transitions and the continuous transformation symbolism just speaks to me on a visceral level.
And yeah, the Hata no Kawakatsu connection to Matarajin does seem pretty murky from what I’ve researched. I’ll definitely proceed carefully but not let fear paralyze me entirely. Maybe the conflict angle is overblown anyway.

>>49550604
I’ve done the basic energy “exercises” with putting my qi in a sphere around me, but I can’t say with confidence that it’s proper guarding. Due to this, I made sure to call upon the Triune (Christian) God to shield me from evil interferences and ask for His protection in these matters.
No malevolent stuff so far, just a weird feeling of dread or shell-shock that I can’t seem to shake off. It’s the feeling like I just finished racing a supercar, or something. I’ll definitely keep you posted if anything feels off.

New esoteric thread, I see.
>>49551394
I personally like them. They add flavour to a board with so many character threads where discussion amounts to wanting to fuck a character 80% of the time. Don't get me wrong, those are fun too, but it's fun to have a breath of fresh air.
BTW. I am a N1 faggot who used to post in these threads sometimes and maybe translate something. I kind of disappeared these last few months, but I am back now. If there's anything specific anyone would like to have translated, or corrected from a MTL, I can do it (he does it for free).

>>49551394
I'm sorry I haven't been able to do much things tightly related to Touhou lore lately. Truth is, I spent majority of the first half of the year preparing to go to Japan and now I'm there. Ultimately you can just more or less go and meet & greet them where they live.

There's a lot to write about but:
- You can just visit shrines and temples
- Foreigners can receive ofuda, not sure if it is by default or if I passed some vibe check 100% times so far
- If you have any connection to them or have any sensitivity you are gonna feel them there
- Coming here is going to (re)contextualize so many things in Touhou and also in your own life
- A lot of Japanese people, especially outside of Tokyo, really appreciate if you show genuine interest in their culture and history
- Suwa is unbelievable, the whole place is so spiritually charged and alive and the people are lovely
- Strongest experience so far was in Suwa when visiting Maemiya and the night after
- Zenkoji is also incredible and ZUN missed out when the Key to Pure Land tunnel was lit up when he visited it
- This isn't to say other shrines and temples I visited so far didn't have their own qualities...
- Constant streak of things just lining up supernaturally well, unlikely events coming together and all that

I'm going to Mt. Minakami very soon, and if I'm right, it will end up being a future pilgrimage (Touhou) spot alongside it being a pilgrimage site. Very curious to see what it is like, it certainly has a reputation for being a very charged place.
>>49551617
>just a weird feeling of dread or shell-shock that I can’t seem to shake off. It’s the feeling like I just finished racing a supercar, or something
I think I understand what you mean...it can be a lot to take in, especially when starting out. Please don't overdo things.
>>49556460
Unfortunately the thing that I would most like to see translated - Shika no Kuni information booklet - is sitting in my backpack as a physical object. There's a site about Suwa history that was only in Japanese and wasn't really working with autotranslation, but unfortunately it's sitting in my bookmarks back home...but thank you for the offer, I'll let you know if something comes up!

>>49556460
Actually, I got something for you, if you're still around...

>>49561709
This too. Thanks in advance.

NTA and my Japanese is pretty rusty so I’ll wait for that anon to reply, but they seem to be about Mt. Minigami
>>49561709 talks a lot about the mythology surrounding the mountains. I can read Iwato of Heaven from the tale of Amaterasu, something about a fox den and Pyramid theory (whatever that is) and the vengeful spirit of a Heian era courtesan in the form of a dog(???)
>>49561723 seems to be about the mountain’s geology. Looks like there’s this Andesite rock in the mountain that’s used a lot in the area, notably for construction of Matsushiro Castle and some stone Buddha statues.
Pretty interesting stuff

Happy Friday the 13th! Got anything special planned for today?

>>49562419
>but they seem to be about Mt. Minigami
Yep, visited there today.
> I can read Iwato of Heaven from the tale of Amaterasu
Apparently the cave-like shrine in the halfway of the mountain is dedicate to her. I suppose it's like a recreation of the cave where she hid herself. Pretty cool actually.
>Pyramid theory (whatever that is)
Some people (including like 4 peope I talked with today in there) believe Minakamiyama is actually an ancient man-made (or at least artificial) construct.

There's also lore about there being a lot of UFO sightings there.
>seems to be about the mountain’s geology
Interesting, I wonder what kind of magnetic properties the place has.
>>49563137
Visited Minakamiyama. It was quite an interesting experience. The mountain certainly has a vibe going on. I visited the shrine on the midway and the top. At the shrine on the top, they don't have a crew there. So in front of the main shrine they have these boxes that have a slot for donations and amulets and ofuda. I decide to take an amulet and an ofuda - since Minakamiyama is the first mountain I ever hiked, I wanted to really commemorate it and treasure the fact that the mountain and it's legends inspired me to do so. The second I put in the money to the box I start hearing this really weird "krrr, krrr" type of sound behind me, and something that sounds like a human yelping "ah!". I get kinda spooked out by it. I start to investigate, and it keeps on occuring, with weird yelps and barks that sound something between a human and a dog. This leads me to a nearby pond. A plaque near the shrine says that the ponds are used for salamander breeding, and I saw a frog on my way there. I see splashing in the water. The noise of the salamanders or frogs grows into a huge cacophony. I hastily put a coin into a smaller shrine by the pond and move farther away. The animals in the pond calm down fairly soon.

The source of sounds ultimately turned out to be natural, but the timing was odd. They did not start making the noise when I passed the pond first time. Not when I rang the shrine bell. Not when I clapped my hands. The second, instantly, as I put my money in for the ofuda of the shrine.

I do a tour of the shrine. I notice there's a trailer where a woman is selling something parked next to the shrine. She sells juice and I decide to get some. She asks me about where I'm from, as foreigners are really rare in Minakamiyama. We talk for a bit and her husband drops by in a car. He joins the conversation. He ends up recreating the Japanese creation myth and the myth of Amaterasu Oomikami's hiding in the cave with a mix of Japanese, English and gesturing. He gives me a really strong recommendation to visit Togakushi shrine next. Supposedly Suwa Taisha, Minakamiyama and Togakushi form a straight line.

The man and woman not only knew where I am from, but also knew certain things about my country. I keep stumbling upon people in relevant situations who either know the country or have been there. These included a priest at Suwa Taisha.

I had initially planned to go to Hakuba tomorrow, but I think I will go to Togakushi instead. I only later read that the middlepoint cave shrine is for Amaterasu Oomikami, but while I was in there, I made an offering there. I strongly felt like the cave shouldn't be entered though. so I didn't. Why is this relevant? Togakushi is related to the Amaterasu myth. It's said that when the rock that she sealed herself into the cave with was hurled away, it landed where Togakushi now is. It just feels like such a fated encounter and recommendation. Everything had to line up perfectly for him to catch me there at that moment before he had to return. This type of thing just keeps on happening here.

The soba in Togakushi is supposedly best in Nagano too.

>>49561709
>>49561723
I'm still here. I'll translate them in a few hours.

>>49561709
Matsushiro's folk tales

The folk tales around Minagami Mountain.
In Minagami Mountain, a sacred mountain where many gods reside, and a holy place revered in Shugendo since long ago, there are many stories.
Among others, there is the one where Tengu appeared during a falconry in front of the lord of Tamaru (prefecture of Mie), and scolded him with these words: "Killing in this mountain, home of many gods, will not forgiven" (Keichou era, from 1596 to 1615), and the story where the lord of Sanada gave an order to his retainer, and fruitlessly tried to borrow the clothes from a wood idol of Jijuubou (the god enshrined in Jijuu Shrine), which caused a great fire in the land below the castle (Kanbun era, from 1661-1673)、or the one where a group of ascetic monks causing a ruckus in the (growing) fields was made the fault of kitsune, upon which an apology contract from them was manufactured.
Later on, during the Taishou era (1912-1926), when the theory of Amaterasu as a surface god (now, this is a theory that postulated Amaterasu was a god of the Earth and had to do with many a Japanese legend, and didn't reside only in the Amanogahara as is usually supposed) gained traction, and until the middle of Showa era (1926-1989), many legends and tales, like the one that said the Iwato Stone legend (the one where Amaterasu hid herself in a cave and had to be convinced to go out again) had came for here, or even that there was a pyramid, lent this sacred place their colour, and helped it gain much attention.

>>49561723
Minnagami Mountain
This mountain is a symbol of prosperity and abundance, which became the foundation for the people who lived here in prosperity and abundance, and who prayed for the development of this territory and continued to protect this mountain.
With a height of 679 meters, and a circumference of 8 kilometers, Minagami Mountain came to be 350 000 years ago as a pyroxene andesite volcano, gushing forth in a corner of the grounds of Nagano, where sedimentation had progressed. As the viscosity of the lava was strong, the magma, which could hardly flow, came to the surface, cooled down, hardened, and became a lava dome with a steep slope and a roundish top of the mountain. The hollow in the middle part marks the place where the lava returned to the underground (that's kinda cool). There seems to be mainly two types of andesyte: one red stone with lots of iron, and one blue with less, both of which were highly used for the prosperity of the place, and the stone Buddhas and gravestones in the interior of Matsushiro, and even the stone walls of Matsushiro Castle.
There are three peaks at the top of the mountain, called the West Peak, the Middle Peak and the East Peak. There used to be a shrine in each one of these peaks (Three Temporary Manifestations of the Buddha of Kumano [it refers to the three gods enshrined in the three principal gods from Kumano Kodo, which became "Temporary Manifestations of the Buddha at some point after the appearance of Buddhism]), but they were all unified into the middle peak 600 years ago, which still stands to this day. Until the Edo Period, from the 8th checkpoint/second of the route upwards, it was administered in conjunction with the Emperor. In the past, it was known as Muragami Mountain (maybe, since the pronunciation isn't included, it's written like 群神山), or as (Mizukami Mountain, see above, 水上山), but it was changed to Minagami Mountain during the Keichou Era (1596-1615).

This was brought to you with assistance from MoF and SA soundtracks (God, they are so good, especially the MoF one). I am gonna pass out. Please ask if you have any questions or need me to correct something, and I will answer tomorrow. Enjoy your trip as much as you can.

>>49565127
Thanks a lot!
>Please ask if you have any questions or need me to correct something
A few questions...
>Jijuubou
>Jijuu Shrine
Can you give me the kanji for these ones? I would like to check on map which shrine that one was.
>he theory of Amaterasu as a surface god
Not a question, but very interesting, never heard of this before.
>the one that said the Iwato Stone legend (the one where Amaterasu hid herself in a cave and had to be convinced to go out again) had came for here
Just to clarify: some say Amaterasu came to Minakamiyama?

Interesting stuff, the shrine was distributing Ise Jingu despite being a quite small. Usually it's the big shrines distribute them, and not all of them either.
>Mizukami Mountain, see above, 水上山
Is that like "mountain above water"..?

schizo thread

>>49567775
My pleasure. There are some rookie ESL mistakes in the translation, sorry about that.
Anyway, on to your questions:
The Japanese kanji for Jijuubou are 侍従坊. "侍従" alone stands for "chamberlain", so don't get those two confused. "侍従神社" for Jijuu Shrine.

>the theory of Amaterasu as a surface god
I hadn't heard about it either, but it makes sense if you take in account the Kojiki was born out of political reasons, and strove to unify many Japanese myths (with some aboriginal myths mixed in too for good measure), which clearly contradicted each other; Amaterasu may have been an important god before Kojiki established cannon, and may have been the subject of many legends among Japan. Maybe in some of them she intervened directly on earthly matters.

>Iwato Cave
Not exactly. What I meant is, some people believed the Iwato Cave myth originally came from this region, probably this very mountain (although the text does not confirm this).
My turn to ask, though: what do you mean they were "distributing Ise Jingu"? I don't know any Ise Jingu other than the famous shrine.

>水上山
Yes, indeed it could be translated like that.

Anyway, if you ever hand me some pic from the Shika no Kuni booklet, I can translate it to you. I did ask one of my Japanese teachers several months ago, and he ended up replying me after watching it, and told me especially the reading of the texts transmitted from generation to generation would greatly help investigation from now on, although he wasn't sure the enacting of the Shuwa rites was wholly faithful to the actual ones from long ago.

bump

>>49569083
Thanks a lot!
>Amaterasu may have been an important god before Kojiki established cannon
Absolutely. I've read a theory that the various kami that get called "Myojin" were at some point actually considered sun deities among their current roles. The include off the top of my head Sarutahiko and the Suwa kami.
>some people believed the Iwato Cave myth originally came from this region, probably this very mountain
Right, so the cave-like shrine dedicated to Amaterasu would probably be considered by some to be the cave where she hid herself. I have to say, it had a very powerful presence. I have seen a video where a guy check out the cave, but somehow I felt like going inside would have been really disrespectful so I didn't.
>I don't know any Ise Jingu other than the famous shrine.
Yeah you are right, that was a terminology confusion from me. The thing I meant was Jingu Taima. If I had wanted to, I could have slipped money into the box and just yoinked essentially Amaterasu's ofuda for myself. I didn't do that, but I did it for the ofuda of the kami of the mountain. I'm going to Ise at the end of the journey, so if I feel like it, I can most likely get a Jingu Taima from there. So far I've had no problem getting various ofuda.
>Yes, indeed it could be translated like that.
Oh cool, that is a very fascinating name to have, especially considering some of the more fringe myths surrounding the area...
>Anyway, if you ever hand me some pic from the Shika no Kuni booklet, I can translate it to you.
Thanks a lot, I will get around doing this when I have a chance!
>he wasn't sure the enacting of the Shuwa rites was wholly faithful to the actual ones from long ago
It would be very interesting to know what they based the reconstruction on and when it was performed. I think it might be a case where the gist of it is true, but details lost to time in the sense it was some transmission of the local way of life which included offerings to the ohoori messengers of the kami.

Sorry for not responding in a while anons, been busy with life stuff. But I wanted to give an update since it’s been about a week or so since I started reaching out to Tokoyo-no-kami (Eternity Larva).
So I’ve been praying to her regularly, and… damn. The experiences have been pretty intense. Not in a dramatic flashy way, but more like this deep, quiet understanding that just kind of settles into you. The biggest thing has been this overwhelming sense of the oneness of life, like really feeling how everything is connected in this endless cycle of life and death and transformation. It’s not just an intellectual concept anymore. It’s like she’s showing me how a dying leaf feeds the soil that grows new plants, how my own cells are constantly dying and being reborn, how even my thoughts and emotions are part of this endless flow of change and renewal.

I’ve also developed this weird new appreciation for being outside, even in these brutal summer days. Before I would’ve just complained about the heat and ran for the cool of the indoors, but now there’s something almost sacred about feeling the sun beating down, watching insects going about their business, seeing how life persists and thrives even in uncomfortable conditions. It’s like she’s teaching me to see the beauty in every stage of the cycle, even the harsh parts.

But apart from these profound shifts in perception, she’s pretty damn taciturn. No dramatic visions or clear communications like some of you describe with other kami (not that I’m consciously looking for that). It’s more like a quiet presence? Like she’s there, definitely responding, but in this very understated way. Makes sense given her nature I guess. Transformation happens slowly and cyclically, not in grand gestures.
Anyone else work with quieter spirits like this? Sometimes I wonder if I’m just projecting, but the consistency of these experiences suggests otherwise. I do like talking with her though, so I’ll try to keep it up.

If translator anon is still around, here's a new thing. This was on the tunnel to the Kegon falls observation deck, next to some kind of a small shrine to a deity. It had iconography, so I think it was a Buddhist one, but nothing like I'd seen before.

Also, another thing of interest:
https://x.com/HupelyotFront/status/1934800982338412709
"ZUN: "I also feel like I'm peeking in. So I'm not sure if it exists inside. It's not a world that is shown to the user for their enjoyment, but a world that isn't aware of being seen. I think it would be good for at least one work like that to exist. (Is that okay?)" (From the Fantasy Message Board)

So I believe ZUN is an observer of Gensokyo."
>>49578703
A lot of this stuff is very quiet and very gradual. I remember near the very start, I told them that if they have anything they would like to teach me, I'd be willing to listen. That night I had this dream of a huge mass of kanji, which was kinda flashy I suppose, but over the coming months and weeks things just started falling into place. If you want to learn, they really will teach you, and things related to cycles of life and how things are connected to each other are most definitively in their territory.

I think you are on a really good path and you shouldn't too worry too much about having flashy experiences. Just go an explore different places of interest with your newfound insight and see where things go from there.

>>49578703
That was a beautiful read, and it sounds like a great experience to have. Quite insightful. I can't say I have been contacted by any deity through Touhou (some connection with Koishi aside), but I will wish you a fruitful relationship regardless.
>>49580171
I am.
TL: At the sight of dew and the many spirits scattered, in the top of this rock of Kegon, I pray for happiness in the next world with all my heart and dedicate this statue.
Showa era, 41st year, September. (that would be 1967, I think).
Donor: Chigira/Chiaki (surname) Kou/Koushou/Kan (name).
A nice little inscription for an offering. I have translated "霊" for "spirits", but "ghosts" and maybe even "spiritual energy" would be viable options too.
Nice little comment from ZUN, too. There is this transient/ephemeral/spectral side to Gensokyo, especially in the earlier years (Eternal Shrine Maiden being, for me, the epitome of this, and the newest game also as maybe a revival of this feel) that he puts in words eloquently here.

So, if im getting this right, any of the 2hus that deeply resonate with you and have had a 'hello' from are who you should ask them 'whats up?'

What if its not Kanako, Okina, or any of the gods, or even spirits that are considered good or neutral? What im getting at is the only ones that resonate with me and are recently trying to say hello and get my attention are Yuyuko, Yukari, and her Shikigami.
Recently I've gotten way more dreams about them and had a few conscious wtf moments after I posted here about some of my more interesting experiences (cherrypicked ofc).
Do I just pray to them? Offer stuff? I'd like to try but im worried since they're youkai and not the 'safer' ones to try to contact. I mean I dont care that they're youkai nor do I have a negative opinion of them, I'd just like some advice on if I should even try or how to go about doing so.
I'm wanting to try and ask Remilia and Yukari whats up and why they've constantly dropped little (and sometimes really big) 'hellos.' I mostly want to find out why Remilia, Yuyuko, and Yukari (and her Shikigami) appeared in my dreams (and intrusive thoughts) way more.

Also I would like to know how to pray. Do I need to do anything special or can I just bow my head and do prayer in my head? (I've gotten results from silent prayer but idk).

>>49550099 (OP)
Can't you be more creative when naming your threads?

>>49584957
Perhaps next time desu. Though keeping the names consistent makes things easier to catalogue over time

>>49584811
https://archive-of-the-sealed-gods.neocities.org/

Matara-jin is said to ward off Tengu.

There are stories of the tengu kidnapping monks for months and torturing them in various ways, including sexual assualt. Some of this reminds me of alien abductions.

Could calling upon Matara-jin successfully save some anons from abduction? There’s probably someone here who’s experienced abduction.

Looks like the summer solstice is today anons. Are you expecting anything? We’re at essentially peak yang energy, and this would be when solar kami like Amaterasu are at their strongest influence. Perfect time for purification rituals if you’ve been putting them off, or for charging any ofuda or sacred items you’ve got lying around.

>>49595252
I haven’t been abducted myself, but this is a really interesting connection. The parallels between tengu abduction stories and modern alien abduction accounts are pretty striking when you think about it.

Matara-jin’s role as a protector against tengu makes a lot of sense in this context. If we’re looking at this from a perspective where these entities operate on similar frequencies or planes of existence, then traditional protective methods might actually be effective across both phenomena. That kind of authority over liminal spaces would be exactly what you’d want when dealing with beings that can slip people out of normal reality.
The traditional Buddhist approach to Matara-jin invocation might be worth researching for anyone dealing with this.

>>49550099 (OP)
day 1

>>49596612
>>49595252
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu
>Buddhism long held that the Tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests. Tengu are associated with the ascetic practice of Shugendō, and they are usually depicted in the garb of its followers, the yamabushi.
>It is believed, the term tengu and the characters used to write it are borrowed from the name of a fierce demon from Chinese folklore called tiāngǒu though this still has to be confirmed. Chinese literature assigns this creature a variety of descriptions, but most often it is a fierce and anthropophagous canine monster that resembles a shooting star or comet. It makes a noise like thunder and brings war wherever it falls. One account from the Shù Yì Jì (述異記, "A Collection of Bizarre Stories"), written in 1791, describes a dog-like tiāngǒu with a sharp beak and an upright posture, but usually tiāngǒu bear little resemblance to their Japanese counterparts.
>The Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of stories published in the late Heian period, contains some of the earliest tales of tengu, already characterized as they would be for centuries to come. These tengu are the troublesome opponents of Buddhism, who mislead the pious with false images of the Buddha, carry off monks and drop them in remote places, possess women in an attempt to seduce holy men, rob temples, and endow those who worship them with unholy power. They often disguise themselves as priests or nuns, but their true form seems to be that of a kite.
>In stories from the 13th century, tengu began to abduct young boys as well as the priests they had always targeted. The boys were often returned, while the priests would be found tied to the tops of trees or other high places. All of the tengu's victims, however, would come back in a state near death or madness, sometimes after having been tricked into eating animal dung.

I wonder how much of this is just people losing their mind or if this is just genuine shintoism
I find it difficult to believe in any of this
But i do feel "strange" around certain places
One anon mentioned that they felt a connection

>>49556733
>- If you have any connection to them or have any sensitivity you are gonna feel them there
>- Coming here is going to (re)contextualize so many things in Touhou and also in your own life
>- A lot of Japanese people, especially outside of Tokyo, really appreciate if you show genuine interest in their culture and history
>- Suwa is unbelievable, the whole place is so spiritually charged and alive and the people are lovely

That sort of stuff makes me feel like maybe this is just genuine shintoism in a way
But i'm not religious so i just kind of find this weird
But i cannot deny feeling like some places i've visited in my life have been "charged", it's hard to explain
I wonder what the truth is

In any case, this thread is very interesting, i hope it continues

Six months ago, in January, I had a dream involving a ship named the black moon departing to Gensokyo. Later I would look up that term and discover it correlated to an astronomical event this year on August 22nd in my time zone, or the 23rd in most others. Today is just before midnight, 22nd of June. Two months remain until that night.

Touhou 20 Kinjoukyou is set to release on August 18th, in Japan. For a time that was less clear and another anon on this board said it might be a minor premonition of the release date. That's no longer true, unless we're counting a possible delay for the Steam release. But I can't shake the idea that the dream might be date where I get spirited away to that place. I keep thinking about, wondering if it could be true.

Since then, I've found other astrological curiosities about that night. According to the Aztec Calendar, that is a good day to stalk your prey, a bad day to be hunted.
https://www.azteccalendar.com/?day=22&month=8&year=2025
While researching the calendar to base this drawing on (I got a couple things wrong, still) I found out August 22nd is also when Leo transitions into Virgo. I don't know the possible magical meaning of that. If the transition happens at night, can I calculate the exact hour something might happen?

I find this idea fascinating, in part because I see little hope for myself in this world. But if I am taken to this other world, will it be freedom or out of the frying pan into the fire? Will I be invited to dinner or as the main course?

What should I do if that day really is one where I'll disappear? How can and should I prepare for a possible spiriting away?

>>49608310
I forgot to mention due to rushing to post this before midnight: as I was making this post, specifically getting the artwork file to the reply, at 11:47pm I heard a fairly loud boom from outside. Perhaps it could just be traffic. Perhaps it could be something more. I've heard similar explosions connected with the supernatural before, including one witnessed by many people whose first anniversary is coming up.

It seems I spent quite a while in hotels that were for some reason IP rangebanned on 4chan.

Anyway, I managed to write a new update that touches on some of my journeys and experiences in Japan and how they have contextualized some stuff in Touhou:
https://archive-of-the-sealed-gods.neocities.org/letters-archive/21062025
>>49580731
Thanks. The mystery of the figure carved in stone will remain a mystery, then.
>>49584811
Yukari is a very common and loud one and does not appear to be some unambiguously evil figure IRL. There appears to be some connection to her appearances and the cycles of Venus and Moon (Evening Star, Night Falls and all that).

The reason why they start appearing - for lack of better term - is that they vibe with you some way. What that way is, only you can really say, and figuring out that why is probably a good next move.

Every tradition has it's own way of praying, but beings like Yukari and Remilia are outside of any tradition. Just try to connect with them. Silent prayer is probably good and is the norm in Japan.
>>49606738
"Losing their mind" comes with a constellation of what the doctors call "negative symptoms" and none of the people here are exhibiting such.
>I find it difficult to believe in any of this
It is a big leap to make.
>That sort of stuff makes me feel like maybe this is just genuine shintoism in a way
Shinto is just the name for Japanese traditions and practices for dealing with the souled world. The kami probably exist as distinct (as much as anything in the world is so) entities, but ultimately there are "kami" everywhere in the world.

When it comes to Shinto in particular, I have felt extremely strong connection with some things that I have no pre-existing attachment to, in particular the Sumiyoshi Sanjin kami. This sense of attachment was so strong I was compelled to revisit the shrine and get a Sumiyoshi ofuda.
>But i cannot deny feeling like some places i've visited in my life have been "charged", it's hard to explain
You should forget all preconceived notions, forget Touhou, forget what kind of people talked about this and just explore those kind of places and the way it feels "charged".
>>49608310
August 18th is just 4 day different from August 22nd, it is still very, very close for what's it worth.

>>49602939
>In stories from the 13th century, tengu began to abduct young boys as well as the priests they had always targeted. The boys were often returned, while the priests would be found tied to the tops of trees or other high places. All of the tengu's victims, however, would come back in a state near death or madness, sometimes after having been tricked into eating animal dung.
>The Konjaku Monogatarishū, a collection of stories published in the late Heian period, contains some of the earliest tales of tengu, already characterized as they would be for centuries to come. These tengu are the troublesome opponents of Buddhism, who mislead the pious with false images of the Buddha, carry off monks and drop them in remote places, possess women in an attempt to seduce holy men, rob temples, and endow those who worship them with unholy power. They often disguise themselves as priests or nuns, but their true form seems to be that of a kite.
>carry off monks and drop them in remote places, possess women in an attempt to seduce holy men,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengu#Evil_spirits_and_angry_ghosts

>Kotengu have little respect for humans. They feast on human flesh, and commit rape, torture, and murder for fun. Some of their favorite games are abducting people to drop them from great heights deep into the woods, or tying children to the tops of trees so all can hear their screams but none can reach them.
https://yokai.com/kotengu/

>EGG AND SPERM HARVESTING
>It is an unfortunate but constant aspect of the abduction phenomenon that aliens take eggs and sperm from people on a routine basis. For women it involves the introduction of instruments that take either recently matured eggs or invade the ovary for follicles. There is some evidence to suggest that the aliens can accomplish rapid egg maturation and release through Mindscan for harvesting purposes. Harvesting can be accomplished at any age.
>For men, sperm is extracted mechanically by a device placed around the genital area. Sometimes these devices are small and portable, other times they are on carts or attached to the wall.
>Sometimes abductee women are brought in for sexual relations with men. These are sperm collection procedures and do not reflect any particular interest in sexuality by the aliens.
>FETAL IMPLANT AND EXTRACTION
>From time to time women have more complicated internal procedures. They report that something is being placed in them. Sometimes the aliens will tell them after this procedure, “Now you are pregnant.” The next day they do feel pregnant. An Early Pregnancy Test or a trip to their gynecologist confirms this. After about 9-11 weeks, another abduction ensues and the fetus is removed.
https://www.davidmichaeljacobs.com/2021/08/04/straight-talk-about-ufo-abductions/
(the stuff about alien abductions was mostly me remembering stuff and looking for good ways to copy it so it might be a little awkward compared to just reading the article)

>>49614347
Well, you aren't the first or last person to notice the similarities between old tales of spirits and modern day UFO lore. There's a lot been written about it, you should research the ultraterrestrial hypothesis.

I think it's good to keep in mind that the way these beings are described tends to be pretty ambivalent. Sometimes they are harmful, and sometimes they are helpful. Strange apparitions that have come down from the heavens to interact with humans have included some rather foundational things too - angels, deities, messengers from the heavens.

I wouldn't jump into too definite conclusions about their identity or intentions.

>>49550099 (OP)

You could at least imagebump.

I forgot to mention that I had an interesting dream over a week ago, a few days before Fathers' day. I remember I was going along a hiking trail at a forested coastal cliff with an older woman. I can't remember much of what she looked like, I think she had shorter hair that was still a ginger-brown rather than gray. A deer ran by with a wolf chasing after it. I went to take a picture of this scene with my phone but the wolf bit my forearm very gently, as if to say no. I stopped photographing the wolf.

Later I remember going down the trail and getting attacked by invisible demons. They used their powers to paralyze us, but I somehow caused intense and loud yet invisible explosions that utterly destroyed them. I remember being attacked this way many times, and being afraid that the power I called upon would eventually get tired of or frustrated with me and let the demons kill me.

I had a really long and in-depth discussion about early Japanese history and religion in Japan with someone who both was pretty fluent in English and had in-depth knowledge of these kind of things.

About very early Japanese history, the earliest known styles of Japanese architecture are strikingly similar to Southeast Asian styles. Both Japan and certain areas in Southeast Asia have "bird gates", but in SEA they have survived closer to a more original, literal form, gates with sculptures of birds on top of them. The Japanese at some point abandoned the bird sculptures, and were left with torii as we know them. Birds were considered to be a kind of "soul of the rice"

Shrines evolved from kind of community halls of early farmer societies. Originaly holy sites were just marked sites in nature, but as they become built, the community hall became the pattern to build on. I think this shows a line of southern, austronesian influence.

There's a popular pattern in Japanese art which is a simple sawtooth pattern, it can be found in shrine fences, ritual mirrors, but also clothes and such. It's from snake scales. Snakes were thought to be sacred, and this is likely related to how they ate mice who would eat crops.

The kofun were built as kind of artificial mountains. Originaly the tribal chieftains were buried high on mountains, as the thought was that ancestors went up to mountains and became kami there. Haniwa were originaly painted in red lacquer, and buried people were also covered with red dyes. This is thought to be because red has strong associated with blood, thus life. I remember there being also European archeological findings of buried people being covered with red dyes.

There's a type of jar-like haniwa that was used to demarcate sacred territories such as the kofun. They holes poked into them. This evolved from a kind of lemniscate type of pattern that was formed by alternating series of triangles and holes. However, as the kofun became larger, they had to start mass producing the jar haniwa, and this led to shortcuts. Different haniwa craftsmen would leave small carvings on haniwa as signatures.

Kofun era Japanese society produced incredible amounts of pottery, they had basicaly an organized industry making both haniwa but also all kinds of other practical earthenware. They were also actively trading with the Korean kingdoms and the two competing Chinese dynasties. The large kofun around Mozu were originaly close to shoreline, and might have been built to essentially flex on Korean and Chinese merchants and emissaries. Mozu area in Sakai was basicaly Nara's, back then capital, trading port.

Large matsuri evolved from kind of yearly thanksgiving rituals for harvests. About more modern religious stuff, there's some people who see Shinto in modern form as an essentially post-19th century invention that doesn't have much to do with historical Japanese indigenous religion. I don't know how true this would be. A popular line of thinking in Japanese popular religion is this kind of all religions are the same. They guy summarized this thinking as "kami and buddhas are the same and Jesus was some kind of buddha". So many do not particularly care about what particular manifestations of this "all the same" are.

What are the zodiac sun signs of each 2hu based on their personalities?

>>49631126
Some people have been looking in depth into Yukari and why she is so loud and their conclusions so far seem to be that she is strongly tied to the evening star phase of Venus.

>>49630827
So much interesting information.
I was told that 鳥居, torii, were called like that because birds used to sit there, since, literally, it would mean something like "there are birds". But maybe the person who explained that to me was referring to the ancient bird statues, and not the animal themselves? Can't say.
I understand the birds would represent the sky, where gods were supposed to dwell?
Also, did the man you spoke with told you anything about the Japanese aborigine, before they were slowly driven away from the mainland? Did Shinto developed strictly as the newcomers' religion, or was it a joint creation with already existing practices?

>>49635446
I have also heard the explanation that torii were named so for birds that sit on them. The thing about there being originally bird statues on them was new to me.

I'm not really sure what exactly he meant that the birds were considered the "soul of the rice" but he did later mention in other context that birds were thought to carry souls to the sky. So birds were probably seen to have multiple roles.

He didn't speak of the Japanese aborigine. I think there are enough elements similar to North Eurasian shamanism that Shinto ended up having both southern and northern influences.

>>49636187
Check thy electronic mail

I visited Chogosonji and Houryuji temples today.

The first one is known for featuring a lot of tiger-themed artwork and sculptures, and I believe they once held live tigers in there too. It also houses, or housed, a bit unsure about that, the Shikisan Engi Emaki. That picture story scroll inspired much of UFO's cast. It's a bit of a shame that the museum where it's is (was?) in is closed when I visited. But I was fortunate enough to witness some kind of a ritual dedicated to Bishamonten, who I believe is the main deity there. It was really powerful stuff. I've stumbled on couple of these kind of prayer rituals, but this was by far the most intense. The chanting turned into kind of shouting at one point.

Apparently the temple is so fascinated by tigers, because Bishamonten himself is said to made his first appearance in Japan there on the year of tiger during a day of the tiger and an hour of the tiger. So that's where Shou Toramaru's tiger Bishamonten thing comes from.

Horyuji had an extremely welcoming atmosphere which I found a bit surprising considering that it's this extremely old, dignified world heritage site. I learned that the Kuse Kannon, who is referenced to in one of Miko's spellcards, is housed in there in a "Hall of Dreams". This Kannon statue is said to be based on Prince Shoutoku himself. So the "Halo of Kuse Kannon" in Touhou is...Miko's own halo. The structure was hexagonal, and if I remember correctly, Miko's senkai is depicted as having a hexagonal central structure.

There was a temple that housed a statue of Shoutoku himself and you could pray to it (I did). They also gave out goshuin, which I got. The goshuin featured the same "hold harmony sacred", attributed to Shoutoku, that is also featued in Touhou.

The treasure hall had some interesting stuff. There was a sculpture of "Yumechigai Kannon", dream-changing Kannon that turns nightmares into pleasant dreams. One of the attendants explained it to me. I don't know why. He didn't talk to any other visitor, nor about any other item in display. Maybe he sensed that I was deeply interested in it. The art of the temple complex is so old that it featured some figures that have become kinda peripheral in Japanese Buddhism, like apsaras and the budhicised versions of Indra and Brahma,

>>49647128
Thanks for sharing.

>>49550099 (OP)

>>49659562
Great post!

>>49630827
>Haniwa were originaly painted in red lacquer, and buried people were also covered with red dyes. This is thought to be because red has strong associated with blood, thus life.
It’s kinda ironic how people sometimes ended up using lead and mercury based dyes for that.
>A popular line of thinking in Japanese popular religion is this kind of all religions are the same. They guy summarized this thinking as "kami and buddhas are the same and Jesus was some kind of buddha". So many do not particularly care about what particular manifestations of this "all the same" are.
That reminds me of what some neo-pagans believe, that all gods are real.

Apparently there’s a Japanese fortune teller who thinks there’ll be an earthquake in Japan in a few days. /x/ has a thread about it up right now >>>/x/40631585

Will you still be in Japan then? Should I try casting a protection spell on you? Xolotl is considered a god of ollin, or oscillating movement, which earthquakes are a type of.

Also, keep an eye out for any earthquake lights. Sometimes there’s seen before earthquakes so they can give you a chance to find cover. They also have a history in Japan, with one of the first documented ones apparently appearing there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake_light?wprov=sfti1

What are the esoteric implications of marisad diaperposting?

Been a few days since we’ve heard from the fellow visiting Japan and an earthquake is prophesied to happen there soon. It’s enough to make a man nervous.

Do not be afraid. Ninety-nine will die. Denver Nine.

>>49666356
He's fine, don't worry. He already said that hotel WiFi is pretty bad and that his mobile IPs are rangebanned.

Feel it, anons!

I made some LINE stickers for English-speaking people. If you use LINE, please try them out.
https://line.me/S/sticker/31112496

>>49668617
I'm not good at sensing earthquakes.

>>49661066
I did try the protection spell yesterday, though conditions were not what I felt was ideal. In the news some smaller islands were hit with noticeable but extremely severe earthquakes, and AFAIK nobody was hurt. This should be the exact expected result from both prophecies and protection spells working, though it seems very solipsistic to think that I, alone, of all the people in the world, prevented a severe earthquake. Anon>>49647128, please do tell if you experienced anything strange that day, especially to do with lights, thunder, or dogs; or heard so from anyone else. Some people think that the July 5th date was just something added by American journalists and it was only a July prediction, so Japan’s still in the danger zone.

Tonight after midnight will also be the first anniversary of a particular event. If anyone reading this happens to live in Oregon or perhaps near enough to it on its border with Washington, watch the skies tonight, just past midnight.

>>49675907
Ten minutes left. Let’s see what happens.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kxerfaFek-8
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b47tBE4x6E8

That turned out to be a nothingburger. I saw a bunch of very tiny lights, about the size of the stars visible in my area, traveling very slowly (completing their course in a couple minutes) in various directions and that’s about it. I could hear people even during the day still setting off fireworks so while I did hear booms they were almost certainly all fireworks. I did see a shooting star travel in the opposite direction off a couple lights. And the wind sometimes sounded like strange creatures but that can easily be attributed to an over active imagination.

>>49630827
>I had a really long and in-depth discussion about early Japanese history and religion in Japan with someone who both was pretty fluent in English and had in-depth knowledge of these kind of things.
>They guy summarized this thinking as "kami and buddhas are the same and Jesus was some kind of buddha". So many do not particularly care about what particular manifestations of this "all the same" are.
Curious. I linked an translated Japanese study covering this in one of the /jp/s.

If I held a party on the black moon believing I might be spirited away that night would any of you show up? I’m not considering this terribly seriously right niw.

Out of all the religious factions I like the Moriyas the most
Idk why, but I find them really cute

>>49683650
Maybe their ancient feel, as the "true goddesses of Suwa Shrine"? Suwako's theme being "Native Faith" has caught my attention ever since I knew from this character.

>>>/x/40676467
https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/40676467/#40676467

>>49556733
>Foreigners can receive ofuda, not sure if it is by default or if I passed some vibe check 100% times so far
You can, I received one from the Senso-Ji in Tokyo. They’re very common religious items, and there’s very little reason to not allow foreigners to get them - if someone has no idea what they are they are unlikely to buy them to begin with, it’s self selecting by nature I think?

I'm sorry if my absence caused some concern. I was traveling a lot and when I settled it was in places where the network was rangebanned.

My journey is nearing it's end, and since the last post I have been to Koyasan and Kyoto. Koyasan was really unique, and Kyoto had a very different feeling to it compared to other big cities. Beyond the core and the big landmarks, some places felt more like Nikko or Suwa than suburbs of a big city. I've also been sick, but I'm recovering. I've had some pretty interesting experiences and learned some new things. I'll get to them more in detail later.

The plan is depending on how healthy I am to go to Ise either tomorrow or the day after.

One thing I do have to say, that besides some really popular types like tanuki and kitsune and kappa, various youkai aren't very present in the traditional or popular culture at large. I don't really remember for example seeing much any youkai-themed art in any of the museums I've visited so far. This is a bit unexpected, as the tales of monsters and ghosts have been a pretty big part of Japanese culture. I guess in some sense some of them passed into margins of the culture.

Some youkai are also 100% definitively thought to have both male and female manifestations. I've seen sculptures of both kappa and tanuki with tits. So big tit Nitori is just a manifestation of an old cultural trend.
>>49679043
Interesting, do link it again. I guess it ges to show that people indeed have attitudes like these.
>>49683708
They have a lot of oomph probably because the Suwa sect is not quite as forgotten as them "passing into fantasy" would imply. I found it deeply fascinating how the Shika no Kuni documentary has spawned fanart of the people (mostly the boys) involved in the reconstructed ritual. The Suwa kami has completed another reincarnation cycle.
>>49689657
Oh, interesting, so you have a Kannon ofuda? She's the honzon of that temple, if I remember correctly?

I do agree that they are self selecting. Shrines with English explanations of talismans and such don't tend to have English explanations of the ofuda, so it also has that layer.

I guess I was nervous about them being restricted because there are aspects of Japanese society that are pretty inaccessible to foreigners. I've never received any resistance, it's either been purely transactional or then the person behind the counter was positively curious.

Besides the ofuda, I now have the Shingon Ajikan "A"-symbol on a portable wooden board. It's a representation of Dainichi Nyorai they use for meditation.

>>49690778
>Some youkai are also 100% definitively thought to have both male and female manifestations. I've seen sculptures of both kappa and tanuki with tits.
Do the tanuki with tits still have giant balls?

>>49690964
What do you think huge tits are, if not giant balls?

I visited Ise today. As expected, it had a quite strong presence, though to be honest, I felt It more in the outer shrine, Geku. Maybe it was that there were less people around, or that it was more in state of nature. There was almost a dream-like quality to being there.

Speaking of dreams, while I've been here, I've repeatedly had dreams where I'm either at a shrine or a temple. Frequently the shrines in my dreams have been made out of very light colored wood, and have had golden decorations with impossibly fine details. I visited the Sengukan museum where they document the process of periodicaly rebuilding the Ise shrines. They have a 1:1 scale replica of one of the shrine's ends. Freshly built, Ise Jingu is the exact same color as the shrines in my dreams, and it also has golden decorations. These decorations have extremely fine carvings of flowers and such. While they weren't quite exactly the same, the similarity was extremely uncanny. I don't really know quite what to make of it yet.

The presence of Ise was so...pure and light. It was the only place in Japan where someone has come to talk to me unprompted as I was lost admiring ne of the ancient trees in Naiku. I feel so complete, having been there and returned. I now have the Jingu Taima. It's an incredible priviledge. I can now pretty much transfer into entirely canonical form of Shinto praxis with this. Not sure what my ujigami jinja would be since I don't have a blood lineage connection to anywhere in Japan, but my gut tells me it's Suwa Taisha.

I now have the ofuda for the kami that, I don't know, manifested as (?), offered lineage for (?), inspired (?) Kanako-sama, Suwako-sama, Eirin-sama, Keiki-sama and Chimata-sama. I did not manage to find a conventional shintai for Matarajin, but I do have goshuin from several locations associated with the historical Matarajin, so maybe that will do for now.

Beyond those and the aforementioned Jingu Taima, I also have the ofuda of Tenjin, Sumiyoshi Sanjin and the kami of Minakamiyama shrine (desu I'm not sure what it is). I guess the mission expanded a bit from what it initially was. It's for the better, I think.

It's been really incredible. If you have the means to travel, and the openness to receive them and the sensitivity to perceive them, you can just come here and basically meet them in a way. The opposite was always possible, that this would be nothing but a dream and delusion and that I would not perceive them in any capacity. Before I came, despite how convinced I was, I could not entirely abandon the notion that I was just crazy and would come back disapointed. The fact that I felt it so strongly in places with no previous emotional investment is quite telling. Kegon falls were just a spellcard reference, but they really were the loudest.

I'm sure there are people even more fit for this, but now I know what to look for. I think something very interesting but beyond the scope of this thread is to see if I can feel something like them somewhere where I live and what can be done to feel it even stronger.

I really hope that everyone would get some kind of opportunity like this. Traveling to Japan is not possible for everyone, but maybe there is something like a kami or a buddha or whatever it would be called in your language or culture much closer than you think. Maybe there is a goddess waiting to be reincarnated in your backyard. The questions is how to develop reliable, effective means of finding them.
>>49690964
Not that I remember.

>>49694996
wall of text

>>49550099 (OP)

I was drawing Hina yesterday and realized the turqoise swirl on her dress is kinda like a symbol of quetzalcoatl.

I just awoke from a dream where my relative was telling me I had psychic powers just like Ness from Earthbound, which would be an odd comparison for them in particular to make.

I remember reading somewhere, I think on the achive of the sealed gods website, that some people claimed to successfully contact the Touhou spirits through their sigils released in the Grimoire of Marisa and related printworks. Does anyone know how one would try this?

How do I get the motivation to continue if I’m not seeing results? Been meditating and journaling my dreams for 60 days and counting, and not much has happened. Am I just spiritually dense?

Bump

>>49710017
Maybe that stuff just doesn’t work for you. I kept a dream journal for like a year and while the dreams were interesting nothing supernatural happened. But i did start experiencing a few supernatural things when I went for walks at midnight. So maybe you should try that instead.

>>49708101

I’ve had some more interesting dreams recently. Yesterday I had a dream about going outside to see a very deep puddle with frogs and fish in it. The frogs reminded me of Suwako. They began to multiply and spread, and I was worried I would crush them by accident.

Tonight had even more dreams. I remember being at the beach with a bunch of other people, when I heard strange booms. We went inside and a tsunami occurred, slamming against the windows of the large house. It receded without breaking them but then another huge wave came that did. I remember some people got swept away. I called out “time stop” and “rewind” like a shounen character. It had weird effects, rewinding some things but not others, but I can’t remember the specifics. I remember something about not being able to undo what has already happened that made sense to me at the time.

Some people managed to be saved with this time power. I remember something about something that was gonna happen on the 20th. Could this be a prophecy?

I had another dream. I remember a circus and cruise ship. I remember a giant, flying white monkey with a pink face that was advertising the circus by speaking with its human voice. I remember trying to go under gates and door frames but I was in the form of a standing horse, and way too big, and I was scared of getting back on all fours and people were impatient and got really mad at me.

Later I was in a hospital in this cruise ship. There were a lot of tiny children here. I remember finding a large padded room up an escalator that was a padded cell, but open due to dream logic. I was hearing a lot of screaming and shouting in this hospital.

I came across an older girl or young woman. She was making a voice drama in protest of genital surgeries forced on intersex and male children, comparing them to rape. Batman was one of the protagonists, and she asked me to read another part. I saw Batman’s face and began to read with him, bu could not speak, and soon woke up.

I've returned home and of course I didn't find the time or energy to write about anything I promised to write about. I have so much to unpack both literally and figuratively.

I did have one kind of unpleasant experience where dreams and reality seemed to merge for a while. This was on the last night. I dreamed that I had been in a shrine complex that - to the best of my knowledge - doesn't really exist. I also dreamed I had received something extremely important from there, a kind of architechtural model, that I had however forgotten to a hotel room. I woke up in a profound state of confusion and anxiety, feeling a strong sense of there being a presence in the room. It took me some effort to recall that I hadn't been to such a place, and I had not received such things.

Beyond that, I do have to say that Shingon ideas are very appealing and taking part in the practice at Koyasan made me much more interested in it.

I also have discovered someone who says there were threads similar to these much, much, much earlier on /jp/, like in the early 2010s. I'm trying to get more information from them.
>>49708101
>some people claimed to successfully contact the Touhou spirits through their sigils released in the Grimoire of Marisa and related printworks
Yes, there is at least one claimed case of this. I dont know the details myself. I presume the sigils can be used like votive objects while making offerings and prayers.
>>49710017
Are you seein no results in *any* aspect of your life at all when it comes to those practices?
You might be "dense", or you might not be looking in the right places, or you might need different methods. Try a straight up devotional aproach or studying mythology.

>>49714452
>But i did start experiencing a few supernatural things when I went for walks at midnight. So maybe you should try that instead.
Thank you, anon. I’ll try those.

>>49716998
>Are you seein no results in *any* aspect of your life at all when it comes to those practices?
Interestingly, at first I was seeing some improvement in my focus and general “wellbeing”, but soon after it was like my vices became stronger and more out of control. I’m more of a raging lolicon now, for example, than I was at the start of the year.
>You might be "dense", or you might not be looking in the right places, or you might need different methods. Try a straight up devotional approach or studying mythology.
Thank you for pointing me along the path. Time to crack open those books and see what sorts of devotional ‘rituals’ there are.

>>49716998
>I did have one kind of unpleasant experience where dreams and reality seemed to merge for a while.
I’ve had that happen too before. Even with Touhou stuff, and I’ve posted about it here before. Are dreams, fantasy, and maybe even illusion the same word in Japanese? Because I see a lot of fuzziness with the translations of those terms. Isn’t Gensokyo the land of dreams/fantasy? In Perfect Memento in Strict Sense it’s stated that outsiders often visit Gensokyo through dreams, and this happens in Hifuu and to Sumireko as well. Is the great Hakurei barrier a barrier of fantasy and reality? Could Yukari capture outsiders by playing with the boundary between their dream and the reality of Gensokyo’s fantasy? She did something similar to travel to the moon with an army of youkai.

>I also have discovered someone who says there were threads similar to these much, much, much earlier on /jp/, like in the early 2010s. I'm trying to get more information from them.
What if the reason they stopped getting posted was because the posters got spirited away? And we’re next?