Shugendo: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion Peter Graves admirals looked to the next

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Shugendo: Pilgrimage and Ritual in a Japanese Folk Religion Peter Graves admirals looked to the nextThe religion of Shugend has no shrines, and it has no temples. It only has the liminality of the mountains, a space that is viewed in Japan as being ground that only gods, demons, and ghosts may set foot on. But the Yamabushi are not human, gods, or even demons. Instead, they are believed to be living Buddhas, rare people that, through practice in the secluded mountains, have become privy to sacred knowledge that has awakened them to their intrinsic