Thanks for this great, wide-ranging interview with Matt, Peck Gee.
There are a very Shinto-specific sites here on substack which I follow, written from practitioners. They provide great insight into this nature-based religion.
Thanks for introducing some different, historical areas outside Kyoto. My daughter recently visited, so I did a bit of electronic exploration. "Kyoto-by-th-sea" looks beautiful, with "boat house" were the bottom floor is not a garage for cars but a dock for the household's boats!! Have you been there?
Thanks for reading and for your kind words, Debbie! Nice and please do share the Shinto Substacks that you’d recommend.
I am glad that your daughter got to visit various sites outside of Kyoto. Actually earlier this year, I visited Kyototango, sadly not for the sea, but for a textile workshop. Been wanting to write about it but of course got distracted with various ;)
Its so easy to get distracted - so much to write about, so much to do!!
https://toukyo.substack.com/. this substack is written by a Shinto priest living in Osaka. She describes the rites, rituals and life of Shinto beautifully. Highly recommended.
Thanks for presenting something about Shintoism, Matt. That philosophy has escaped my awareness up to now.
As to "Eventually, when things get bad enough, people will step up to fix all the problems we now face — from the environment to human rights.", I wish that was true. As things get worse, people become more desperate, which often evokes more fight/flight than strategic thinking. Sad.
Thanks for this nice presentation on your publication, Peck!
Baird, Thanks for reading and for engaging with this post! Shintoism is really more like a practice than philosophy. It is a way of life - similar to Taoism. I appreciate your response to the quoted statement. I guess there's some truth to it if we take the longer view with history showing that humans do mobilize in response to crises. But I also see your point as action isn't always guaranteed in suffering, especially without organized efforts!
Personally, I hope the answers that we need to hear will be revealed to us as we walk!
Thanks for this great, wide-ranging interview with Matt, Peck Gee.
There are a very Shinto-specific sites here on substack which I follow, written from practitioners. They provide great insight into this nature-based religion.
Thanks for introducing some different, historical areas outside Kyoto. My daughter recently visited, so I did a bit of electronic exploration. "Kyoto-by-th-sea" looks beautiful, with "boat house" were the bottom floor is not a garage for cars but a dock for the household's boats!! Have you been there?
Thanks for reading and for your kind words, Debbie! Nice and please do share the Shinto Substacks that you’d recommend.
I am glad that your daughter got to visit various sites outside of Kyoto. Actually earlier this year, I visited Kyototango, sadly not for the sea, but for a textile workshop. Been wanting to write about it but of course got distracted with various ;)
Its so easy to get distracted - so much to write about, so much to do!!
https://toukyo.substack.com/. this substack is written by a Shinto priest living in Osaka. She describes the rites, rituals and life of Shinto beautifully. Highly recommended.
Thanks for the recommendation
Thanks for presenting something about Shintoism, Matt. That philosophy has escaped my awareness up to now.
As to "Eventually, when things get bad enough, people will step up to fix all the problems we now face — from the environment to human rights.", I wish that was true. As things get worse, people become more desperate, which often evokes more fight/flight than strategic thinking. Sad.
Thanks for this nice presentation on your publication, Peck!
Baird, Thanks for reading and for engaging with this post! Shintoism is really more like a practice than philosophy. It is a way of life - similar to Taoism. I appreciate your response to the quoted statement. I guess there's some truth to it if we take the longer view with history showing that humans do mobilize in response to crises. But I also see your point as action isn't always guaranteed in suffering, especially without organized efforts!
Personally, I hope the answers that we need to hear will be revealed to us as we walk!