Executive Briefing: Cleansing the Mirror of the Heart
Shinto theology replaces the Western concept of original sin with Kegare (spiritual stagnation, pollution, and contact with death), restored to natural radiance through Harae (water and salt purification rituals).
1. Misogi: Waterfall Purification
Standing beneath freezing mountain waterfalls while chanting sacred invocations washes away sluggish psychological dust, returning the practitioner to transparent vitality.
2. References
- Bocking, B. (1997). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Curzon Press.