Imibi — Separate/Pure Fire
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (29) currently groups 6 source layers with divergent titles. Milestone-1 migration preserves every layer below without inventing a single merged narrative. Status: needs-review.
Also attested under these titles
Section titled “Also attested under these titles”- Guru Yoga
- Drinking Talisman Ash
- Miko as Spirit Medium
- Fudō Myōō Cult
- Torimono — Sacred Hand-Held Yorishiro in Dance
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Guru Yoga
Section titled “Layer 1: Guru Yoga”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
The teacher is visualized as inseparable from the lineage and awakened principle. Common components include invocation, offerings, confession, request for blessings, mantra, receiving light/nectar and dissolution of guru into the practitioner.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 2: Drinking Talisman Ash
Section titled “Layer 2: Drinking Talisman Ash”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Historical Daoist sources describe burning a fu, mixing the ash with water and drinking it in healing/protective rites.
Important: the ritual assumes prescribed paper/ink/materials. Modern inks, pigments and papers may be toxic. Historical description is not a recommendation to consume burned stationery.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 3: Miko as Spirit Medium
Section titled “Layer 3: Miko as Spirit Medium”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
Historically, miko could be professional possession-mediums and oracle-givers, distinct from the modern shrine assistant role.
Activities included kamigakari, takusen, divination, prayer and ritual dance.
Reliability: A.
Layer 4: Fudō Myōō Cult
Section titled “Layer 4: Fudō Myōō Cult”Source file:
04_Syncretic_Japan.md
Fudō is central in Shingon, Tendai and Shugendō. Practices include mantra, goma, waterfall austerity and protective rites.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 5: Torimono — Sacred Hand-Held Yorishiro in Dance
Section titled “Layer 5: Torimono — Sacred Hand-Held Yorishiro in Dance”Source file:
08_PRIMARY_SOURCE_PROCEDURE_UPGRADES_v1_7.md
Function
Section titled “Function”A torimono is not merely a prop. It can:
- purify other ritual implements;
- serve as a descending place for the kami;
- activate divine power during dance;
- mediate possession of the dancer.
Use sequence
Section titled “Use sequence”- Purify the object.
- Present/establish it within the ritual.
- Invite the relevant kami.
- Take the object in the prescribed hand/grip.
- Move it according to the transmitted dance.
- Treat its movement as activation/manifestation of divine power.
- Where the tradition is possession-oriented, allow the object to mediate the transition into kamigakari under communal supervision.
- Return/place the torimono as instructed after the dance.
- Close/dismiss the divine presence.
SHUGENDŌ
Section titled “SHUGENDŌ”Layer 6: Imibi — Separate/Pure Fire
Section titled “Layer 6: Imibi — Separate/Pure Fire”Source file:
13_FORBIDDEN_TABOO_RESTRICTED_INDEX_v2_1.md
Class: RITUAL-PURITY TECHNOLOGY
A separate sacred fire can be used to prepare offerings during a purity period.
Meaning
Section titled “Meaning”Ordinary household contamination is prevented from entering the kami’s food preparation.