Secret Divine Names
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (42) currently groups 4 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”- Phurba / Kīla Rites
- Exorcism
- Tamafuri
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Phurba / Kīla Rites
Section titled “Layer 1: Phurba / Kīla Rites”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
Three-edged ritual dagger symbolism associated especially with Vajrakīlaya cycles.
Functions
Section titled “Functions”Pinning, immobilizing or transforming obstacles; mandala construction; exorcistic symbolism; wrathful compassionate activity.
Physical stabbing of persons is not the ritual meaning. Implements can be planted in ritual bases, held in mudrā-like gestures or integrated into visualization.
Access: initiatory.
Reliability: B.
Layer 2: Exorcism
Section titled “Layer 2: Exorcism”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Daoist exorcistic ritual can involve:
- fu talismans
- seals
- registers
- invocations of generals
- ritual swords
- bells
- mirrors
- incantations
- bugang/Yubu pacing
- petitions or warrants.
The priest’s authority is bureaucratic and lineage-derived, not merely personal will.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 3: Tamafuri
Section titled “Layer 3: Tamafuri”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
Japanese: 魂振り
“Shaking/stirring” or reinvigorating the spirit, possibly including beckoning an external spirit into the body depending interpretation.
Kokugakuin links chinkonsai to both tamashizume and tamafuri.
Reliability: A.
Layer 4: Secret Divine Names
Section titled “Layer 4: Secret Divine Names”Source file:
13_FORBIDDEN_TABOO_RESTRICTED_INDEX_v2_1.md
Class: INITIATORY-SECRECY
True/hidden names of gods and officials may be restricted because ritual authority depends on correct identification and pronunciation.