Mountain-Entry Taboos
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (44) 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”- Six Yogas of Nāropa
- Ritual Mirrors
- Kagura
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Six Yogas of Nāropa
Section titled “Layer 1: Six Yogas of Nāropa”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
A family commonly enumerated as inner heat, illusory body, dream yoga, clear light, intermediate-state yoga and transference of consciousness.
Exact sequencing varies by school; inner heat often functions as a foundation for the others.
Access: advanced tantric.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 2: Ritual Mirrors
Section titled “Layer 2: Ritual Mirrors”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Mirrors can repel, reveal, illuminate or capture malign influences and are incorporated into exorcistic and altar technologies.
Reliability: B.
Layer 3: Kagura
Section titled “Layer 3: Kagura”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
Sacred dance/music for kami. Forms range from imperial mikagura to local satokagura.
Ritual functions
Section titled “Ritual functions”Invitation/entertainment of kami; mythic reenactment; purification; possession in some historical contexts; community festival.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 4: Mountain-Entry Taboos
Section titled “Layer 4: Mountain-Entry Taboos”Source file:
13_FORBIDDEN_TABOO_RESTRICTED_INDEX_v2_1.md
Class: SACRED-SPACE RESTRICTION
Shugendō routes historically impose taboos relating to:
- food;
- speech;
- purity;
- sex;
- behavior;
- route;
- unauthorized entry;
- breaking from the group.
Research requirement
Section titled “Research requirement”Record the actual mountain and lineage. Ōmine, Haguro and Kumano restrictions differ.