Women and Sacred-Mountain Exclusion
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (46) 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”- Clear-Light Yoga
- Five Thunders
- Monoimi
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Clear-Light Yoga
Section titled “Layer 1: Clear-Light Yoga”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
Completion-stage recognition of the most subtle luminous awareness, particularly during sleep, meditation and the death process.
Access: advanced.
Reliability: B.
Layer 2: Five Thunders
Section titled “Layer 2: Five Thunders”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Chinese: 五雷
A family of thunder powers correlated with directions, phases, organs or divine generals depending system.
Reliability: B.
Layer 3: Monoimi
Section titled “Layer 3: Monoimi”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
Ritual abstinence/seclusion to maintain purity before sacred duties.
Historical forms
Section titled “Historical forms”Avoid death/pollution, prohibited foods, sexual activity, certain words or social contacts; remain in designated pure space; bathe and prepare for rite.
Reliability: A/B.
Layer 4: Women and Sacred-Mountain Exclusion
Section titled “Layer 4: Women and Sacred-Mountain Exclusion”Source file:
13_FORBIDDEN_TABOO_RESTRICTED_INDEX_v2_1.md
Class: HISTORICAL SOCIAL / RITUAL EXCLUSION
Some Japanese sacred mountains historically practiced nyonin kekkai, excluding women from particular zones.
Research fields
Section titled “Research fields”For every case record:
- mountain;
- boundary location;
- period;
- religious rationale;
- legal/institutional enforcement;
- date of abolition/modification;
- modern status.
Research caution
Section titled “Research caution”Do not generalize this to all Shugendō mountains.