Ujigami Cult
Overview
Section titled “Overview”This canonical ID (54) currently groups 3 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”- State Oracles
- Heqi / Sexual Communal Rites
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: State Oracles
Section titled “Layer 1: State Oracles”Source file:
01_Buddhism.md
Tibetan institutions historically recognized possession-oracles, especially Nechung. The medium enters trance under elaborate ritual preparation and delivers pronouncements interpreted by attendants.
Access: institutional, not a generic DIY practice.
Reliability: B.
Layer 2: Heqi / Sexual Communal Rites
Section titled “Layer 2: Heqi / Sexual Communal Rites”Source file:
02_Daoism.md
Early Celestial Masters are reported to have had ritualized sexual practices often called heqi (“harmonizing qi”), though evidence is polemical and difficult.
Research caution
Section titled “Research caution”Later erotic manuals and modern “Daoist tantra” should not automatically be projected onto early Celestial Masters.
Reliability: B/D depending specific claim.
Layer 3: Ujigami Cult
Section titled “Layer 3: Ujigami Cult”Source file:
03_Shinto.md
Clan/local tutelary kami worship. Offerings, festival obligations and communal identity bind lineage/place to deity.
Reliability: A/B.