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Hikosan Shugendō Gomataki Fire Rite 英彦山修験道護摩焚き

I am grateful to Takachiho Yūshō of Hikosan Jingū shrine for allowing to film this goma ritual and sharing his insights and knowledge about the rite and Hikosan Shugendō. Gomataki is an esoteric fire ritual performed to pray for fulfilment of wishes. In its structure, the ritual is similar to receiving an honourable guest: the ritual area, implements and attendants are purified, and the deity is invoked to descend into the fireplace. It is then entertained, given offerings, and then presented worshipers’ wishes. These wishes are written down on wooden sticks, read out aloud and burnt in the fire. The flames and rising smoke bring people’s wishes up, where they are received by the deity. The deity is then presented with more offering and seen off. This video has been taken at Hikosan--a mountain located in south-eastern part of Fukuoka prefecture in the Kyushu island. Before the Meiji restoration of 1868, Hikosan was one of the three biggest Shugendō centres together with Yoshino-Kumano and Dewa Sanzan regions. The mountains community and practices have seen a sharp decline since the prohibition of Shugendō and forceful separation of Buddhism and kami related beliefs by the Meiji government. Currently there is an ongoing effort by various groups to restore cultural and religious traditions to Hikosan, so that it once again might be seen as an important mountain related to Shugendō. Shugendō is a Japanese religion practiced mainly in the mountains. Practices and cosmology of esoteric Buddhism, as well as various kami related beliefs form the core of this religion. At the same time, it also combines aspects Daoism, shamanism and various beliefs related to Ying and Yang practices. Through ascetic practices in the mountains, which are considered to be sacred space where deities reside, Shugendō practitioners called yamabushi strive to become buddha in this life and gain religious powers which can then be used to help the people. For some people, contemporary Shugendō has also become a way to seek to restore their connection to nature, and traditional culture and religion of Japan.