Woe. Lore be upon ye.
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
Shugendo
Shugendo The Far Eastern Mountain Callers and an Arcane Confluence. (v2.0) (Credit: Anata, Ullona, lyss) Disclaimer: Should this document somehow leave its target audience, the contents herein are e...
docs.google.com
September 30, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Woe. Lore be upon ye.
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
A core practice of shugendo is seeking spiritual actualization through immersive ritual in nature, which includes travel into mountainous reaches punctuated by rugged living with little to no comfort.
It is a thing Hinako is intimately familiar with after years of practicing shugendo.
#oclore
It is a thing Hinako is intimately familiar with after years of practicing shugendo.
#oclore
October 1, 2026 at 6:04 AM
A core practice of shugendo is seeking spiritual actualization through immersive ritual in nature, which includes travel into mountainous reaches punctuated by rugged living with little to no comfort.
It is a thing Hinako is intimately familiar with after years of practicing shugendo.
#oclore
It is a thing Hinako is intimately familiar with after years of practicing shugendo.
#oclore
January 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
at over 3k words on the shugendo doc and still yet to talk in depth about shugendo proper, this will likely be bigger than the original doc
September 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
at over 3k words on the shugendo doc and still yet to talk in depth about shugendo proper, this will likely be bigger than the original doc
Shugendo Is Simone Luciani's Push-Your-Luck Deck-Builder
#BoardGames #Shugendo #SimoneLuciani #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer
How far would you push your luck before the yokai showed up?
#BoardGames #Shugendo #SimoneLuciani #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer
How far would you push your luck before the yokai showed up?
Shugendo Is Simone Luciani's Push-Your-Luck Deck-Builder
Simone Luciani and Alessandro Cuneo's Shugendo launches at SPIEL Essen: flip cards to grow your farm, but push too far and the spirits bite. £32 in the UK.
www.backseatgamer.com
September 29, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Shugendo Is Simone Luciani's Push-Your-Luck Deck-Builder
#BoardGames #Shugendo #SimoneLuciani #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer
How far would you push your luck before the yokai showed up?
#BoardGames #Shugendo #SimoneLuciani #SPIELEssen #BackseatGamer
How far would you push your luck before the yokai showed up?
A Buddhist monk Yamabushi welcomes with his shell trumpet Horagai. Japan.
July 26, 2026 at 9:32 AM
A Buddhist monk Yamabushi welcomes with his shell trumpet Horagai. Japan.
Onmyodo and Shugendo make quite the powerful combination!
(With @rasenkaikyo.etheirys.social 's Hinako, thank you for letting me pose her!!!)
#ChadCollabs #OnmyojiKasha #ffxivgpose #gpose
(With @rasenkaikyo.etheirys.social 's Hinako, thank you for letting me pose her!!!)
#ChadCollabs #OnmyojiKasha #ffxivgpose #gpose
November 17, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Onmyodo and Shugendo make quite the powerful combination!
(With @rasenkaikyo.etheirys.social 's Hinako, thank you for letting me pose her!!!)
#ChadCollabs #OnmyojiKasha #ffxivgpose #gpose
(With @rasenkaikyo.etheirys.social 's Hinako, thank you for letting me pose her!!!)
#ChadCollabs #OnmyojiKasha #ffxivgpose #gpose
A practitioner of Shugendō, which is a syncretic religion combining elements of Buddhism, Shinto, and mountain asceticism. He stands before Ōminesan--ji, an important Buddhist temple in Tenkawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan, and is a headquarters for the Shugendō religion.
October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A practitioner of Shugendō, which is a syncretic religion combining elements of Buddhism, Shinto, and mountain asceticism. He stands before Ōminesan--ji, an important Buddhist temple in Tenkawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan, and is a headquarters for the Shugendō religion.
I wrote a book! "Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the Heart of Japan" drops in December. I traveled Japan, exploring our patchwork of spiritual traditions: Shinto, Buddhist, Shugendo, and more. Pre-order here. Thanks! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735293...
April 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I wrote a book! "Eight Million Ways to Happiness: Wisdom for Inspiration and Healing from the Heart of Japan" drops in December. I traveled Japan, exploring our patchwork of spiritual traditions: Shinto, Buddhist, Shugendo, and more. Pre-order here. Thanks! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735293...
👺 ¡Vuestra presencia molesta a los yōkai!
🌿 En Shugendo construirás y harás crecer tu comunidad: consigue recursos, atrae nuevos pobladores y transforma tu granja en un pueblo próspero. 🏡 Pero los espíritus ancestrales observan… 👻 ¿Lograrás mantener el equilibrio?
🌿 En Shugendo construirás y harás crecer tu comunidad: consigue recursos, atrae nuevos pobladores y transforma tu granja en un pueblo próspero. 🏡 Pero los espíritus ancestrales observan… 👻 ¿Lograrás mantener el equilibrio?
September 30, 2026 at 8:04 AM
👺 ¡Vuestra presencia molesta a los yōkai!
🌿 En Shugendo construirás y harás crecer tu comunidad: consigue recursos, atrae nuevos pobladores y transforma tu granja en un pueblo próspero. 🏡 Pero los espíritus ancestrales observan… 👻 ¿Lograrás mantener el equilibrio?
🌿 En Shugendo construirás y harás crecer tu comunidad: consigue recursos, atrae nuevos pobladores y transforma tu granja en un pueblo próspero. 🏡 Pero los espíritus ancestrales observan… 👻 ¿Lograrás mantener el equilibrio?
Kashiwaya Mitsusada (柏屋光貞) typically specialise in dried sweets, but for 1 month a year their entire business is focused on 'gyōja mochi'.
Priests from Shōgo-in (聖護院), head temple of the Honzan branch of Shugendō, begin by blessing the preparation area in early June.
Priests from Shōgo-in (聖護院), head temple of the Honzan branch of Shugendō, begin by blessing the preparation area in early June.
July 17, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Kashiwaya Mitsusada (柏屋光貞) typically specialise in dried sweets, but for 1 month a year their entire business is focused on 'gyōja mochi'.
Priests from Shōgo-in (聖護院), head temple of the Honzan branch of Shugendō, begin by blessing the preparation area in early June.
Priests from Shōgo-in (聖護院), head temple of the Honzan branch of Shugendō, begin by blessing the preparation area in early June.
@hirokoyoda.bsky.social in @tricyclemag.bsky.social on Japan’s Shugendo, whose “practitioners worship deities different from those typically pacified by shrines or temples. Theirs are untamed and unpredictable. Theirs are the wild gods.” tricycle.org/magazine/hir...
Making Friends with Monsters
A scholar’s curiosity about Japan’s mysterious Shugendo tradition leads her on an unexpected journey over mountains and through rivers.
tricycle.org
May 11, 2026 at 10:28 AM
@hirokoyoda.bsky.social in @tricyclemag.bsky.social on Japan’s Shugendo, whose “practitioners worship deities different from those typically pacified by shrines or temples. Theirs are untamed and unpredictable. Theirs are the wild gods.” tricycle.org/magazine/hir...
The shugendo doc has been updated to 2.1 on all sites (check the thread for ellipsus)! Including an expansion on the lore for mudras and some minor revisions.
Woe. Lore be upon ye.
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
I bring you the (XIV) Shugendo doc. If you remember the 2022 original, it has been almost entirely rewritten.
10k+ words across 20+ pages (and that's before I added pictures!) More than you ever needed.
Please enjoy! 🙏
(gdoc) (ellipsus) (tumblr)
#oclore #hinamonogatari
Shugendo
Shugendo The Far Eastern Mountain Callers and an Arcane Confluence. (v2.0) (Credit: Anata, Ullona, lyss) Disclaimer: Should this document somehow leave its target audience, the contents herein are e...
docs.google.com
July 3, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The shugendo doc has been updated to 2.1 on all sites (check the thread for ellipsus)! Including an expansion on the lore for mudras and some minor revisions.
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Fanservant #6: Zao Gongen
One of the most important lords of Shugēndo, believed to be the emanation of three Buddhas – past, present and future.
They possess a familiar face.
One of the most important lords of Shugēndo, believed to be the emanation of three Buddhas – past, present and future.
They possess a familiar face.
November 22, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Fanservant #6: Zao Gongen
One of the most important lords of Shugēndo, believed to be the emanation of three Buddhas – past, present and future.
They possess a familiar face.
One of the most important lords of Shugēndo, believed to be the emanation of three Buddhas – past, present and future.
They possess a familiar face.
know that I have written over 1,600 words so far and most of it is some foundational history and not explicitly about shugendo so look forward to that I guess
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
know that I have written over 1,600 words so far and most of it is some foundational history and not explicitly about shugendo so look forward to that I guess
I'm doing it, I'm writing the shugendo doc (again)
September 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I'm doing it, I'm writing the shugendo doc (again)
Mussolini obliterated more Roman history than he celebrated.
State Shinto butchered a beautiful Japanese syncretic tradition in which Shugendo, Buddhism, and Shinto conducted a religious conversation for more than a thousand years
Reducing Judaism to Zionism is ugly, evil, and false
State Shinto butchered a beautiful Japanese syncretic tradition in which Shugendo, Buddhism, and Shinto conducted a religious conversation for more than a thousand years
Reducing Judaism to Zionism is ugly, evil, and false
August 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Mussolini obliterated more Roman history than he celebrated.
State Shinto butchered a beautiful Japanese syncretic tradition in which Shugendo, Buddhism, and Shinto conducted a religious conversation for more than a thousand years
Reducing Judaism to Zionism is ugly, evil, and false
State Shinto butchered a beautiful Japanese syncretic tradition in which Shugendo, Buddhism, and Shinto conducted a religious conversation for more than a thousand years
Reducing Judaism to Zionism is ugly, evil, and false
It has exceeded the original doc (but I started actually discussing shugendo)
at over 3k words on the shugendo doc and still yet to talk in depth about shugendo proper, this will likely be bigger than the original doc
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 AM
It has exceeded the original doc (but I started actually discussing shugendo)
Shugendō
Direct connection between nature and seeking enlightenment.
darransdigest.substack.com/p/shugendo
Direct connection between nature and seeking enlightenment.
darransdigest.substack.com/p/shugendo
Shugendō
Direct connection between nature and seeking enlightenment.
darransdigest.substack.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Shugendō
Direct connection between nature and seeking enlightenment.
darransdigest.substack.com/p/shugendo
Direct connection between nature and seeking enlightenment.
darransdigest.substack.com/p/shugendo
Kannon‑in's founding year is unknown, but it served as a Shugendō temple in the Edo period, where ascetics practiced water austerities at a nearby waterfall. Shugendō, a mountain‑Buddhist tradition, was banned in the Meiji era, and the temple is now part of the Sōtō Zen school.
#秩父三十四観音霊場 #Japan
#秩父三十四観音霊場 #Japan
April 26, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Kannon‑in's founding year is unknown, but it served as a Shugendō temple in the Edo period, where ascetics practiced water austerities at a nearby waterfall. Shugendō, a mountain‑Buddhist tradition, was banned in the Meiji era, and the temple is now part of the Sōtō Zen school.
#秩父三十四観音霊場 #Japan
#秩父三十四観音霊場 #Japan
[laughs in Stormblood]
and felt perhaps even more keenly in Endwalker
• the ranged role quests in Doma, especially the last quest for Shugendo
• Mount Rokkon. ALL OF MOUNT ROKKON
and felt perhaps even more keenly in Endwalker
• the ranged role quests in Doma, especially the last quest for Shugendo
• Mount Rokkon. ALL OF MOUNT ROKKON
#wolqotd
Meta question here, in the process of writing your WOL/OC, have you ever seen a new piece of lore drop and feel like you hit the jackpot in writing material?
Meta question here, in the process of writing your WOL/OC, have you ever seen a new piece of lore drop and feel like you hit the jackpot in writing material?
February 25, 2026 at 7:08 PM
[laughs in Stormblood]
and felt perhaps even more keenly in Endwalker
• the ranged role quests in Doma, especially the last quest for Shugendo
• Mount Rokkon. ALL OF MOUNT ROKKON
and felt perhaps even more keenly in Endwalker
• the ranged role quests in Doma, especially the last quest for Shugendo
• Mount Rokkon. ALL OF MOUNT ROKKON
A young yamabushi fans the fire. Yamabushi are members of the ancient Japanese religion, Shugendo. Shugendo combines beliefs from Shinto, folk animism and esoteric Buddhism. Image taken on February 6, 2011, in Ono-cho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.’ Text and photography by StephenCairns on Flickr.
April 30, 2026 at 8:55 PM
A young yamabushi fans the fire. Yamabushi are members of the ancient Japanese religion, Shugendo. Shugendo combines beliefs from Shinto, folk animism and esoteric Buddhism. Image taken on February 6, 2011, in Ono-cho, Gifu Prefecture, Japan.’ Text and photography by StephenCairns on Flickr.
