Classical and Medieval Japanese Magic / Spiritual Traditions...

[The NPC]

I have been doing some google-fu of late on the a fore mentioned traditions. Besides the obvious Shinto and Buddhism, I have also come up with Onmyodo, Shugendo, and Ainu Animism.

Are there any that I am missing, and will they require me to kick myself for missing them?

[Tacticslion]

Daaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwt.

[Krensky]

Christianity and it's syncretic forms.

Also, those weren't and aren't fully distinct traditions the way that say, Judism, Luthrernism, Catholicism, and Islam are.

[The NPC]

Christianity doesn't work for what i'm going for.

That is true, but I think they are distinct enough for what I am going for, both for a game setting level and a script setting level.

[Irontruth]

Confucianism, which is largely responsible for the social stratification of the culture.

Hinduism wasn't directly present in medieval Japan, but it did influence Japanese Buddhism quite a bit.

[I'm Hiding In Your Closet]

Irontruth wrote:

Hinduism wasn't directly present in medieval Japan, but it did influence Japanese Buddhism quite a bit.

I do think rather highly of Japanese-style curry.

[Krensky]

Irontruth wrote:

Confucianism, which is largely responsible for the social stratification of the culture.

Hinduism wasn't directly present in medieval Japan, but it did influence Japanese Buddhism quite a bit.

Confucianism, while an important philosophical and 'spiritual' influence, isn't really a mystical or magical tradition in the way they're used in fiction.

Although I am reminded that The NPC may want to consider a more 'pure', scientific approach to alchemy as well as how it shows up in Onmyodo.

[Irontruth]

Krensky wrote:

Irontruth wrote:

Confucianism, which is largely responsible for the social stratification of the culture.

Hinduism wasn't directly present in medieval Japan, but it did influence Japanese Buddhism quite a bit.

Confucianism, while an important philosophical and 'spiritual' influence, isn't really a mystical or magical tradition in the way they're used in fiction.

Although I am reminded that The NPC may want to consider a more 'pure', scientific approach to alchemy as well as how it shows up in Onmyodo.

I'm not here to debate this. He asked for things he might have missed, so I added something. He's free to incorporate/not incorporate it into his work as he sees fit.

When someone else is asking for ideas/suggestions, I'm not sure why you feel the need to come in and play "guardian".

[Krensky]

It's called a discussion. Discourse. An exchange of ideas and opinions.

I'm not sure why you feel threatened by it.

[Drejk]

Taoism

[Aniuś the Talewise]

I love the way you are thinking about magic for this.

I kind of want to recommend Inuyasha as inspiration, but I also know Takahashi-sensei did not do much research for it so it may not be that useful for your purposes.

[The NPC]

Aniuś the Talewise wrote:

I love the way you are thinking about magic for this.

I kind of want to recommend Inuyasha as inspiration, but I also know Takahashi-sensei did not do much research for it so it may not be that useful for your purposes.

Thanks :).

Something else that I came up with is a name the other practitioners came up with for those who practice their own largely or entirely self-taught traditions: Torimichido - Way of the Many Paths.

Additionally I added Ryukyuan Shamanism to the list.

[Alzrius]

There's also kotodama.