A Portrait of Oomoto-The Way of Art, Spirit and Peace In the 21st Century

Contents

Foreword
A guide to the deguchi family
Maps
Prologue: Of pumpkins and pilgrims
Part I: The origins of the great origin
Chapter 1 The joiurney began with a pari of slippers
Chapter 2 Gratitude among the mystery of things
Chapter 3 A leader for Oomoto's second spring
Chapter 4 Mystical moments after

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midnight
Chapter 5 God's illiterate scribe
Chapter 6 Prophet, artist and gadfly
Chapter 7 The second persecution
Chapter 8 The Yoshioka prophecy
Part II: Converts and other followers
Chapter 10 Why they came to Oomoto
Chapter 11 Soldier and missionary
Chapter 12 A Communist convert
Cahpter 13 Faith healer
Chapter 14 Atomic bomb survivors
Chapter 15 Like mother, like son
Chapter 16 Two psychics
Chapter 17 Life in the seminary
Chapter 18 Accent on youth
Chpater 19 An evening with the women
Chapter 20 Spiritual life in the business world
Chapter 21 The Western connection
Part III Idealists and dreamers
Chapter 22 One God, one world
Chapter 23 Let us pray and talk together
Chapter 24 The Israel and Palestine connection
Chapter 25 Necessity is the mother of invention
Chapter 26 Rice, soybeans and enzymes
Part IV Artists and their way
Chapter 27 Art as a way
Chapter 28 Art in the family
Chapter 29 Earth, water, air and fire
Chapter 30 Way of tea, way of life
Chapter 31 Architectural harmony
Chapter 32 Gods and humans unite through dance
Chapter 33 The spirit of the instrument
Chapter 34 Every poem is a prayer
Chapter 35 Ripples in the West
Epilogue: Once more to the cave
Acknowledgements
Sources: Interviews and bibliography
About the autho

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