What are the main beliefs and practices of Japanese religion, Shinto?
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Shinto has no known founder or single sacred scripture. Shinto is dedicated entirely to life in this world and focuses on the essential goodness of man. Beliefs about the universe statue of a dragon spirit © Shinto does not divide the universe of , In a physical world, natural and transcendent, supernatural world. It is considered as part of a unified creation. Shinto also does not the Western Division between body and spirit – even spiritual beings exist in the same world as humans. Shinto visible and invisible world does not distinguish between the visible (Katie) and the invisible world (Yukai), but the invisible world is seen as an extension in some way, the everyday world, not a separate domain. Kami Kami and the universe to provide a mechanism by which the Japanese are capable of treating the natural world as both sacred and equipment. Kami include gods and spiritual beings, but also include many other things that are revered by the powers they possess. Oceans and mountains are kami, so are the storms and earthquakes. The gods of Shinto is the life of natural world in all its rich diversity. Sacredness is not out of life, but is one with it. James W. More about Heisig http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/beliefs/universe.shtml Shinto Grand http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/texts/stories_1.shtml Sites: http://web-jpn.org/kidsweb/ http://www.pbs.org / empires / Japan / Http://www.kougei.or.jp/english/index.html http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/bonc/2geographicsearch/Japan/japan.html http://www. kyohaku.go.jp / http://www.artsmia.org/art-of-asia/ http://homepage2.nifty.com/haiku-eg/ http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/japanesescreens / Hope scr09.html help! 
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