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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Jun 8, 2023

NEW Deep in Japan podcast "KUKAI THE UNIVERSAL with Professor Steve McCarty" on the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai, Esoteric Buddhism, and Zen. I discuss the book in terms of East Asian history, language education, and translation issues including voice. My philosophy is expressed as well, so comments would be much appreciated.

Listen at https://deepinjapan.transistor.fm/10

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or publications on Japan at https://japanned.hcommons.org/japanology

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Deep in Japan | Kūkai the Universal with Professor Steve McCarty

*This episode originally aired in February 2023In this episode, we welcome back Professor Steve McCarty for a deep dive into Kūkai the Universal, a historical novel by Ryōtarō Shiba, translated by ...

Deep in Japan

Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Jun 1, 2023

A Deep in Japan podcast interview is in production on the life and times of Japan's great saint Kūkai, Esoteric Buddhism from India to East Asia, and Zen Buddhism. Meanwhile, you might like to listen to the Deep in Japan podcast on "Japanese Prehistory and Mythology" (2020) or Japancasting Episode 16, the recorded presentation “Encountering Famous East-West Bridge Persons across the U.S. to Japan” (2022), among the Multimedia links at https://japanned.hcommons.org/multimedia

#podcast #podcasting #Japan #Asia #Buddhism #religion #religions #mythology #philosophy #history #AsianReligions

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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Mar 13, 2023

Have you heard of #PechaKucha #presentation meetings? Wikipedia: "a #storytelling format in which a presenter shows 20 slides for 20 seconds of commentary each," from the #Japanese word for chatter. Notice also the #narrative #genre of the following book:

NEW PechaKucha Presentation: A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives (a slide and brief description for each of the 30 chapters, by the editor) at https://www.pechakucha.com/presentations/a-passion-for-japan-a-collection-of-personal-narratives

Search "A Passion for Japan" to order the #book on Amazon.

My chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of #Religions on the #Pilgrimage Island of #Shikoku" is free at research repositories https://www.academia.edu/82383623 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361566172

It is a #research #memoir but it also tells the #story of my life in relation to #Japan. These photos in the slide are from when I was a young researcher.

#Religion #Buddhism #AsianReligions #AsianStudies #syncretism #Kompira #Zentsuji #Kukai #JapaneseBuddhism #Shinto @religion

PechaKucha 20x20

Se Ⓐnstapa Dec 9, 2022

Exclusive lecture for Dr Angela Puca's Magus+ level Patrons on Theosophy & Eastern religious practices, interpretations and misinterpretations, syncretism and how Asian traditions get reshaped in a Western framework.
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#theosophy #esotericism #paganism #religion #academia #blavatsky #easternphilosophy #asianreligions #chakra #om #theosophical #westernesotericism #indianphilosophy #indianspirituality

Angela's Symposium

Academic study of Esotericism, Paganism, witchcraft and the occult. Dr Angela Puca holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Philosophy. In 2021, The University of Leeds awarded her a PhD in Anthropology of Religion, which will soon be published with Brill. Her research focuses on magic, witchcraft, Paganism, esotericism, shamanism, and related currents. Author of several peer-reviewed publications and co-editor of the forthcoming ‘Pagan Religions in five minutes’ for Equinox, she hopes to bridge the gap between academia and the communities of magic practitioners by delivering related scholarly content on her YouTube Channel and TikTok ‘Angela’s Symposium.’ SUPPORT Dr Puca’s work on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/angelapuca, Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/drangelapuca or Paypal https://paypal.me/angelasymposium

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Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Dec 5, 2022

@conradhackett @religion
If I may suggest to those interested in #global #religions, read my chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku" in the popular new book A Passion for Japan, free at the research repositories https://www.academia.edu/82383623 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361566172
I reconstructed the lost chord of a #mandala of mountains, a #syncretism of many #AsianReligions in the classical age around a thousand years ago.
#Japan #Japanese #Religion
#JapaneseBuddhism, #Shinto
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@histodons @religidons

Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku

This chapter traces the eventful biography of Steve McCarty vis-à-vis Japan. The story spans decades from graduate school specializing in Japan to discovering an astonishing syncretism of Asian religions. Along the way, the author gained a Japanese

Steve McCarty 🇯🇵Nov 16, 2022

In the popular new book A Passion for Japan: A Collection of Personal Narratives, 30 authors provide inside perspectives on living in Japan. My chapter "Discovering Japanese Fusion of Religions on the Pilgrimage Island of Shikoku" is free at the research repositories https://www.academia.edu/82383623 or https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361566172
My translation of the chapter into Japanese (和訳): 「巡礼の島・四国で発見した日本の宗教融合」 (corrected by a native speaking university teacher in Kyoto) is free to download from https://works.hcommons.org/records/zjfkj-gy504/files/discovering_ja.pdf
#Japan #Japanese #Religion #Religions #syncretism #AsianStudies #AsianReligions
#Pilgrimage, #Shikoku #Kompira #Zentsuji #Kukai #JapaneseBuddhism, #Shinto