地鎮祭

princessesdiaries

12月22日(土)大安、ようやく地鎮祭を迎えました

We had the Shinto ceremony of purifying a building site at last on Dec 22, 2007.





土地を購入してから早3年
ついにマイホーム建設に向けて本格的にスタートしました
今後がとても楽しみです

 

It has been 3 years since we purchased the land.

We seriously started builing-my-home project.

We are looking forward to see our house built.


↑G邸建設予定地(Planned G residence construction Site)

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  • susan

    paradise1az@cox.net
    Is this you and Foxy?

    Are you doing some kind of ceremony? Blessing your grounds? I would like to hear how this is done-

    xxxxx

    and thank you!

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  • susan

    paradise1az@cox.net
    What is the first picture about?

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  • Kumano Kuma

    Our Land Ceremony
    That is a most astute observation, yes this is a ceremony to see to the purity (spiritual) of the land we would build on, to drive away evil from the place, and to make offering to the Spirit of the Land in that place. The first picture is the purified alterwork and offerings brought by the 'kannushi-sama' (priest of Shintou). The second picture show kannushi-sama at work and Her Highness and I standing in attendance. The last picture is of our land taken before anything had been done, posted here mostly to show our neighbors' homes in comparison to what we build.

    "How is it done?" -- It is some of that old-time religion, and when you speak of Shintou, we mean *really old-time*. Since the one god at the center of all created everything that exists, and imbued it all with spirit, it should seem apparent that if one is going to build a house on some land, one had best see to spiritual matters before one gets to building. May wind and rain abey so that the builders can work safely, may the land accept the placement of a family home upon it, and may any fell spirits that have come to lurk about the place be driven forth upon pain of divine destruction. This all involves a lot of praying, offering, spirit-sensing, and no small amount of yelling and waving to put any evil to flight. Lastly, pure o-sake (rice alcohol) is offered to all present, including the land spirit, and there is much celebration and the groundbreaking begins.

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  • susan

    paradise1az@cox.net
    this is nice tradition- it beats the - exorcism - way of driving away the fell spirits-
    It is almost like what a Native American would practice-

    I like the sake part too- I have had that here but I bet it is much better there-

    And I am going to assume you and Her Highness were living somewhere else-- Because I don't see anywhere where you two would have been sleeping-- (teasing you)

    I like this color on this site- it makes reading so easy- My eyes don't tire as they do when I read the black off the white- this must have a soothing affect- This seems to make reading clearer-

    Thanks for some more of your teachings-- How much do I owe you now?

    Hello to Foxy!

    xxxx

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