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Unifying the Five Strata into a Comprehensive Theory to Approach Everything
The worldview of explaining energetic meanings through layers, stages or allegorical relationships to natural phenomenon is not a unique concept of Kotodama Linguistics. There are similarities between the five strata of Kotodama and the five element theory that emerged from China, among many other examples found in cultures around the world. An expanded view of the five strata is useful to develop in order to help begin to place the concept of Kotodama with the energetic counterparts from other traditions. The chart below correlates some of the energetic concepts of the five strata in more detail. The organization of the chart is that the first stratum pertains to the physical body including the senses (life energy), the second stratum to the organs (life force energy), the third stratum is the domain of the heart which governs the emotions (emotional energy), the fourth stratum pertains to the soul (spiritual energy), and the fifth to the domain of the spirits (unifying energy) and Gods (energy of Will).
God Amenominakanushi | God Amenotokotachi | God Takamimusubi | God Kamimusubi | God Umashiashikabihikoji |
Spirit of Ikumusubi | Spirit of Tamatsumemusubi | Spirit of Takamusubi | Spirit of Kamimusubi | Spirit of Tarumusubi |
Soul of Good Fortune | Violent Soul | Peaceful Soul | Soul of Unification | Soul of Actualized Miracle |
Regret | Reverence | Repentance | Awakening | Observance |
Heart | Kidney | Liver | Spleen | Lung |
Tasting | Touching | Hearing | Seeing | Smell |
From considering the structure of the five strata according to Kotodama Linguistic theory and the lore of the Kojiki, Nanasawa became interested in learning more about the connection of Kotodama to the practices of sound meditation by Japanese Shinto. Many of the modern sects of Shinto practice a form of sound meditation or chanting that can most likely trace some precept of thought of their order to the general theory of Kotodama Linguistics. For various reasons, in sectarian Shinto there are different opinions regarding the true and correct method by which to access the energy of the five strata. For example, there are even different proposed arrangements of the Japanese syllabary such as Futomani, Amatsufutonorito, Amatsusugaso, Takaraonzu, Akatamaonzu, etc… to begin with. Dr. Nanasawa supposes that each of the methods of chanting from different sects are all means to understand the concepts of classification and unification as they are handed down through the various lineages. Through his own spiritual journey and research about Kotodama, he has studied and practiced according to the philosophy of the Hakke Shinto sect, which will be studied in detail in the next chapter. The Hakke Shinto practice of Misogi Harai (Clearing and Purification Ritual) is the significant method by which sound is used to structure the energetic of language according to this school. The practice of Misogi Harai includes chanting the names from the 87th God (Yasomagatsuhi no Kami) of the Kojiki in order to the 97th God (Uwatsutsuo no Mikoto) for the purpose of aligning the structure of sound to correctly reverberate in language. The arrangement of the clearly chanted sounds of the names of these Gods is a powerful energetic clearing ritual in Hakke Shinto, where the ‘clearing’ can be understood as a means to prepare the practitioner to have a ‘clearer’ access to the five strata concept of Kotodama Linguistics.