1. I believe in the “Way of the Gods,” Kami-no-michi, which asserts nature’s sacredness and uniquely reveals the supernatural.§
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2. I believe there is not a single Supreme Being, but myriad Gods, superior beings, among all the wonders of the universe which is not inanimate but filled everywhere with sentient life.§
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3. I believe in the scriptural authority of the great books known as the Record of Ancient Things, Chronicles of Japan, Institutes of the Period of Yengi and Collection of 10,000 Leaves.§
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4. I believe in the sanctity of cleanliness and purity, of body and spirit, and that impurity is a religious transgression.§
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5. I believe that the State is a divine institution whose laws should not be transgressed and to which individuals must sacrifice their own needs.§
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6. I believe in moral and spiritual uprightness as the cornerstone of religious ethics and in the supreme value of loyalty.§
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7. I believe that the supernatural reveals itself through all that is natural and beautiful, and value these above philosophical or theological doctrine.§
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8. I believe that whatever is, is Divine Spirit, that the world is a one brotherhood, that all men are capable of deep affinity with the Divine and that there exists no evil in the world whatsoever.§
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9. I believe in the practical use of ceremony and ritual, and in the worship of the Deities that animate nature, including the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, the Moon God Tsuki-yomi, and the Storm God Sasa-no-wo.§
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