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Current mood:  betrayed Category: Religion and Philosophy
We asked:Can we ask a few questions.
1) How did you get your training to be the Shinto Priest?
2) Who trained you?
2a) was it difficult to become the Shinto Priest? (we heard it wasn't easy, but you have done it)
3) Who signed your license?
4) Do you need a license to conduct rituals like in Japan or is it OK to just make it up?
5) Can I be a Shinto Priest also ?
5a) Can you give me a license too?
5b) Would I have to train (it would be hard for me to go and train so can I have it now)?
6) What grade Shinto Priest are you?
Arigato! I eagerly await your responses...
kurtaikido
longevityaikido.comYou replied:
I have received questions asking about me. I will try to answer some of them here.
1) What training have you received?
A) None. There are no Shinto Shrines within a days drive of where I
live. So there is no one to teach me. Everything I am learning is from
books, the internet, and talking to other people in the Shinto
community. I feel it will still take me many years to be more than just
a beginner.
2) Do you have a license?
A) No. You are not required to have a license in the USA to open a
Shrine, church, etc. You are only required to have a business license,
in most states, if you want to be tax exempt.
3) Can I be a Priest too?
A) Yes. I feel there is no reason you cannot learn on your own. Now
saying that I must point out that this is a life long decision I am
making. I use the title Priest at this point only to let people know I
am running the Shinto Shrine. I still feel I have a long ways to go to
earn that title.
4) Do I have to learn Japanese?
A) You have to know some to be able to say the names of the Kami and
the prayers, known as Norito. As fully speaking, reading and writing
Japanese, I feel no. Just as other religions have been translated over
time to be taught around the world, Shinto can also.
5) Will you offer training?
A) Yes. One of my main objectives it to spread the worship of the Kami
all over the world. In the future I will offer classes in person and
online to anyone wanting to learn. I do not feel the worship of the
Kami should be limited to certain Shrines and/or families, I feel it
should be open to everyone. Man or Woman.
That is all for now...
Thank You.
So I say:
Mr. Trammell, I’m very disappointed
I’m very disappointed in your answers to the questions our Longevity Aikido Group posed to you.
Basically Mr. Trammell, you have no respect for the Shinto World!
Rules exist... for instance, there is a rule about handling Harae Gushi...as the lay person you may learn (operative word learn) to purify yourself but you may not conduct Harae to purify others. If you had respect for the world of Jinja Shinto you would not dismiss it's rules and thousands of years of traditions because you were lazy or egocentric.
You name yourself a priest with no credentials or first-person training in the profession you are assuming. Similarly, if you had the deep interest/passion for Aikido, and no opportunity to train
you would not start by naming yourself Shihan, and then teaching your assumed misinformation to others. Do you really think that all there is to understanding Shinto can be taught from a book or the internet?
What a shame it would be for someone to naively think what you are doing is in anyway authentic or even functional Jinja Shinto! Or anymore than a personality/ego masking
itself in its imagination only!
Basically your thinking on this matter is garbage.
If you must invent your own thing, why not make-up your own name for it, rather than assigning attributes to Shinto that are erroneous.
I would suggest to you, Mr. Trammell, that you find authentic training even if you find it difficult or costly to do so.
aiKiDo kurt
Chief Instructor
Longevity Aikido Group
9:59 PM
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