"In the period immediately after death, the spirit-soul remains close to this world, observing how the family is doing, going out to visit friends at their home, or going to worship at a shrine or Buddhist temple. Many are not yet clearly aware of their own death status. Some still retain a part of nigimitama, so they have a semi-material body and can even make noises. Those who have psychic powers are able to see them. Usually they spend a certain period of time, the so-called “forty-nine days,” in such circumstances. In Buddhism they call this circumstance chuyu, meaning “existing in the middle.” A while afterwards they become aware of their death and fully move onto the other world, or yukai."
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Chapter 6: Koshinto: Theory of One Spirit, Four Souls, pp. 144-145
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Motohisa Yamakage
Motohisa Yamakage (Japanese: ĺ±±č”基央; March 11, 1925 – July 4, 2013) was a Japanese Shinto priest and writer. He was the 79th head of the Yamakage Shinto sect.
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