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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
And from the Seattle news article alluded to in the previous posting:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.c......=4045551 It has been found from time to time. In 1935, a diver looking for a tugboat's anchor stumbled upon the silt-covered hulk of the Andelana. In 1954, some of the ship's ironwood railing was hauled up and made into gavels for Republican clubs around the state. Then the Andelana was forgotten and essentially lost all over again. Yet when Robert Mester, a Puyallup marine explorer and salvor, returned to the bay last summer, he was confident. Over decades, Mester has searched for lost anchors, buoys, sunken planes, even drowning victims, and has hunted for underwater treasure from Alaska to Uruguay. He is one of a special breed of entrepreneurs who mix a thirst for speculative long shots with technical know-how that allows them to glimpse the dark, claustrophobic depths. Looking for a big ship in a relatively small area didn't strike him as too hard, especially since he held location coordinates left by someone who claimed to have found the ship decades before. "A 300-foot ship," he said, inching closer to those coordinates, "can't hide in here." The Andelana is but one of many underwater mysteries in Northwest waters and along the Pacific Coast, the legacy of maritime trade and its risks. More than 1,000 shipwrecks and sinkings have been recorded in Washington waters, from Elliott and Commencement bays to the rough water of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and along the coast to the sandbars of the Columbia River. Freighters, frigates, passenger ships, schooners have all gone down, often taking lives with them. Most of those that sank along the rugged shores of the strait in the 1800s and 1900s have been ground to rubble by churning currents and rocks. Yet government archaeologists and treasure hunters still search that area, one looking for history, the other opportunity. I will keep looking.
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Thanks for the information and the links Charlie, but:
The Andelana was wrecked during the night of January 14th 1899 (and not jan 6), they came from Shangai in ballast but emptied their ballast before replacing it by wheat. I've one "excuse letter" from the owners of the ship to Richard's parents that gives a lot of details. I've also a letter from Hester, the photographer, who tries to sell the photography to Richard's parents. Richard's father name was also Richard, it was a bit confusing to me... Richard Hanze parents spoke and wrote French and English, he wrote his letters in both languages. French for both (Chers parents) and English for his mother and "bonnemama" (Dear mother..) The letter of the owner specified that Percy Buck was send on another ship later. If you need, I can scans of some letters and post them here or send you a copy in good resolution. I'm searching a very good scan of the Hester photography and I think there must be a museum in Tacoma who probably can provide one. |
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And now the best:
Percy was sent back home on another ship from the company, the Andrada... http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/......91).html Andrada A four-masted steel barque built in 1891 by W. Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland. Dimensions 92,77×13,15×7,31 meters [304'5"×43'2"×24'0"] and tonnage 2551 GRT and 2444 NRT. Rigged with nothing above double top- and topgallant sails. 1891 January Launched at the shipyard of W. Pickergill & Sons, Sunderland, for E.F. & W. Roberts, Liverpool. Employed mainly in the San Francisco grain trade. Her first master was Captain G.E. Adams. 1897 Sailed from Antwerp to San Francisco in 117 days. 1900 December 11 Wrecked at Vancouver Island on voyage from Santa Rosalia to Portland, OR. |
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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
The Washington Historical Society claims to have a porthole from the wreck in its collection, apparently from the wood salvage attempt mentioned previously.
http://digitum.washingtonhistory.org/cdm......=1&REC=1 The variant spellings of Andelona, Andalona, Andelena, Andelana are producing new references in local catalogs which I will pursue when the host institutions are open for business. Some items, like the porthole, can only be viewed by prior appointment. But it is becoming an interesting hunt. CHR
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Note to forget that Vancouver Island is very close to Tacoma.
Two ships where Percy Bradley Buck was aboard, sank almost at the same location within a period of 2 years. Searching local information about the Andrada may be fruitful too. I'm curious to know what happened to Percy later. A ghost story about Percy here: http://columbia.washingtonhistory.org/ki......zle.aspx |
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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
The Northwest Room of the Tacoma Public Library has the following (Of particular interest are the specific newspaper references; many of these are on microcard, microfiche and microfilm--it will just take some time to find look them up):
http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/sh......p?1-8834 Search Match Number 1 (Record # 8834) Name: ANDELANA Description: On January 14, 1899 a more tragic accident had occurred in the harbor of Tacoma. In contrast to the frightening uproar attending the Kingston - Glenogle collision, this disaster took place without warning and in almost complete silence. The four - masted, full - rigged British ship Andelana was lying at anchor preparatory to taking on cargo. Her ballast had been removed and she was held upright by logs chained to her hull on either side at the waterline. During the night Commencement Bay was swept by winds of nearly forty miles an hour and as a gust hit the towering tophamper of the 2,579-ton ship she capsized and sank in 180 fathoms of water, carrying Capt. George W. Stalling and all hands to their death, the ordy survivor of the Andelana's crew being an apprentice, Percy B. Buck, who was ill at a Tacoma hospital. Efforts of four tugs to pull the sunken vessel into shallow water where she could be salvaged failed, and to this day the square-rigger lies at the bottom of Commencement Bay, the tomb of 17 unfortunate seamen. Later a deep-sea diver attempting to locate the wreck was killed when his air pump packing gland failed. In 1935 George Wayne, a diver employed by the Olson Tug Boat Co. of Tacoma, stumbled upon the remains of the Andelana and brought up pieces of the wreckage. Gordon Newell, "Maritime events of 1899," H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest, p. 51. Soundex Code(s): 5345 http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/sh......p?2-2089 Search Match Number 2 (Record # 2089) Name: ANDELANA Description: Four masted steel bark. 303.7 feet long. 42.2 foot beam and 24.6 foot depth of old. Tacoma Daily Ledger. January 15, 1899, p. 1 and 3. "Like rats in a cage, they all drown. Tacoma Daily Ledger. August 18, 1899. W.L. Baldwin dives to his dJoseph Thomas Heath. Memoris of Nisqually. p. 3. Tacoma Daily Ledger. "Almost sees the crew," November 17, 1899, p. 1. Tacoma Daily Ledger "Sell relics of the lost Andelana," March 22, 1900, p. 3. Tacoma Daily Ledger, "Andelana will not be raised," October 15, 1900, p. 3. Tacoma Daily Ledger, "Andelana may yet be raised, June 20, 1901. p. 3 Many thousands of dollars will be needed. Small fortune risked on the Andelana. Tacoma Daily Ledger. "Views wreck of the Andelana," April 24, 1904, p. 3. Salvage diving firm inspection of the ship. Tacoma Daily Ledger. "Andelana sinking changed boundary lines" February 9, 1932. Tacoma Times. "Role of the Andelana in the change of the Pierce County-King County boundary," June 12, 1934. also E.T. Short's column "After Thirty Years," May 1, 1928 and June 27, 1941. Tacoma Daily Ledger. "Shipwreck fifty years ago changed Pierce County line. January 15, 1950. Tacoma Daily Ledger. "Disaster attracted the attention of the world," June 17, 1951. Tacoma News Tribune. Ross Hoss, "Sisteen lost in marine disaster here in 1899," Tacoma News Tribune. September 4, 1960. Gordon and Rowena Alcorn, "Tacoma Seamen's Rest," Oregon Historical Quarterly. LXVI (June, 1965), p. 119-122. (Some details of the wreck.). Fred Spurrell, "The Sinking of the Andelana," Marine Digest. June 1, 1985. (il). "Finding the Andelana for her skipper's grandson," Marine Digest. JUne 8, 1985. p. 11. (Located by magnetometer within a few yards of 47 degrees 16 minutes 23 seconds North and 122 degrees 25 minues 30 seconds west. Approximately 450 yards NW by N (about 328 degrees true) from the northwest corner of Sea Land's new facility between Milwauke and Sitcum Waterways. Soundex Code(s): 5345 http://search.tacomapubliclibrary.org/sh......p?3-1521 Search Match Number 3 (Record # 1521) Name: Andelana Ship Type: Bark Description: Built in Liverpool, England in 1889, the 2579 ton, four-masted bark Andelana was under British registry. Owned by her own company, the bark participated in the English-American grain trade. On January 14, 1899 the Andelana's 24.6 ft hold lay empty as she rode at anchor in Commencement Bay. A storm came up and the lightened 303.7 ft long vessel rolled over and sank. All hands (16) were lost except for one who was ashore in the hospital. Attempts were made to drag the wreck into shallow water but these efforts proved unsuccessful. Her location was discovered in 1935 by hard-hat diver Geor ge Wayne (Gibbs 1955:220, The Seattle Post-Intelligenser January 15,1899, The Tacoma Sunday Ledger-News Tribune September 4, 1960). Soundex Code(s): 5345 Too bad I don't need a research topic for a thesis! CHR
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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
The University of Washington has the original negative plate of the crew photo and will produce copies:
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/i......=1&REC=1 CHR
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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/andelana.html
The first reference I have seen that noted specifically the capsizing storm arose on the night of Friday the 13th. CHR
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CHRousseau Regular user Registered Lurker from Lakewood WA 120 Posts |
The New York Times, 15th January 1899, page 1:
" 17 MEN DROWNED IN PORT. British Bark Andelina (sic) sinks at Tacoma, Washington. Little Warning to the Crew. Ship careens and goes down, giving the sailors on board no chance to escape. TACOMA, Washington, Jan.14.-The British bark Andelina, 2,345 tons, of Nova Scotia, Capt.G.W.Stailing, sank in 22 fathoms of water in front of the St.Paul Mill wharf, and the Captain, the mate, and fifteen of the crew were drowned. The accident occurred during the night. The vessel came four days ago in ballast from Shanghai. The ballast had been discharged, and the ship was lying at anchor waiting to be towed into the dock. Last night a terrific gale raged out in the bay, the wind blowing thirty-six miles an hour. Two great boom logs were placed beside the Andelina, one on each side. During the gale between 2 and 4 this morning one of the logs went adrift, causing the ship to careen and to capsize with very little warning to the crew. The vessel was entirely without ballast and the hatches were open. All on board were caught like rats in a trap and had no chance of escape. The ship simply careened over, the water flowed in the open hatches, and she sank. At daylight this morning the ship was missed. Where she had been riding, apparently securely at dusk the night before, there showed but a blank stretch of water. The wreckage which was strewn about the bay told the vessel's fate. A large number of the crew were discharged yesterday, or the loss of life would have been far more appalling. The ship was to commence taking on a cargo of wheat for Queenstown to-day, and was to receive further orders. Capt.Stailing lived in Anapolis, N.S., and leaves a widow and three children. He is well known in this port. The Andelina left New York May 9 last for Shanghai, carrying case oil, and arrived there Oct.19. She reached this port less than a week ago, to load wheat for Eppinger & Co., San Francisco, for export to England. She was built at Workington, North England, in 1889, and was owned by E.F.& W.Roberts of Liverpool, and was rated A1 by Lloyd's. Her dimensions were : Length, 330 feet; beam, 42 feet; depth of hold 24 feet 6 inches; tonnage, 2,395 net. " http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/work......lana.htm
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On 2011-05-28 17:05, CHRousseau wrote: Many thanks for the link for the photo. Friday the 13th seems correct as the ship sank in the night of 13/14th of january, if my guess is right. The article about the shipwreck has also been published in TRUE WEST magazine, October 1973. |
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This curious item among Richard's treasures seems to be an old XIXth century Fijian cannibal Fork made from a human bone.
The story is completed in French and should be translated soon by Carl Gibson. |
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So, this must be Richard Hanze. |
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I've been reading this thread while listening to some beautiful ambient music by Brian Eno. It was purely accidental, as I have him as part of a mix. But the music began to play and I began to read this wonderful, yet haunting story. I literally have goose bumps. What a mysterious, and magical story this will be to tell.
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Found an original 1899 photo of Fannie Paddock Hospital where Percy Bradley Buck stayed during the shipwreck.
A last interview from Percy was recorded in 1925. He was married with two kids. Percy mentioned that there must have been 16 crew members aboard, so he didn't know who was the 17th passenger... |
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Aramitama
Voyage of the Andelana (thanks to Carl Gibson for the translation) November 24, 1891 A Cape Horn swell, a freshening gale from out of the heart of the Antarctic, a British clipper rolling with reefed topsails over the swollen waters, the captain holding on to a backstay aft, and aloft two seamen, both Japanese, struggling to pass a sea gasket around the mainsail, the sail having blown loose. The ship was pitching heavily and her deep windward rolls kept the dangling seamen swinging back and forth, far out over the sea, and then back again until the sloping deck was underfoot. The crew was composed entirely of Japanese, twenty-three men in all forward of the mast. A half dozen active fellows sprang into the rigging to try to aid their comrades by dropping a bowline from the mainyard, but before that could be done, Sakaturo, one of the men, let go his hold and shot through the air, striking on a pile of spare spars lashed on deck, and falling across them on his back. A moment later, Genrio Sasakura, the other seaman, relinquished the gasket and plumped heavily against the forebrace block, rebounded and fell into the sea. Captain Gillis rushed to the side and flung a life buoy toward the man, and at the same time ordered the ship hove to and the life boat lowered away. The man rose to the surface hardly twenty feet away, looked straight at the captain, who was eagerly peering over the side, and smiled at him. That smile from the drowning seaman, Captain Gillis says, haunts him yet. Sakaturo, the man who had fallen on deck, lived forty-four days. His back had been broken. He died on the evening of January 7. The body was brought aft and placed on the main hatch, and that night the Japanese crew asked permission to hold funeral rites over the dead.* (New York Times, February 14, 1896) Early 1898. Richard Hanze was excited. He was finally going to leave the port of Antwerp to begin his apprenticeship as a future first officer on the four-master Andelana. The Andelana was one of a group of six vessels called The Sisters of Workington that were built in Liverpool and carried cargoes ranging from oil to wheat around the world. Captain Gillis and Captain Richards had served as shipmasters prior to Captain Staling. It left Antwerp carrying a cargo of cement and was bound for New York. At the age of 17, the time had come to leave the warm embrace of the family home and travel the world on a grand adventure. He was dead set on working hard, and Captain Staling had made a good impression on him. He soon made friends with two other apprentices: Joe (Joseph d’Haeyere) and Percy (Bradley Buck). Joseph was also from Ostend, while Percy hailed from Blackpool. The son of a trader and the latest in a long line of sailors on his English mother's side, Richard had, in his childhood, devoured such works as Treasure Island, The Flying Dutchman, In Search of the Castaways and Moby-Dick, and dreamed of living the adventures of Jim Hawkins and Ishmael. He carefully kept the treasures given him by travellers arriving from exotic destinations: an engraved nautilus shell from Madagascar, a shark's tooth from Cape Verde, strange cannibal fetishes from Fiji, a harpoon tip fashioned by Eskimos. He kept them all in a box belonging to his Uncle Horace (lost at sea). All he had to do was open the box and his imagination would take flight. But the trip did not start off well. The ship was damaged during a horrific storm that resulted in five sailors drowning and two more sustaining serious injuries. It had to be towed to Queenstown before returning to Liverpool for repairs. It then set off for New York. During the crossing, Richard fell seriously ill. The captain cared for him as if he were his own son for weeks until he was fully recovered. In his delirium, the young man sputtered words in a language that seemed to be Japanese. Once recovered, normal life resumed and his work left him little free time to write to his family. The letters in our possession reveal that he wrote in English to his mother and in French to his family in general. His writing is laced with expressions typical of the Ostend dialect. The boat had pulled in to New York, but the captain strongly urged the young apprentices not to succumb to the demon drink and to avoid the city's seedy dives. The Andelana then left for Shanghai carrying a cargo of oil. In Java, the monkeys and "wild beasts" made a strong impression on the young man. At each port of call, he would send his mother a few souvenirs and local curiosities. But the ship was not necessarily a haven of peace; they were pursued by rotten luck. The Andelana once again got caught in a dreadful typhoon that ripped a mast off and blew away the sailors' belongings. Repairs were effected at Shanghai. And as Percy Buck had no other clothes to change into, his friends lent him theirs. One sailor, haunted by visions, went mad; the boatswain had to take him into custody. Two others fell ill. The captain himself dreamed that water was filling his cabin and drowning him. He swore it would be his final voyage at sea. The sailors – a superstitious lot at the best of times – were sure that the ship was cursed. Richard started to believe it too, but he didn't want to alarm his parents. While on shore leave in Shanghai, the apprentices came across a Chinese palm reader. Just for fun, the young Belgian sailor decided to have his future foretold. The palm reader seemed upset by what he saw in Richard's palm and told him that he was in grave danger: an evil spirit was following him. The palm reader sold Richard an ancient amulet so he could protect himself from the spirit. He said it would repel demons and ghosts and stressed that the amulet must always be kept on his person if it was to remain effective. The amulet is curious indeed. On one side is bears a Chinese zodiac and on the other two crossed swords cover a representation of the Great Bear, a constellation reputed to be a source of very powerful magic. The voyage continued. The empty hold had been filled with the ballast needed to keep it stable. But other incidents disrupted life aboard the vessel. Percy sustained an injury to his face and the wound became infected. He suffered enormously from a painful abscess and the mood on board darkened. Finally, the Andelana reached Tacoma on 6 January 1899 to take on a cargo of wheat. Soon after putting in, 10 of the crew (two officers and eight sailors) left the ship and requested to be paid off. They swore that the ship was cursed and the rumours made it hard to find replacements. Somehow Captain Staling managed to recruit new men and asked them to wait until right before the ship's departure before coming aboard. But the captain, too, was tense. While chatting with his friend, Captain Doly, he revealed that he was having nightmares about drowning and that he planned to retire from the sea and return to his family in Nova Scotia. Since the ship was scheduled to take on a cargo of wheat, all ballast was removed, leaving it less stable in high winds. It was during this period that Richard again leant some clothes to Percy so he could go ashore to the Fannie Paddock mission to get medical treatment. He didn't know it, but the amulet bought back in Shanghai was in the pocket of the trousers he was now wearing. In an effort to lift his men's spirits and lighten the atmosphere, the captain asked Wilhelm Hester, a local photographer, to take a photo of the crew. It was January 13, 1899... a Friday. For the past three days, the ship had been taking on provisions for its return trip and the hatches had been left open. Chains were used to lash the ship to heavy logs in order to keep it stable. The weather turned foul and a windstorm blew across Puget Sound, but nothing to alarm a crew that had seen plenty of storms in their day. And yet, during the night of January 13-14, 1899, the Andelana disappeared. The next day, all that remained was a capsized lifeboat and a few scattered fragments floating in the port; the ship had sunk. The strong winds had caused it to pitch and water had poured into the open hatches. Tugs were brought into to look for it, but the efforts proved fruitless. A diver was sent down to look in the area where the ship had disappeared; but he himself perished due to an accident, making him the 18th victim of the cursed ship. Later, Percy Buck was sent back to Blackpool on the Andrada, another ship owned by the same company. He visited the parents of his friend Richard, told them the story and returned the clothes and amulet. Sailors have a superstition that they should never keep items belonging to a dead man, otherwise they run the risk of succumbing to the same fate. The Andrada sank the following year, not far from the Andelana. *Shinto rites are quite clear: to calm a dead man's violent spirits - the aramitama - the rites must be repeated after 1, 3, 7 and 33 years. If the rites are not respected or are left incomplete, the aramitama will haunt the place he has chosen as his 'home'. One such home might even be a four-master bark … From Wikipedia: Kami are the central objects of worship for the Shinto faith. Modern Shinto began as the various ancient animistic traditional spirituality of Japan, which only became an institutionalized spirituality much later as a result of efforts to separate out influences of other religions brought into Japan from abroad. As a result, the nature of what can be called kami is very broad and encompasses many different concepts and phenomena. Some of the objects or phenomena designated as kami are qualities of growth, fertility, and production; natural phenomena like wind and thunder; natural objects like the sun, mountains, rivers, trees, and rocks; some animals; and ancestral spirits. Included within the designation of ancestral spirits are spirits of the ancestors of the Imperial House of Japan, but also ancestors of noble families as well as the spirits of the ancestors of all people. There are other spirits designated as kami as well. For example, the guardian spirits of the land, occupations, and skills; spirits of Japanese heroes, men of outstanding deeds or virtues, and those who have contributed to civilization, culture and human welfare; those who have died for the state or the community [3]; and the pitiable dead. Not only spirits superior to man can be considered kami, but also spirits that are considered pitiable or weak have been considered kami in Shinto. The concept of kami has been changed and refined since ancient times, although anything that was considered to be kami by ancient people will still be considered kami in modern Shinto. Even within modern Shinto, there are no clearly defined criteria for what should or should not be worshipped as kami. The difference between modern Shinto and the ancient animistic religions is mainly a refinement of the kami-concept, rather than a difference in definitions. In the ancient animistic religions, kami were understood as simply the divine forces of nature. Worshippers in ancient Japan revered creations of nature which exhibited a particular beauty and power such as waterfalls, mountains, boulders, animals, trees, grasses and even rice paddies. They strongly believed the spirits or resident kami deserved respect. Although the ancient designations are still adhered to, in modern Shinto many priests also consider kami to be anthropomorphic spirits, with nobility and authority. These include such mythological figures as Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess of the Shinto pantheon. Although these kami can be considered deities, they are not necessarily considered omnipotent or omniscient, and like the Greek Gods, they had flawed personalities and were quite capable of ignoble acts. In the myths of Amaterasu, for example, she could see the events of the human world, but had to use divination rituals to see the future. Traditionally, kami possess two souls, one gentle (nigi-mitama) and the other assertive (ara-mitama). This powerful form of kami was also divided into amatsu-kami ("the heavenly deities") and kunitsu-kami ("the gods of the earthly realm"). A deity would behave differently according to which soul was in control at a given time. In many ways, this was representative of nature's sudden changes and would explain why there were kami for every meteorological event: snowfall, rain, typhoons, floods, lightning and volcanoes. The ancestors of a particular family can also be worshiped as kami. In this sense, these kami were worshiped not because of their godly powers, but because of a distinct quality or value. These kami are regional and many shrines (hokora) have been built in their honour. In many cases, people who once lived can thus be deified as gods; an example of this is Tenjin, who was Sugawara no Michizane (845-903) in life. Within Shinto, it is believed that the nature of life is sacred because the kami began human life. Yet, man cannot perceive this divine nature, which the kami created, on his own; therefore, magokoro, or purification, is necessary in order to see the divine nature. [4] This purification can only be granted by the kami. In order to please the kami and earn magokoro, Shinto followers are taught to uphold the four affirmations of Shinto. The first affirmation is to hold onto tradition and the family. Family is seen as the main mechanism by which traditions are preserved. For instance, with marriages or births, traditions can be practiced repeatedly. The second affirmation is to have a love of nature. Nature objects are worshipped as sacred because the kami live within them. Therefore, to be in contact with nature means to be in contact with the gods. The third affirmation is to maintain physical cleanliness. Followers of Shinto take baths, wash their hands, and rinse out their mouths often. The last affirmation is to practice matsuri, which is the worship and honor given to the kami and the ancestral spirits.[5] Additionally, Shinto followers believe that the kami are the ones who can either grant blessings or curses to a person. Shinto believers desire to appease the evil kami to 'stay on their good side,' and also to please the good kami. Therefore, as the four affirmations are values that Shinto believers strive to practice daily, they also wear mamori to aid them in remaining pure and protected. Mamori are charms that keep the evil kami from striking a human with sickness or causing disaster to befall him. [6] The kami are both worshiped and respected within the religion of Shinto. The goal of life to Shinto believers is to obtain magokoro, a pure sincere heart, which can only be granted by the kami. [7] As a result, Shinto followers are taught that humankind should venerate both the living and the nonliving, because both possess a divine superior spirit within, the kami. [8] |
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Balaram Special user 904 Posts |
Always a great joy to read your background stories Christian, many thanks
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I'm glad to see that at least one person reads what I write.
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Don't worry, you have many fans who read what you write...and appreciate it.
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Greatly appreciate it!
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