learn something every day..

I'm writing a paper on Japanese New Religion, specifically one called Princess of the Dragon Palace, it's a pretty weird mix of ancient Japanese spiritual beliefs and mythology, Western deities (Jesus & Judaism- identifies the Japanese people as a lost tribe of Isreal, um okay) , and feminism. I'm particularly into this quote by the head shamaness, Fujita Himiko, 

“Man is human, but woman is divine. Men therefore should respect women and learn from them. If a man tries to lord is over women and treat them contemptuously at home, at work, or at recreation, he is far removed from god and will not receive passport to paradise, no matter how pious his religious beliefs may be. Only when all males rever all females and regard them as descendants of the mother god will the human race be saved from destruction.” 

So there fellas! 

(This religious sect is tiny, in the 80s it had maybe a couple dozen followers, maybe none left  today)