Before you begin to pray to the spirits, you need to collect your thoughts, put yourself in order. Then make an offering, which can be a favorite treat of the spirit or an object. Prayer itself is a respectful request that a person invents himself.
Shintoism
Spirits in Shintoism act as gods. They pray with kami when they want to successfully do something, before a new life stage, after a serious illness, etc. You can pray to spirits both at home and in the temple. Most often, temple prayer is carried out on major holidays or on serious life occasions.
To pray to spirits at home, a special altar is arranged - a kamidana. On the altar there are edible and inedible offerings to the deity. Before the beginning of the prayer, it is necessary to purify oneself mentally, clothes and body should be clean. The order of the prayer depends on the level of religiosity of a person. Necessary are bowing before and after prayer. Clapping before reading invokes spirits. Without this, the kami may simply not hear that they are being asked for something.
In Shintoism there are no written prayers to spirits. A man in his own words and in a simple form expresses his respect for the deities, thanks them or asks for something. No one should hear the prayer of those around him.
Kami can be the personifications of natural forces and any places. Shinto spirits are all dead people.
Shintoism is the only non-monotheistic religion in the world that is still practiced. Although talking about confession will not be entirely correct. Shinto is very different from other world religions. Instead of one God, many angels, saints, Shinto is filled with spirits and deities.
Home Perfume
According to popular beliefs, household perfumes play an important role in the device of everyday life. Such spirits include brownies, kikimors, bath-houses, rip-offs, ovniks and others.
Spirits must be prayed in their habitats. For example, if it’s a brownie, then in a dwelling, if it is ragged, then in a bathhouse. In appealing to the spirit, one must express his respect, and only then a request. It is often required to make an offering in the form of a favorite food or favorite plant of the spirit.
Brownie - the spirit that lives in the house, the owner and patron, often helps people. But it can also be harmful. Therefore, it is necessary to appease him. To do this, you can leave homemade edible offerings, as well as get animals that he likes. This spirit also has a weakness for horses and a gift with a picture of this animal will be very much liked by the house-keeper.
There are all sorts of requests and sayings that appeal to the domestic spirit. Usually they used affectionate appeals to the house, for example, the little house-grandfather. After the person in his request said what he would like to receive. You just need to remember that the sphere of influence of the brownie is limited to the house and the household.
Kikimora is a female domestic spirit. According to popular beliefs, kikimora does much more harm than good. But, if you manage to get the favor of this spirit, then it will help in all household chores.
In order to get rid of kikimory, you can use special conspiracies. They turn to Kikimore, threaten her and drive her out of the house. In order for the conspiracy to act it must be read on certain days, which in the mythological consciousness of people have special power.
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