I've been meaning to reply to you for a very long time, but have been busy. What you say is really quite significant to me, because the first Japanese deity to reveal themselves to me was Konohanasakuyahime. I was at her shrine in Fuji-Yoshida late one night with a bunch of hang glider pilots, whose only purpose there was to collect very good spring water. I paid my respects at the shrine and had a very striking vision of her standing before me. I had to go back to the parking lot to learn her name! Later on I saw an illustration in a book that looked a lot like my vision, an old-time Japanese beauty in red and white kimonos, with long black hair surrounded by powerful rolling flames and all of the little living things drawing near because she was their mother. In the caption I found her name. I searched the shrine for anything that might have accounted for my vision (poster of the goddess, etc.), but there was nothing aside from the little living thins illustrated on a gold leaf background. https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6903.html
Konohanasakuyahime is a wise goddess. Fire and childbirth take a lot of wisdom. One of the myths is that after marrying the moon god, she was accused of adultery with a mortal, and so gave birth in a flaming hut to prove the child's divinity and her loyalty.
After becoming a licensed priestess. I was invited to join a remnant of the old Fuji Confraternities.
When Quin started this prayer initiative, I was focused on the sun goddess, Amaterasu, but on a regular trip to participate in the Fuji sect's monthly ceremonies, I saw that Mt. Fuji looked diminished and sad, and knew that it had been very bad of me to neglect her. Amaterasu represents the sun's healing energies, and therefore, Konohanasakuyahime would represent the Earth's. Not only the heat of hot springs, but the spinning dynamo heart of the planet giving us protection from cosmic rays and orientation to our lives, plus the Schumann frequencies born from the lightning that plays about her peak.
Being electrosensitive, that is of course particularly meaningful to me. Anyway, I added such words to my prayer (finding a way to say "electromagnetic waves" in ancient Japanese was a challenge), and on my next trip, saw Mt. Fuji and the sun shining happily together in the sky.
I have dealt with depression too. Undiagnosed unrecognized ADHD (they didn't even seem to have a word for "depression" back in my childhood) appears to have been at the root of mine. The Earth's healing energies can improve those conditions. Have you tried grounding? Walking on a beach is best if possible. Also, get lots of sunshine.
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I've been meaning to reply to you for a very long time, but have been busy. What you say is really quite significant to me, because the first Japanese deity to reveal themselves to me was Konohanasakuyahime. I was at her shrine in Fuji-Yoshida late one night with a bunch of hang glider pilots, whose only purpose there was to collect very good spring water. I paid my respects at the shrine and had a very striking vision of her standing before me. I had to go back to the parking lot to learn her name! Later on I saw an illustration in a book that looked a lot like my vision, an old-time Japanese beauty in red and white kimonos, with long black hair surrounded by powerful rolling flames and all of the little living things drawing near because she was their mother. In the caption I found her name. I searched the shrine for anything that might have accounted for my vision (poster of the goddess, etc.), but there was nothing aside from the little living thins illustrated on a gold leaf background. https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e6903.html
Konohanasakuyahime is a wise goddess. Fire and childbirth take a lot of wisdom. One of the myths is that after marrying the moon god, she was accused of adultery with a mortal, and so gave birth in a flaming hut to prove the child's divinity and her loyalty.
After becoming a licensed priestess. I was invited to join a remnant of the old Fuji Confraternities.
When Quin started this prayer initiative, I was focused on the sun goddess, Amaterasu, but on a regular trip to participate in the Fuji sect's monthly ceremonies, I saw that Mt. Fuji looked diminished and sad, and knew that it had been very bad of me to neglect her. Amaterasu represents the sun's healing energies, and therefore, Konohanasakuyahime would represent the Earth's. Not only the heat of hot springs, but the spinning dynamo heart of the planet giving us protection from cosmic rays and orientation to our lives, plus the Schumann frequencies born from the lightning that plays about her peak.
Being electrosensitive, that is of course particularly meaningful to me. Anyway, I added such words to my prayer (finding a way to say "electromagnetic waves" in ancient Japanese was a challenge), and on my next trip, saw Mt. Fuji and the sun shining happily together in the sky.
I have dealt with depression too. Undiagnosed unrecognized ADHD (they didn't even seem to have a word for "depression" back in my childhood) appears to have been at the root of mine. The Earth's healing energies can improve those conditions. Have you tried grounding? Walking on a beach is best if possible. Also, get lots of sunshine.
Pat