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Sūkyō Mahikari

A Shintō-derived new religion founded in 1959 by Okada Kōtama centred on the radiation of divine light (mahikari) through the palm.

Definition

Founded in 1959 by Okada Yoshikazu (1901–1974), who took the religious name Kōtama after a series of revelations from Su-no-Kami, the supreme creator. Practitioners receive the omitama amulet at a three-day kenshū course and channel mahikari ("true light") through the raised right palm to purify the spirits of self, others, and ancestors. After Okada’s death the movement split in 1978 into Sūkyō Mahikari, headquartered in Takayama, and Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyōdan, headquartered in Izu.

Etymology

sūkyō ("supra-religion") + ma ("true") + hikari ("light")