is a religious text written by Onisaburo Deguchi, the co-founder of the Japanese religious organization Oomoto. Composed in 1904 and published in 1905, it was one of Onisaburo Deguchi's earliest written works.
Contents was first published in May 1905 as a series of 14 volumes composed by Onisaburo Deguchi in 1904 at Ayabe. In 1925, these 14 volumes were republished as a single book. explains that the various are manifestations of the single Great Source (Supreme God of the Universe). It also contains criticisms of the Russo-Japanese War.
The current Japanese-language edition is a 1985 revision of the 1925 edition. The 1985 edition has 4 parts: Part 1 (3 sections) Part 2 (3 sections) Part 3 (2 sections) Part 4 (3 sections)
Translations An abridged international edition of with 792 numbered paragraphs has been translated into Esperanto, and subsequently from the Esperanto edition into Brazilian Portuguese and English.
Esperanto: Diaj Vojsignoj (1997), translated from Japanese by Shigeki Maeda Portuguese: Rumos Divinos (1997), translated from Shigeki Maeda's 1997 Esperanto edition by Benedito Silva English: Divine Signposts, translated from Shigeki Maeda's 1997 Esperanto edition by Charles Rowe
The abridged international edition has 4 parts. The dates given below are lunar calendar dates. Part 1 (3 chapters) Chapter 1: verses 1–80, 9 April 1904 Chapter 2: verses 81–151, 12 April 1904 (contains a theological overview of God) Chapter 3: verses 152–222, 15 April 1904 Part 2 (3 chapters) Chapter 1: verses 223–303 Chapter 2: verses 304–390 Chapter 2: verses 391–421 Part 3 (2 chapters) Chapter 1: verses 422–477, 13 May 1904 Chapter 2: verses 478–557, 1 June 1904 Part 4 (4 chapters) Chapter 1: verses 558–602 (mentions some pilgrimage sites) Chapter 2: verses 603–646 Chapter 3: verses 647–719 Chapter 4: verses 720–792, 30 October 1904 Addendum
Theology In , there are three elements of God (in Japanese: ; also referred to in the text as Ame-no-Minakanushi 天の御中主) that pervade the universe: spirit (魂), power (力), and body (身). Deguchi's three divine elements are derived from 's , which are , , and .
Spirit (4 qualities) (四魂)
() () Power (8 powers) (八力)
(3 functions) (三つの体) (essence of minerals 山物の本質) (essence of plants 植物の本質) (essence of animals 動物の本質)
See also Reikai Monogatari
References
External links
Original Japanese text (道の栞) (partially digitized) Original Japanese-language edition published by Tensei-sha (天声社), Oomoto's publishing house. 277 pages. Divine Signposts (online English translation by Charles Rowe) Onipedia article about Michi no Shiori