Shinto Norito - A Book of Prayers (perfect bound)

I got the Kindle edition of this book. The section with the prayers were very difficult to readon the Kindle. Looks like someone scanned the pages--the print of the prayers was much smaller than the print of the introduction. Because this is not the fault of the book itself, I still gave it 4 stars because the readable content was educational--gave me more information on the Shinto religion than I could get elsewhere.The author was correct, at least in my experience, that a lot of the information on Shintoism is still in Japanese form of writing (kanji/hiragana) and would be daunting for a regular person like myself to tackle. Shintoism is the belief that everything has a spirit and we need to live in harmony with everything. Rocks, trees, etc all have spirits and are important to life. Each of us has part of the god (kami). The Shinto prayers and rituals are one way of connecting to the Divine spirit within.I will re-read this book on my laptop, using Kindle for PC. Hopefully, the content of the prayers will be legible and then I will update this review.

I decided on a whim to purchase this book, and it is exactly what I'd hoped it would be. It has many prayers that I intend to learn and use. It has the romanji, kanji, and hiragana of the prayers, as well as an english translation.The only downsides are, although there are quite a few prayers, it does seem most of them are practically the same just with a paragraph ommitted or added. Also, at least on my phone, the hiragana is almost impossible to read. That said, I still strongly recommend this book, especially for the price.

I like the book. It's nice and simple. My issue is that I bought the spiral-bound for $2 more and Amazon gave me paperback anyways. I want spiral-bound for use during prayer. It's too much of a PITA to send it back during a pandemic, though, if it's only a $2 difference.

This book is extremely useful and informative and the information is presented in a thoughtful manner. It has helped take me to a level of Shinto that no academic writings ever could.

A good compilation of the prayers of Shinto with transliteration however, with no pronouncing guide (and Japanese can be a bit tricky...)There is a web site listed for those who want to hear the prayers however, it is now run by a por site and it is not reccommended that you go to that site.The supposed cd that one can purchase seems to be no longer available...So much for Shinto in the US and Canada...

I just received it at my door today, and I am pleased with what is contained in it. It is difficult to find a collection of Shinto prayers in the English language. This book collects some of the most useful prayers, and presents them in a much needed format. Scholars can judge the translation by reading the Japanese text. English speakers can understand the prayer. Also, the romaji (romanization of the Japanese words) is included in the book so that people can actually perform these prayers in the original language without knowledge of Japanese.

An extremely interesting and informative read, both for those learning about Shinto as a hobby or for long-time followers. The writing is clear and easy to understand, with the Japanese kanji, romaji and English translation set up very smoothly. Very happy with my purchase

The translations in this are off based on the Japanese text provided, however the translations do allow for smooth English reading. It is kind of a toss up between easy to read in English or exact translations. In either case, the Japanese is provided, so using the English version is unnecessary.

Both content and translation are charming and inspiring

This book of prayers is a real source of enlightement and pleasure which leads the reader in Shinto's spirituality.Each prayer is appears in its original form (japanese Kanji- Hiragana - Katana) with a translation in English and the original text written in roman alphabet.The author Ann Llewellyn Evans made here a wonderful work for the one wishing to go dive into Shinto's spirituality.This book let me getting deeper into Shinto's vibration and to be closer to it

A Shintō priest mate in Japan made me an honorary member of his Shrine in a western Japan city. He pondered several times with me whether I might not undertake priestly studies under his mentorship but I did not have the time - though the thought had a certain appeal - he'd already mentored a woman - and when on a recent visit to Japan I brought his attention to this Book of Prayers written with marvellous introductory essay by Ann Llewellyn EVANS - he informed me that he was a friend of a son of Ann's mentor. MARUMO Yūji - Nakatsuse Jinja - Ube-shi. The World is Narrow! And just within the last few days I've had occasion to use one of these prayers to seek the healthy recovery of someone very important to me since I was 12 years old!

Wenn ich 0 Sterne vergeben könnte, würde ich das tun. Nur leider kann man nicht.Damit man die Kindle Version des Buches lesen kann, muss man jede einzelne Seite vergrößern und weil man in diesem Modus nicht umblättern kann, muß man die Seite wieder verkleinern, dann umblättern und die nächste Seite wieder vergrößern, um sie lesen können. So etwas habe ich noch nie erlebt. Da kommt keine Leselust auf. Es ist eine Frechheit, diese Version zu verkaufen.

It inspired me a lot to learn more about and practice The Way of the Kami. I thank deeply the Kami, the author and her teachers for making this book a reality. Has very valuable information and instructions, the prayers are wonderful.If I had to think a way of improving it; it would be to make the images of the texts in Japanese have a better quality, in order to be able to read them.