Kami

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/kami

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the cosmic principle?Manifestations of musubi, the universal creative and connecting energy
2. What is the spiritual plane?Kami inhabit shinkai, a parallel spiritual realm existing alongside the human world

Musubi: The fundamental cosmic principle of creative and connecting energy that permeates the universe and is embodied by Kami.
Shinkai: The spiritual realm or 'world of the Kami,' a parallel dimension coexisting with the human world, often unseen.
Kannagara no Michi: The philosophical and ethical path of living in accordance with the natural order and the way of the Kami.
Animism: The belief that natural objects, phenomena, and the universe itself possess a distinct spiritual essence.