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Welcome to David Mason's San-shin Website
all about Korean Mountain-spirits and their shrines,
Korea's sacred peaks and mountain-worship traditions
Introduction to San-shin (Korean Mountain-spirits)

What Makes a Korean Mountain "Sacred"?

Which Korean Mountains are Most Sacred?

San-shin and Asian Religions
Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism, Shamanism and Daoism

San-shin as a Spiritual Path
At the San-shin-gak of
Biseul-san Nam-jijang-sa
Temple south of Daegu City,
Autumn 1999.  Photo by my
old friend Kwon Soon-il.
Seondo Korean Daoism -- the International
Institute for Sundo Taoist Cultural Research, led by
Master Kim Hyeong-mun at Hanseo University in
Chungcheong-namdo.  AKA
Kuksundo [Guk-seondo]
Daoist practices -- very interesting stuff.
See my listing of Korea's 40 most sacred places on
Martin Gray's excellent Sacred Sites of the World
website, on
this page about Korea.
For plenty of information on and beautiful photos of the
world's holy pilgrimage destinations, get his excellent
new book:
Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power.
The Korean Art Society
Promoting Appreciation for Korean Art and Culture


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