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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
OTHER  FEATURE  ARTICLES:

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about  David A. Mason
KyungHee Univ Campus Views  1  2

Special Lecture on Gangneung Dano-je
Sanshin Traditions,  June 2008
TOSOK in Busan, July 2008
APTA in Bangkok, July 2008

RAS Lecture on  Sacred Jiri-san
in Seoul  in January 2007

Tour to a Buddhist San-shin
Ceremony in Seoul, 2005, 06 & 07

History & Culture of
Korean Green Tea
the Best new Book on Korean Green Tea

Endorsement by
"Do-ol" Kim Yong-ok

The Baekdu-daegan -- Korea's Energy-Spine

Korea's version of Feng Shui -- Pungsu-jiri

Doseon-guksa, Korea's great Geomancer


Gangbuk-gu District Advisory Commission
and PR-Ambassador of Samgak-san
Shawn and Yu-mi's Wedding April 2007
Shamanism Seminar Nov 2007
North California Trip Feb 2008


Dr. Zo Zayong, my mentor
Lauren Deutsch's Article on Zo Zayong
Our 2004 Visit to his Center & Tomb, and Rituals
BOOKS by Zo Zayong


On-line Articles and
Extensive On-line Interview

Korean Seon Ten Ox Paintings
10-ox Paintings of Danseok-san Cheonju-sa


St. Patrick's Day Festival March 2007

Reviews of the San-shin book

NEW book "Passage to Korea"

July 2006 Article in Morning Calm
magazine, by Michael Breen

Munhwa-ilbo Article, in Korean

our trip to China's Tai-shan Oct 2006
China's Song-shan Shaolin Temple
North China's Buddhist Sites

Korea's Sam-Taegeuk Symbol

my visit to India Dec 2006


Sam-hwangje Baehyang:
Ceremony for Three Ming Emperors
in Gapyeong County


Tour to Gyeongju & Andong for US Ambassador
Vershbow & Family, Dec 05


Korea's Top-20 Buddhist Temples


San-shin Ritual was held in
North Korea in March 2002!
with the Diamond Mountains and the
Tomb of Korea's Founder-King Dan-gun
and Paintings of Holy Hwan-ung
Dan-gun Myth Postal Stamps 2008
Ryongtong-sa Temple of Gaeseong City


Goryeo Artworks from North Korea


Mongyu-dowon-do
"Dream-Journey to the Immortal-Peach Orchard" --
Korea's best landscape painting

Old Korean Shamanic Fans

Major Neo-Confucian Ceremony
at Seoul's "Temple of Heaven"


New Text & Photos on San-shin's Links
with Korean Zen Buddhism

More San-shin Folk-tales

San-shin and Korean Ginseng

Answers to Questions

Corrections to the First Printing

sacred mountains index

New Gen

Korean Christianity

LEM  handmade Fashions
SACRED  KOREAN  MOUNTAINS:

Taebaek-san -- the ultra-sacred
Grand White Mountain
Hambaek-san -- Korea's Rodney-Dangerfield Mtn


Gyeryong-san:
Rooster-Dragon Mountain-spirit Festival,
the Golden-Dragon Hermitage,
many fascinating temples & shrines,
and the Male & Female Dragon Ponds


Sacred Mountains of Seoul:
the Bukhan-san Range
Samgak-san, the Northern Guardian
2007 Shamanic Sanshin Rituals
Gwanak-san, the Southern Guardian
Hike on Samseong-san Oct 05
Bulam-san, Buddha-Rock Mountain
Inwang-san, the Shamanic Capital
Tours to a Buddhist San-shin Ceremony at
Samgak-san Wangryeong-sa in 2005, 6 & 7


Jiri-san
Exquisite-Wisdom Mountain
2004 & 2006 Namak-je [Southern Peak Ceremony]
the Heavenly-King Peak  National-Holy-Mother  San-shin
Cheoneun-sa -- the Hidden-Spring Temple
Hwaeom-sa -- Avatamsaka Monestary
Cheonghak-dong: the Azure-Crane Village
Three Sages Palace - Korea's Daoist Utopia
Ssanggye-sa: Choi Chi-won & 6th Patriarch
Korea's Original Green Tea Center
Chilbul-sa -- Temple of Seven Prince-Buddhas
Yeongok-sa and Doseon-daesa's Budo
Sudo-am -- nation's largest Sanshin-gak
Sangseon-am, remote meditation hemitage
Banya-bong -- the Prajna Wisdom Peak
Our Hike up the Legendary "Python Valley"
Yeongwon-sa and Godam-sa
Beobhwa-san -- Dharma-Blossom Peak
Shilsang-sa:  one of the "Nine Zen Temples"
Beobgye-sa, one of Korea's highest temples
Daewon-sa  and  Naewon-sa  on the East
Juji-sa & Yeowon-am on the Baekdu-daegan
Deokchi-ri Pass BDDG Monument
Video of my Jan 2007 RAS Lecture



Sogni-san National Park:
Enlightenment Temple and Alpine Altar
Beobju-sa with my Students  Nov 2006


Gaya-san, the Mountain
of Buddha's Enlightenment
featuring Haein-sa and its hermitages

New -- from Yeongdeok-gun County:
Dragon-Rock Temple
in Juwang-san National Park


Chilgap-san -- Peak with 7 Limbs

Hwangak-san  Jikji-sa  & Samseong-am

Ganghwa-do -- Island of Holy Mountains

Sobaek-san -- Home of Biro Buddha
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.