新宗教における修養性と呪術性

真如苑を事例として

抄録

Previously a research on a new religion has focused on its magicoreligious aspects. However we cannot neglect the fact that there are both magico-religious and self-disciplinary aspects. Many of new religions propose magico-religious aspects as a means of salvation for the followers and also require people to discipline themselves by their own doctrine. It is important for us to examine how these two elements are related to each other. In this paper, we concentrate on Shinnyoen which is one of the new religions, research written sotries of the followers' experiences, and make clear the relation between self-disciplinary and magicoreligious elements. In this case, systematic magico-religious actions are supported by formalized discipline in the followers' ordinary life.