External sources

While it would be extremely tedious to compile all the sources I have used in the creation of this site (this might or might not happen), here are some resources that might be of further interest to you.

Touhou

Touhou Wiki - A good source for baseline Touhou information & lore.

Oriental Holy Land Wiki - Shrines in Hakuba.

Touhou Bibouroku - Oriental Memories - Information on Touhou, including records of pilgrimmages to lore-relevant sites the author did.

Information on background textures ZUN has used.

Awesome Touhou- Extensive list of various resources & sites related to Touhou.

Account of a Touhou pilgrimmage to Suwa Grand Shrine.

Touhou omikuji generator - Not sure if I should put this here or in the Shinto category, but you may draw your fortune nevertheless.

General Japanese Folklore, Philosophy & Religion

Gods of Japan, A to Z - Mark Schumacher's site is in general a treasure trove on all things related to religion in Japan, both Buddhism and Shinto.

Yokai.com - Online Database of Japanese folklore.

Do haniwa dream of ceramic sheep - Well researched deep dives in to mythology behind Touhou. Also has information Chinese, Japanese and Mesopotamian art and religion.

“Yūgen” in the nature art of Touhou - Explores the concept of yūgen through Touhou fan art.

General study of religion

Religion for Breakfast - A good and accessible YouTube channel on topics related to various religions. His videos on Shinto and Taoism might be of particular interest to visitors to this site.

Let's Talk Religion - Another good and accessible YouTube channel on topics related to various religions, with a bit different focus.

Shinto

Mimusubi - a resource on Shrine Shinto in English. Personal blog of David Chart who works as an English translator for Jinja Honcho, which is the closest thing to a "central authority" that Shinto has.

Green Shinto - A blog with a bit different view on Shinto than the above. Comes with an extensive recommended reading list.

Kami no Michi - The Life And Thought Of A Shinto Priest - Shinto as seen by a priest of the Tsubaki Grand Shrine.

Buddhism

Doug's Dharma - Accessible videos on Buddhist ideas for Western audience.

American Buddhist Study Center - More academic videos on various forms of Buddhism.

Kalavinka Press - Essentials of Buddhist Meditation - A classic text of Mahayana Buddhist meditation for the low price of a donation.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Japanese Zen Buddhism - Monumental overview of Zen for the interested.

Foundation for Shingon Buddhism - A resource in English for those interested in Shingon Buddhism that is heavily referenced in lore of Touhou.

Taoism

Seiga Kaku uses her amazing Taoist arts and gives you a life lesson - Probably the most fun way to read Tao Te Ching. I am not joking, this is legitimately good.

Benebell Wen - Esoteric and some not so esoteric Taoism presented with breathtakingly information-packed videos that really highlight how internally interlocking Taoism is. She has also authored several books on Taoism.

Chinese Text Project - A vast resources of pre-modern Chinese text, including Taoist classics.

Western Esoteric Tradition

ESOTERICA - This is *the* YouTube channel for the more historical side of Western esoteric tradition.

American Esoteric - Slightly more casually aproachable than the above, still the same focus on historical Western Esoteric Tradition.

Angela's Symposium - Focuses on more contemporary Western esoteric topics.

Foolish Fish - Mostly book reviews, but also some resources for those who wish to actually begin practicing Western magic.

Glitch Bottle - Podcast on contemporary Western esoteric topics.

General Paranormal & Fringe Topics

Mitch Horowitz - He also covers topics related to Western Esoteric Tradition, but makes a very forceful case for the reality of ESP.

New Thinking Allowed - Covers very broadly all kinds of paranormal & fringe topics with kind of a New Agey aproach.

Formscapes - For the extremely deep thinkers out there.

Planet Weird - While "ghost hunting" is a wretched topic, Dana & Greg have risen above the mire and have a very healthy and constructive view of the broadly speaking paranormal. Hellier is one of the finest depictions of getting dragged into an initiatory experience that I've seen and is worth a watch.

Think Anomalous - Videos on paranormal topics, particularly from the point of view of the ultraterrestrial hypothesis.

The Modern Fairy Sightings Podcast - You better start believing fairies are real. The Jason Atomic episode might be of particular interest to people here as he talks about a potential tengu encounter in Japan.