History of the Archive
03.12.2024: Little Arcana of 10 000 Hits update: Updated the introduction to reflect the existence of Part 4. Added stuff related to Patchouli's health and her grimoires to Western Magic in Eastern Wonderland. Added some more Touhou and real life examples of "waves" to the Hifuu Club's Fringe Activities section. Added mention of the Hahakigi legend of Sonohara, Nagano to Gensokyo Is A Place On Earth? Added mention of the Ascent to Heaven children's game about catching a glimpse of Chang'e and slightly elaborated on repetive stimuli and brainwave generators on the Common elements between Touhou and spiritual practice section. The site has exceeded 10 000 views - it did so a good while ago actually, it's at about 10 513 or so as if writing this. This has been beyond my wildest expectations and in a very short time too, even though I'm sure most of the visitors just took a brief glance and left, maybe even had a chuckle. No matter what, thanks to all who have visited and I hope this has been of some use or inspiration to you.
18.11.2024: Strange Cycle of Six Months update: Added personal experiences section, which I will properly insert into page structure at some point. I hope to gather other people's experiences with the spirits of Gensokyo into a separate subsection, so it's only fair that I am the first one to share my story so far. Today marks six months of consistent spiritual practice for me. I have also been informed that the Archive has "gone Reddit", which explains the recent surge in traffic. The site has exceeded 8000 views.
11.11.2024: Kaminazuki update: Updated Shinto section, added Living With Kami to external sources and detailed the lore behind Mt. Iizuna on Gensokyo Is A Place On Earth? The site has exceeded 7500 views!
31.10.2024: Halloween microupdate: Added a mention of the origins of the ritual that Alice Margatroid performs in Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red. Added Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai to external sources.
27.10.2024: Pre-Halloween megaupdate: Added part 4: Starting the Practice Mod. Split History of the Archive into it's own section. This will probably be the last update of this size for the year.
16.10.2024: Added Encyclopedia of Shinto and several Buddhist sources to External sources section.
13.10.2024: Delighted to learn that the Archive has inspired the creation of shichisei.info, a resource on Tendai Buddhism that's relevant to Touhou lore via Matara Okina-sama and it's influence on Shugendo and thus the Tengu. Added the site to external sources.
07.10.2024: Extremely minor update to the Gensokyo Is A Place on Earth?-section and the Yohai subsection. There's a mountain in the Yatsugatake mountain range called Mt. Tengu, which while not surprising is a bit pointed. I am also very bad remembering names of the various kami and it took me untill today when I realized that Izumo Grand Shrine is a shrine dedicated to of one of the kami tied to Okina-sama.
02.10.2024: Unplanned mini update in honor of the eclipse: Added general study of religion subsection to external sources (not sure why I didn't do this earlier). Fixed a typo and an image glitch related to html caching. The site has now over 5000 views!
01.10.2024: Pre-eclipse update: Added a lot of headers into the texts for improved readability [debatable]. Minor additions and structural changes in Part 1. Major expansion of ZUN Moon Rising and Shifting Through The Layers, Passing Into Fantasy sections. Added a mention of Youkai Mountain being the "original form" of Yatsugatake mountains in Gensokyo Is A Place On Earth? Fixed some typos, added a link or two, probably made some changes I already forgot about.
22.09.2024: Autumn equinox update: Added more external sources, small updates to Shinto and Hifuu Club sections. Site has reached over 4000 views.
11.09.2024: Extensive update to External Sources section. The archive has passed 3333 views...where have all of you come from!?
09.09.2024: In honor of Cirno Day, the index page has been made more descriptive and useful.
04.09.2024: Small updates to Taoism, Buddhism, Hifuu Club sections, bigger update to the Supernature section where I added ZUN's quote about him being surprised by the depth of his own characters and how some of the "seemed to move on their own".
14.08.2024: Made this to look a bit more like an actual web page [debatable]
13.08.2024: Added some images and the "...Touhou?" section.
11.08.2024: First version of the site is published.
