Educational tool only. All groups exist on a spectrum of control. Individual experiences vary. Based on publicly available reports, ex-member accounts, court records, and expert analyses — not medical or legal advice.
3 shinto group profiles. All scores are BITE-derived from publicly available sources.
Japanese new religion derived from Shinto, founded by Kawate Bunjiro (1859). Distinctive 'toritsugi' mediation practice between adherent and Tenchi-Kane-no-Kami.
Japanese new religion derived from Shinto, founded by Kurozumi Munetada (1814). Distinctive sun-veneration practice. Mainstream low-control.
Mainstream Shinto — Japan's indigenous religion of kami veneration through shrines and seasonal festivals — is a low-CLCI reference point. State Shinto's wartime instrumentalisation (1868–1945) is a separate historical phenomenon.