An Invitation to Kagura: Hidden Gem of the Traditional Japanese Performing Arts    by David Petersen
Price: $7.99 USD. 75120 words. Published on June 27, 2011. .
A unique, meticulously researched introduction to the exotic pageantry of kagura (Shinto theater), a performance style with roots predating even noh drama. This concise ebook version covers everything from the history of the kagura to choreography, masks, costumes, and even selected plays. If you think that Japanese theater ends with noh and kabuki...think again!

Eastern Religion For Western Gnostics    by Michael Faust
Price: $2.99 USD. 40190 words. Published by Mike Hockney on October 27, 2011. .
This book compares and contrasts the Gnostic religion of Illumination – the religion of the ancient secret society known as the Illuminati – with the main Eastern religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism, and suggests that all four religions can be brought together under one banner – Enlightenment – that may stand in united opposition to Abrahamism: knowledge against faith.

Patriotism, Secularism, and State Shintō: D.C. Holtom’s Representations of Japan    by Avery Morrow
Price: $0.99 USD. 10450 words. Published on February 18, 2012. .
This academic research explores the ideology of religious studies with respect to early 20th century studies of Japan. Since 1945, “State Shintō” has been defined in academic literature as a state religion. In fact, the Japanese government took concrete steps to separatetheir patriotic ceremonies from religion; it was Christian missionaries who encouraged the opposite view.

Dragon Shaman: Book One, Taming the Blowing Wind    by Teresa Garcia
Price: $1.97 USD. 90160 words. Published by THG StarDragon Publishing  on August 12, 2012. .
BlowingWind, a half Irish and half Apache trying to mesh and understand her heritage, has a strange enough time figuring out her life. When she thought things were finally starting to have a plan, the Spirit she was in love with dies in his duty, and his soul splits... as does her own. What is her real calling, and what of the ancient O'Drake curse? Why is the Japanese dragon she finds familiar?

Dragon Shaman: Book Two, The Smoky Mirror    by Teresa Garcia
Price: $1.99 USD. 73050 words. Published by THG StarDragon Publishing  on August 12, 2012. .
BlowingWind and Ryu expected to be able to get on with living, but Fate has a different idea for the young Shaman in training and her Dragon Protector. Continuing her adventures between the worlds of Spirit and Man, BlowingWind traverses the worlds, and even time itself to regain the Smoky Mirror. Will she succeed, or will she get lost in the threads of the tapestry she is caught within?

Call of the Kami    by Teresa Garcia
Price: $1.99 USD. 14320 words. Published by THG StarDragon Publishing  on September 16, 2012. .
The world is a fine tapestry, ever worked and ever evolving upon the loom of spirit. The worlds of the visible and invisible mesh, and sometimes the unseen is glimpsed between the red posts of the torii on a walk in the woods, or at home. The Kami ever call for their Miko, and they are both within us all. The flower of a poem opens her petals to the sun, amidst a garden of other poems.

Der Schrein auf dem Berg    by M.P. Anderfeldt
Price: Free! 2240 words. Published on May 10, 2013. .
Seit Jahrhunderten steht ein kleiner Schrein, ein Shinto-Heiligtum, auf einem einsamen Berg in Japan. Weshalb er dort überhaupt gebaut wurde, weiß heute niemand mehr. Auch Takeo nicht, der Sohn des letzten Priesters. Nur die alte Teru hat eine Ahnung …