「文明の創造、総篇」昭和27(1952)年

前項の如く、現在迄必要であった悪が、不必要になったとしても、そう容易（たやす）く追放される訳にはゆかないが、それに就（つい）ての神の経綸は寔（まこと）に幽玄微妙なるものがある。之は追々説いてゆくが、茲（ここ）で前以て知らねばならない事は、抑々（そもそも）宇宙の構成である。言う迄もなく宇宙の中心には太陽、月球、地球の三塊が浮在してゐる。そこで此（この）三塊の元素を説明してみると、太陽は火素、月球は水素、地球は窒素といふやうになってをり、此（この）三元素は勿論各々の特質を有ち、夫々の本能を発揮してゐるが、右（上記）の中の火素、水素の二精気が密合して大気となり、地球を囲繞（いじょう）しつつ、一切万有の生成化育を営んでゐるのである。

そうして地球上のあり方であるが、之は陰と陽に別けられてゐる。即ち陽は火の精、陰は水の精であって、火は経に燃え、水は緯に流れてをり、此（この）経緯が綾状になって運動してゐる。此（この）状態こそ想像もつかない程の超微粒線の交錯であって地上或程度の高さに迄達してをり、之が空気の層であり、大気でもある。右（上記）の如く陽と陰との本質が具体化して、火水、熱冷、昼夜、明暗、霊体、男女等々に表はれてゐるのである。又之を善悪に分ければ陽は霊であり善であり、陰は体で悪である。此（この）意味に於て善も悪も対照的のものであって、之が大自然の基本的様相である。

此（この）理は人間を見ても分る如く、人体は見ゆる肉体と、見へざる霊の二元素から成立ってをり、体と霊とは密接不離の関係にあって、人間が生命を保持してゐるのも此（この）両者の結合から生れた生命力によるのである。処が茲（ここ）に一つの法則がある。それは霊が主で体が従であって、之は事実がよく示してゐる。即ち人間霊の中心である心に意欲が起るや、体に命令し行為に移るのであるから、霊こそ人間の本体であり、支配者であるのは明かである。そこで霊は何が故に悪心を起すかといふと、之が最も重要なる焦点であるから詳しくかいてみるが、それにはどうしても宗教的に説かねばならないから、其（その）つもりで読まれたい。といふのは善悪は心の問題であるからである。

偖（さて）愈々本論に移るが、右（上記）の如く人間は霊と体との両者で成立ってゐる以上、肉体のみを対象として出来た科学では、如何に進歩したといっても畢竟一方的跛行的であってみれば、真の科学は生れる筈（はず）はないのは分り切った話である。之に反し吾々の方は霊体両者の関係を基本として成立ったものである以上、之こそ真の科学でなくて何であらう。

以上の如く善悪なるものは心即ち霊が元であり、而も霊主体従の法則を真理として、之から解き進める説を充分吟味するに於ては、根本から分る筈である。処で先づ人間といふものの発生であるが、言う迄もなく妊娠である。之を唯物的にいへば男性の精虫一個が、女性の卵巣に飛込んで胚胎する。之を霊的に言へば神の分霊が一個の魂となって宿るのである。そうして月満ちてオギャーと生れるや右（上記）の魂以外別に二つの魂が接近し、（ここ）に三つの魂の関係が結ばれる。右（上記）の二つの魂とは一は副守護霊といって動物霊であり、多くは二、三才の頃に憑依する。今一つは正守護霊といって直接憑依はしないが、絶へず身辺に着き添い守護の役をする。勿論右（上記）の二霊共一生を通じて離れる事はないから、言はば人間は三者共同体といってもいい。其（その）様な訳で第一に宿った魂こそ本守護霊と言ひ、神性そのものであり、之こそ良心でもある。昔から人の性は善なりといふのは之を指すのである。第二の副守護霊とは右（上記）とは反対で悪そのものであるから、常に本守護霊の善と闘ってゐるのは誰も自分の肚の中を思へば分る筈である。第三の正守護霊とは祖霊中から選抜されたものであって、不断に其（その）人の身辺に附添ひ、守護の役目をしてゐる。例へば災害、危難、病気、悪行、怠慢、堕落等々、凡て其（その）人を不幸に導く原因を防止する。よく虫が知らせる、夢知らせ、邪魔が入る、食違ひ、間が悪いなどといふのがそれである。又何かの事情で汽車に乗遅れた為、危難を免れる事などもそれである、悪に接近しやうとすると故障が起き、不可能になったりするのもそれである。そうして本霊と副霊とは常に闘ってをり、本霊が勝てば善を行ふが、副霊が勝てば悪を行ふ事になるから、人間は神と動物との中間性であって、向上すれば神の如く、堕落すれば獣の如くになるのは世間を見てもよく分るであらう。では一体副霊とは何の霊かといふと、日本人は男性であっては天狗、蛇、狸、馬、犬、鳥類等の死霊が主で、其（その）他種々の霊もあり、女性にあっては狐、蛇、猫、鳥類等の死霊が主で、外にも色々な霊があり、又此（この）副守護霊以外臨時に憑く霊もある。斯んな事をいふと現代人は馬鹿々々しくて到底信じられまいが、之は一点の誤りなき真実であって、之が信じられないのは其（その）人は唯物迷信の為であるから此（この）迷信を一擲（いってき）すれば直に判るのである。何よりも人間は其（その）憑いてゐる動物霊の性質がよく表はれてゐるもので、注意すれば何人にも分る筈（はず）である。

右（上記）の如く臨時に憑く霊も、殆んどは動物霊であって、偶（たま）には人間の死霊もあり、極く稀には生霊もある。では臨時霊が憑く理由は何かといふと、言う迄もなく其（その）人の霊の清濁によるので、曇りの多い程悪霊が憑き易く、又元からの副霊の力も増すから、どうしても悪い事をするやうになる。此（この）理によって現代人の大部分は霊が曇り切ってゐるから、悪霊が憑き易く活動し易い為、犯罪が増へるのである。処がそれとは反対に神仏の信仰者は曇りが少なく、善行を好むのは魂が清まってをり、悪霊を制圧する力が強いからで、茲（ここ）に信仰の価値があるのである。従って無信仰者は平常善人らしく見へても、何時悪霊が憑依するか分らない状態にあるので、一種の危険人物といってもいい訳である。此（この）理によってより良き社会を実現するには、清い魂の持主を増やすより外に道はないのである。そうして本来魂なるものは一種の発光体であって、動物霊は此（この）光を最も怖れるのである。処が現代人の殆んどは魂が曇ってをり、動物霊といふ御客様は洵に入りいいやうになってゐるから、忽ち人間は躍らせられるので、百鬼夜行の社会状態になってゐるのも当然である。而も其（その）様な事に盲目である為政者は、只法と刑罰のみによって悪を防止しやうとしてゐるのであるから、全然的を外した膏薬張で効果の挙がる筈（はず）がないのである。何よりも国会を見ても分る如く、殆んどの議案は法律改正と追加といふ膏薬製造法であるから、之を常に見せつけられる吾々は、其（その）無知に長大息を禁じ得ないのである。

以上の如く悪なるものは大体判ったであらうが、此（この）根本解決こそ信仰以外にない事は言うまでもない。併し単に信仰といっても其（その）拝む的である神にも上中下の階級があり、それが百八十一級にも及んでゐると共に、正神と邪神との差別もあるから、之を見別けるには相当困難が伴ふのである。世間よく熱烈な信仰を捧げても思うやうな御利益がなく、病気も治らず、行ひも面白くない人があるが、それは其（その）的である神の力が弱く、邪神の活動を阻止する事が出来ないからである。而も困る事には此（この）状態を見る世人は、之こそ低級な迷信と思ひ、偶々本教の如き正しい宗教を見てもそれと同一視するのであるから実に遺憾に堪へないのである。そうして昔から一般人は神とさへ言へば、只尊いもの有難いものと決めて了ひ、差別のあるなど知らない為、甚だ危険でもあった。尤も今日迄最高神の宗教は全然現はれなかったからでもあるが、喜ぶべし茲（ここ）に最高神は顕現され給ふたのである。

それが為今日迄の神は仮へ正しく共次位の階級であるから、其（その）力が弱く正邪相争ふ場合一時的ではあるが悪の方が勝つので、之を見る人々はそれに憧れ、真似しやうとする。特に野心あり力量ある者程そうであるのは、歴史を見ても分る通り、幾多英雄豪傑の足跡である。成程一時は成功しても最後は必ず失敗するのは例外がないのである。之を霊的にみると其（その）悉くは邪神界の大物の憑依であって面白い事には最初はトントン拍子にゆくので有頂天になるが、それも或程度迄で必ず挫折する。そうなると憑依霊は忽ち脱却して了ふ。吾々の知る範囲内でもカイゼル、ムッソリーニ、ヒットラーの如きがそうで、失敗後は人が違ふかと思ふ程痴呆暗愚的に気の抜けたやうになったが、之は大きな邪霊が抜けた後は誰でもそうなるものである。そうして驚くべき事は邪神界の総頭領は、今から二千数百年前、世界の覇権を握るべく、周到綿密にして永遠な計画を立て、現在迄暗躍を続けつつあるが、正神界の方でも之に対立し戦ってゐるのである。其（その）神としてはキリスト、釈迦、マホメット、国常立尊の系統の神である。

以上の如く主神は正神と邪神とを対立させ闘争させつつ文化を進めて来たのであるが、其（その）結果遂に邪神の方が九分九厘迄勝ったのが現在であって茲（ここ）に主神は愈々一厘の力を顕現され、彼等の大計画を一挙に転覆させ給ふ、之が九分九厘と一厘の闘ひであって、今や其（その）一歩手前に迄来たのである。従って此（この）真相を把握されたとしたら、何人と雖も翻然と目覚めない訳にはゆかないであらう。

Evil and Guardian Spirits

“Creation of Civilization”  written by Mokichi Okada in 1952

In the previous chapter, I described that evil was no longer necessary though it was needed until today. Even so, it cannot be easily removed. However, God governs this matter in a very subtle and profound way. I will explain it step by step. Here, you must know in advance how the universe is structured. Needless to say, there are three lumps of the sun, the moon and the earth floating in the centre of the universe. Let me explain those three. The sun consists of the element of fire, the moon consists of the element of water and the earth consists of the element of soil (nitrogen). These three elements certainly have their own nature and fulfil their own ability. Among them, the elements of fire and water combine and form the air. This air covers the earth, creating and nurturing everything. Then, what should things be on the earth? They are all divided into either of two opposed characteristics; ‘yin’ and ‘yang.’ Namely, ‘yang’ is the spirit of fire that burns vertically and ‘yin’ is the spirit of water that flows horizontally. These vertical and horizontal elements are active in a twill-like state. This state is made up of intertwined unimaginably ultrafine particle lines. It reaches a certain height on the earth and forms air layers or the atmosphere. The natures of ‘yang’ and ‘yin’ are embodied as fire and water, heat and chill, day and night, light and shade, spirit and body, man and woman, and so on. If those two are divided into evil or good, ‘yang’ belongs to good and ‘yin’ belongs to evil as the former is embodied as spirit and the latter as a body. In this sense, good and evil are contrastive. That is the basic way of great nature. This theory is applied to human beings. You will see that the human body consists of two elements; a visible body and an invisible spirit. They are inseparably united. This unification creates vital energy and maintains human life. Here, there is a law. That is, spirit leads and form follows. It is proved by the fact as follows; when the heart as the central part of the human spirit gets motivated, it gives an order to the body and then the body takes action. This clearly shows that spirit is the essence and the master of humans. Then, the question is why evil thoughts arise from the spirit. Since this is the most important point, I will describe it in detail. Before that, please understand that I must explain it religiously. It is because good and evil are a matter of the heart.

Now we move on to the main subject. As described above, human beings consist of spirit and body. Therefore, it is obvious that true science cannot be born if it only studies the human body. No matter how it progresses, it is one-sided and unbalanced after all. On the other hand, our science is based on the relationship between spirit and body. If it were not true science, what would it be?

As I explained above, good and evil arise from the human heart or spirit. In addition to that, ‘spirit leads and form follows’ is the law of truth. From now on, I will explain the theory based on these principles. You must figure it out fundamentally if you thoroughly examine it. First of all, let me explain how human beings emerge. Needless to say, they do by pregnancy. If it is explained in a materialistic way, a male spermatozoon plunges into a female ovary and then the woman becomes pregnant. If it is explained in a spiritual way, a part of the divine spirit dwells as a single soul. After the birth at full-term, two other souls approach the born child. In that way, three of them tie a relationship. One of the above two souls is called a vice guardian spirit. It is an animal spirit and usually possesses a person when they become a few years old. The other is called a principal guardian spirit. It does not directly possess a person but always attends around them as a guardian. Since both spirits never leave the person, humans are, so to speak, a tripartite community. As for the spirit that dwells first, it is called an original guardian spirit. It is divinity itself and conscience. An old saying says that ‘the nature of human beings is originally good.’ This describes this guardian spirit. On the contrary, the second or vice guardian spirit is evil itself. It is always fighting against the original guardian spirit as good. You would see what that means if you look in your heart. Then the third or principal guardian spirit is chosen among those of the ancestors. It always attends around a person as a guardian. It prevents them from all the causes leading them to misfortune, such as disaster, danger, disease, misdeed, negligence, degradation, and so on. I think you’ve heard of foreboding, a revelation in a dream, disturbance, discrepancy and a bad time. They are all the ways that the principal guardian spirit takes to protect the person. It sometimes saves them from danger by letting them miss the train for some reason. It also disturbs them from approaching evil so that they cannot do so. As I described, the original and vice guardian spirits always fight each other. A person does good deeds when their original spirit defeats their vice spirit. On the contrary, they do bad deeds when their vice spirit defeats their original spirit. In that sense, human beings are between God and animals. People become like a god when they improve. Contrarily, they become like a beast when they become depraved. If you look at the world, you will understand it well. Then, what are vice guardian spirits? In the case of the Japanese, most of them are the dead spirits of tengu (long-nosed goblins), python, raccoon dog, horse, dog and bird for males. For females, they are often those of a fox, python, cat or bird. There are many other types of vice guardian spirits, too. Other than those, some spirits temporarily possess a person. When hearing such a thing, people of today think it is nonsense and cannot believe it. However, this is unmistakably true. They cannot believe it because they believe in materialistic superstition. Therefore, they will understand it immediately if they cast away such belief. In fact, people show the nature of the animal spirit that possesses them. Anyone must notice it when observing them carefully.

As mentioned above, some spirits temporarily possess a person. Most of them are the spirits of animals. However, those of the dead occasionally and those of the living very rarely possess humans. Then, why does this happen? Needless to say, it happens to depend on whether the human spirit is clean or cloudy. As the spirit becomes cloudy, the evil spirits easily possess them. The original vice guardian spirit gains the power, too. As a result, people inevitably do bad deeds. In this sense, most modern-day people are easily possessed by evil spirits because their spirits are very cloudy. Therefore, evil spirits are easy to work and crime consequently increases. On the contrary, believers in gods and buddhas have fewer clouds in their spirits. They like to do good deeds because their souls are purified enough to put the evil spirits under their control. This is the value of religious faith. However, those who don’t have faith would be a sort of dangerous character. They usually look like good people but no one knows when they are possessed by evil spirits. To realise a better society, therefore, we have no choice but to increase the number of people with purified souls. A soul is originally a kind of light emitter. The animal spirits are most afraid of this light. Since most modern people have cloudy souls, unvisited guests called evil spirits easily invade and manipulate them. Naturally, society is in a state of pandemonium. What’s more, political leaders don’t understand why such turmoil causes. They just try to prevent evil only by laws and punishments. Since those ways are pointless and temporary solutions, they cannot work. You will understand this well when you look at the Diet. Most of the bills are about the amendment and addition of law. That is a manufacturing method of temporary solutions. As we have to see such ignorance all the time, we cannot help but draw a long sigh.

I hope that you almost understood what evil is from the above. Needless to say, religious faith is the only way to solve this matter fundamentally. When you simply say religious faith, however, there is a hierarchy of gods we worship. There are upper, middle and lower classes. They are not only divided into 181 grades but also classified into true and evil gods. Therefore, it is hard to distinguish them. Some people are extremely religious but are not given the grace they expect. They don’t recover from the disease and do wrong things. It is because the god they believe in has less power. Therefore, it cannot stop evil gods’ activity.

Looking at these circumstances, people regard such faith as a low-level superstition. That is a problem. Even if they occasionally know a faith-worthy religion like ours, they cannot distinguish ours from that. This is very regrettable. In addition, ordinary people have assumed for a long time that all kinds of gods are simply precious and grateful. They didn’t know their differences, which puts them at risk. Besides, such things happen because the religion that worships the supreme god has not yet appeared. Here, you will be glad to learn that the supreme god has finally manifested itself.

It means the gods that have appeared so far are not at the top rank. Their power is not strong even if they are right gods. Therefore, they are temporarily defeated by evil. When people see that, they are fascinated by evil and try to follow its example. As you know from history, those who have ambition and ability especially do so. There are many footprints of such brave heroes. They certainly succeeded once but failed in the end without exception. Let me explain this phenomenon from the spiritual point of view. When a person was possessed by a big figure in the evil world, everything easily goes well at first and they become in rapture. However, it stops at some degree and they are sure to fail. Then, the evil spirit immediately leaves away from the person. Such persons are Caesar, Mussolini, and Hitler as far as we know. After they failed, they became different like fools as if they lost their hearts. Everyone possessed by such a great evil spirit becomes so when it comes out. Surprisingly, the head of the evil world made an extremely complete and detailed ever-lasting plan to take control of the world two thousand and a few hundred years ago. Since then, it has been working behind the scenes. As for gods in the divine world such as Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mahomet and family gods of ‘Kunitokotachi-no-Mikoto,’ they are fighting against evils.

As described above, God has had good and evil gods fight each other to progress culture. As a result, evil has defeated good up to ninety-nine per cent. That is the current situation. Here, God is going to manifest the power of one per cent and turn down the great plan of evils. This is the war between the ninety-nine and the one. We are just one step before this war. Once understanding this truth, everyone cannot help but wake up suddenly.

Translated by N.H