Oomoto’s Co-Founder, Onisaburo Deguchi
Onisaburo Deguchi was born with the name Kisaburo Ueda in 1871, in Kyoto Prefecture’s Kameoka City. He passed away on January 19, 1948, at the age of seventy-eight. From a young age Onisaburo was recognized as a prodigy, and he displayed extraordinary psychic abilities. Born into a small farming family, he dropped out of elementary school. He was able to continue his studies on the side while he farmed, made lemon soda, raised cattle, and did other odd jobs, but certainly tasted his share of hardship.
Mystical Training on Mount Takakuma
In the second lunar month of 1898, Onisaburo spent a week undergoing spiritual training on the sacred mountain Takakuma, in his hometown of Kameoka. During that time he profoundly studied many mysteries of the spiritual world, realizing a high degree of skill in clairvoyance, clairaudience, telepathy, prophecy, mind-reading, and others. At this point he became aware of his great mission towards the salvation of the world.
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