鞍馬寺・奥の院（Kurama Dera Temple-Okunoin: Inner Sanctuary）：京都（Kyoto）

1000万年以上前にアセンデッドマスターのサナトクマラが降臨した磐座・磐境がある鞍馬寺・奥の院。 磐境（いわさか）とは、古代の日本で神様（神道における神）をお迎えし、お祭りをするために石を使って区切った神聖な空間や祭場。神聖な場所（清浄な区域）と現世を分ける境界を意味し、祭りの際に神様が降臨するための依代（よりしろ）として機能。 磐境が神を招くための「空間・祭場」であるのに対し、神様が実際に鎮座する（宿る）ための岩石そのものを「磐座」と呼び区別することがある。 磐境は現代の神社の社殿が作られるよりも前の「神道の原形」と考えられており、古代の巨石信仰や自然崇拝の形を今に伝えている。全国の神社に残る古代祭祀の遺跡などでその姿を見ることができる。 その他、源義経（牛若丸）が天狗と修行した僧正ヶ谷の不動堂（不動明王）、義経が祀られる義経堂、眷属たち（神仏の遣い：天狗・龍・蛇・狐・八咫烏）が祀られる眷属社などを収録。 Kurama-dera’s Oku-no-in (Inner Sanctuary) houses an Iwakura (sacred rock seat) and an Iwasaka (sacred stone enclosure)—sites where the Ascended Master Sanat Kumara is said to have descended over ten million years ago. An Iwasaka is a sacred space or ritual site—demarcated by stones—used in ancient Japan to welcome and worship kami (Shinto deities). It signifies the boundary separating the sacred realm (a purified area) from the mundane world and serves as a yorishiro (a vessel or medium) for the deity to descend into during rituals. While an Iwasaka refers to the "space or ritual site" used to invite the deity, the term Iwakura is used to distinguish the specific rock or boulder itself where the deity actually resides or is enshrined. Iwasaka are considered a "primordial form of Shinto"—predating the construction of modern shrine buildings—and preserve the ancient traditions of megalithic and nature worship. Examples of these sites can still be found among the remains of ancient ritual grounds at shrines across Japan. Also featured here are the Fudo-do Hall (dedicated to Fudo Myoo) at Sojo-ga-dani, where Minamoto no Yoshitsune (known in his youth as Ushiwakamaru) is said to have trained with tengu*; the Yoshitsune-do Hall, where Yoshitsune himself is enshrined; and the *Kenzoku-sha (Shrine of Divine Attendants), dedicated to the spiritual emissaries of the gods and Buddhas—such as *tengu*, dragons, snakes, foxes, and the three-legged crow, *Yatagarasu*.