Case file · Folklore / legend
Maō-son, the 'lord from Venus' at Kurama
Kurama-dera, refounded in 1949 as head of its own Kurama Kōkyō sect, teaches that the deity Maō-son came down to Mount Kurama from Venus 6.5 million years ago.
1949 CE · 35.12, 135.77 · status: legend
The account
Maō-son is worshipped with the Buddhist deities Bishamonten and Senju Kannon as a single cosmic power. New Age writers link him to Sanat Kumara of Theosophy, and the mountain is also tied to the founder of Reiki.