Seimei No Jisso: Daiseiten = 生命の実相: 大聖典 [= The Truth of Life]

[Tokyo, Japan]: [Komyo Shiso Fukyukai], Showa 11; [1936]. First edition. Quarto in full leather tooled and gilted binding; silver endpapers; thin india paper; 3337 + approximately 15 + [3] pages; 31cm. In original folding cloth box with clasps and gilt mon (emblem) to front. Two pages of calligraphy, (appears to be printed) at beginning. Minor rubbing to board edges, else very good(++); tight and clean; in about near fine original cloth-backed folding box. . Hardcover.

In Japanese. Rare. "Seichō no Ie (Japanese: 生長の家, "House of Growth") is a syncretic, monotheistic, New Thought Japanese new religion that has spread since the End of World War II in Asia. It emphasizes gratitude for nature, the family, ancestors and, above all, religious faith in one universal God. Seichō no Ie is the world's largest New Thought group. By the end of 2010 it had over 1.6 million followers and 442 facilities, mostly located in Japan."... "Taniguchi Masaharu (1893 -1985) was a Japanese New Thought leader, founder of Seicho-no-Ie. He began studying English literature at the Waseda University, Tokyo. In parallel, he also studied the works of Fenwicke Holmes, and subsequently translated Holmes' book, The Law of Mind in Action into Japanese. In 1929, after much study and contemplation, he reported having received a divine revelation followed by the healing of his daughter. This led in 1930 to the creation of a magazine, Seicho-no-Ie ("home of infinite life, wisdom, and abundance"). The movement grew during the 1930s, although was suppressed during World War II. In 1952, he co-authored a book with Fenwicke Holmes titled The Science of Faith. Taniguchi died in a Nagasaki hospital on June 17, 1985, at the age of ninety-one."— Wikipedia.