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Introducing David Mason Korean Culture Expert
Introducing David Mason Korean Culture Expert
David Mason is an old friend of mine. He first came to Korea in the early β80s as did I. He went to the Yonsei Korean language program, got his MA there, and has made a career of teaching and writing about all things Korea.Β He has numerous books on his site on Korean shamanism (he is one of the experts) and Buddhism.
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Website:Β Β http://www.san-shin.org
Bio & photo
Prof MasonΒ
David A. Mason
Professor of Korean Cultural Tourism at Sejong University, Seoul
Honorary Ambassador of the Baekdu-daegan Mountain-Range
Tour-guide,Β Lecturer and AuthorΒ on Traditional Cultural Sites
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β¦β¦. David A. Mason is a Professor of Korean and International Cultural
Tourism at Sejong University, Seoul Campus, and a longtime
researcher on the religious characteristics of Korea's mountains.
Prior to his current post as professor of tourism for 15 years, he
served as a consultant for the national Ministry of Culture and
Tourism for 5 years, and as professor of English out in the Korean
countryside for 17 years.
A native of the USA, he has been living in South Korea for 36 years
now, always following his passionate interest in hiking Koreaβs
forested mountains and visiting their historic spiritual sites. He has
proudly been a member of the RAS-KB for three decades. He was
appointed the national Honorary Ambassador of the Baekdu-daegan
Ranges in 2011.
Mason earned a Masters; Degree in the History of Korean Religions
from Yonsei University in 1997. He has authored and edited ten
books on Korean culture and tourism, including Spirit of the
Mountains about Korea, traditions of sacred mountains, the English
Encyclopedia of Korean Buddhism, and Solitary Sage: The Profound
Life, Wisdom and Legacy of Koreaβs βGo-unβ Choi Chi-won. He has
published many articles in academic journals and popular magazines,
and has frequently been interviewed on various media. His popular
website on sacred Korean mountains and mountain-spirit traditions
can be found at www.san-shin.org
Everything on this website is under my Copyright
2001-2021, except as-indicated. Β Please do not
use anything from it in any way without written
permission from the author via Email.
| ArticlesΒ publishedΒ inΒ Chosun SAN magazine |
| David A. Mason’sΒ San-shinΒ Website all about Korean Mountain-spirits and their shrines, Korea’s sacred peaks and mountain-veneration traditions |
Introduction toΒ San-shinΒ Β (Korean Mountain-spirits)
What Makes a Korean Mountain “Sacred”?
Which Korean Mountains are Most–Sacred?
| SACRED Β KOREAN Β MOUNTAINS: from north-to-south along the west side of this peninsula, starting around Seoul, then south-to-north along the east side |
| Contact: send any commentsΒ or questions to me:Β mtnwolf@gmail.com |
| Korean-languageΒ Edition Available! |
| Weird and ExcellentΒ New Discoveries! |
At the San-shin-gak of Biseul-san
Nam-jijang-sa Temple south of
Daegu City, Autumn 1999. Β Photo
by my old friend Kwon Soon-il.
Seondo Korean DaoismΒ —Β the International Institute for Sundo
Taoist Cultural Research, led by Master Kim Hyeong-mun.
AKAΒ KuksundoΒ [Guk-seondo] Daoist practices — very interesting stuff.
See my listing of Korea’s 40 most sacred places on
Martin Gray’s excellent Sacred Sites of the World
website, onΒ this page about Korea.
For plenty of information on and beautiful photos of the
world’s holy pilgrimage destinations, get his excellent
book:Β Sacred Earth: Places of Peace and Power.
| My research-paper on the Baekdu-daegan Region as aΒ green pilgrimage-tourismΒ destination by U.N. World Tourism Org |
| MyΒ PresentationΒ on Korea’s Religious– PilgrimageΒ TourismΒ to the UNΒ in SpainΒ 2007 |
| Sanshin-je Ceremony atΒ 2008 United Nations InternationalΒ Mountains Day Seminar in Seoul |
| Philippines: Β Β Β Β Dumaguete Town Rainbow Waterfall House Construction DavaynΒ One Year OldΒ Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β 22Β Months Old Simala Church Lourdes Shrine 2020 |
| Baekdu-daegan Trail Guidebook |
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| My Picks for Seoul’s Top-FiveΒ Mountains and TemplesΒ in the 2010Β “Seoul Book of Everything” |
| Gaya-san, the Mountain of Buddha’s Enlightenment featuring Haein-sa and its hermitages |
Dale’s Korean Temple Adventures Blog
Dale’s new book!:
| BuddhistΒ SanshinΒ withΒ Daoist Eight Immortals! |
| Australian Aborigine SanshinΒ Painting! |
| Korea for Expats — all info! |
| Sacred PeaksΒ ofΒ Gyeongju Ancient Capital City with Grand Buddhist Relics |
| Article on Jeongseon County 2010 |
| Won-bulgyo founder SotaesanΒ practicing Sanshin-gidoΒ Ritual-Prayer |
| Taebaek-san: the ultra-holyΒ Grand White Mountain Shamans using the Taebaek Sanshin Hambaek-san — Korea’s Rodney-Dangerfield Mtn |
| Gyeryong-san: Rooster-Dragon Mountain-spirit Festival, the Golden-Dragon Hermitage, many fascinating temples & shrines, and the Male & Female Dragon Ponds |
| Chiak-san National ParkΒ in Wonju 1999 Ceremony at the Eastern Peak Shrine |
| Busan City
Yeongchuk-sanΒ /Β Chuiseo-san Cheontae-san Cheontae-sa |
| Odae-san —Β Korea’s Wutai-shan Home of Manjusri Bodhisattva of Wisdom Woljeong-sa, Sangwon-sa and more Winter Olympic TempleStay at Woljeong-sa |
| Jogye-san, Mountain of Zen with Songgwang-sa and Seonam-sa |
| Hwangak-san Β Jikji-saΒ Β & Samseong-am Daedeok-san |
| Gyeongbuk’s sacredΒ Hakka-san with Bongjeong-sa, Gaemoksa & Bomun-sa |
| Duta-san, Buddha’s Heaven Mtn featuring Samhwa-sa Sanshin artworks |
| Il-wol-san / Sun-Moon Mountain —Β Korea’s Haunted Slopes |
| Hike Korea! — www.hikekorea.com Roger Shepherd’s company |
| Baekhwa-san, White Lotus-Flower Mtn with Banya-sa Wisdom Temple — Natural “Tiger” on mountainside!! |
| Wonhyo Pilgrimage Trail inaugural trek Dec 2011 2nd Trip Β for Video Sept 2012! Launch of the Trek! |
| Green Shinto Blog fascinating views of Japanese culture |
| Newsweek International on Korea’s Religious-PilgrimageΒ Tourism Sites PhotoΒ book “Passage to Korea” |
| Virtual & Real Guided Tours that I offer in and around Korea: Tours By Locals .comΒ Β Β Β Β and Β ContextΒ Learning-Travel |
| Moak-san the Holy Mother Peak withΒ Geumsan-saΒ Golden Mountain Temple |
| Naejang-san Holy Stored-Within Mountain |
| Mountain Deities in China |
| Pohang’s Naeyeon-san Great Sanshin atΒ Naeyeon-sanΒ Daewonsa Yeongcheon Bohyeon-san Chunghyo-sa |
| Great SanshinΒ Painting atΒ Pohang’sΒ Daewon–sa! |
| Juwang-san National Park Yeongdeok-gun CountyΒ Dragon-Rock Temple |
| English Encyclopedia ofΒ Korean Buddhism, Β 2014 |
| Solitary Sage: Β Life, Wisdom and Legacy of “Go-un” Choi Chi-won 2016 — all-color-photos Ebook is available |
My deadhead friend Beth’s awesomeΒ new website
on her Tarot & spiritual-Paganism witch-wisdom,
practical-psychology, lifestyle and practices, Β full of
wonderful & excellent postings; Β she’s in North Carolina…
Korea’s Cultural Policy, by CB-Saeji
Korea Magazine 1917-19 Contents
| Yun Seon-do — Sijo PoetryΒ &Β Culture of Exile on Bogil-do |
| Arirang-TV “K-phile” episode on my research, Dec 2016 |
| New Book on Korea’s Leisure Activities, Games and Sports, for Utilization in Cultural Tourism |
| Pungsu-JiriΒ paintingsΒ in Lobby of Supreme Court of Korea |
| InΒ 2017Β I spoke at the UNWTO‘sΒ International Congress on Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage |
| Sanshin Painting Gift from Gyeryong-san! |
| 19th Cen Sanshin-do with I Ching Trigrams |
| Video Lecture onΒ theΒ I Ching in Korean Culture |
| Soyo-sanΒ — Wonhyo’s Jaje-am Retreat-Hermitage |
| Naju City’s Bulhoe-sa |
| Seven BuddhistΒ Mountain-TemplesΒ added to UNESCO World Heritage List |
| Contact: send any commentsΒ or questionsΒ to me:Β mtnwolf@gmail.com |
| Chuncheon’s Samak-san the Home-Root Mountain of my heart |
| OTHER Β FEATURE Β ARTICLES: |
| VandalismΒ / Arson of BuddhistΒ Temples/Treasures by Korean Protestant Christians |
| Great Korean Tiger Folk-Paintings by Master Kim Man-hee |
| Spring 2021: |
| Dr. Dirk Schlottmann’s research on K-Shamanism |
| 2014 Haps Magazine Interview by HalΒ Swindon |
| Ganghwa-doΒ — Island of Holy Mountains |
| PR-Ambassador of Samgak-sanΒ for Gangbuk-gu |
| San-shin Ritual was held in North KoreaΒ inΒ March 2002!modern Sanshin Painting fromΒ NK ! |
| Seoul’sΒ “Temple of Heaven”
Great Master Wonhyo |
| Jang Bo-go Memorial in Seoul |
| Eulji Mundeok Saved Goguyeo |
| Shawn and Yu-mi’s Wedding April 2007 Shamanism Seminar Nov 2007 North California Trip Feb 2008 |
| Bob Dylan & Band 1974 Tour |
Andrew Douch’s site on the trails
of Korea’s Top 100 Mountains
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