Reikon
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Reikon (霊魂), in Shinto, is the equivalent to the soul or spirit in Western culture.[1]
When a person dies, it is believed that their reikon will remain in a type of purgatory until they are given proper funeral rites. After which, the reikon will join their ancestors in the afterlife and only returning to the living world every August for the Obon Festival.
