User blog:WanderingAsura/Three Secrets

History
The style of exorcism the Medicine Seller employs is derived from Mikkyō Buddhism's Sammitsu (or San Himitsu meaning "Three Secrets" or "Three Mysteries"). These are the secrets of the body, the mouth and the will. Through these, Mikkyō Buddhists seek the path of Enlightenment. For some practitioners, however, they were also used to awaken special powers, such as spiritual healing or exorcism. More importantly, they seek the truth. Powerful disembodied mononoke are born of violent acts, dishonorable deeds, and terrible crimes. To banish them, an exorcist must know the truth, and they can use the truth against the mononoke.

Use
To draw out and slay mononoke, an exorcist must discover three things about their target:
 * Katachi : What does it look like? How does it manifest?
 * Makoto : How did it come to be? What were the circumstances of its death? Who was involved?
 * Kotowari : Why does it remain here, among the living? What does it desire?

However...
These are difficult things to determine. An Exorcist must often act as a detective, searching out the truth, interrogating the guilty, or searching for ancient crimes. They need to figure out why the ancient spirit is haunting the area in order to be most effective.