For a few minutes, the time varying with the particular _naka-za_, the man remains perfectly motionless. Then suddenly the _gohei_ begins to quiver. The quiver gains till all at once the man is seized with a convulsive throe. In some trances the eyes then open, the eyeballs being rolled up half out of sight. In others the eyes remain half shut. Then the throe subsides again to a permanent quiver, the eyes, if open, fixed in the trance look. The man has now become the God. The _mae-za_, bowed down, then reverently asks the name of the God, and the God answers, after which the _mae-za_ prefers his petitions, to which the God makes reply. When he has finished, the _naka-za_ falls forward on his face. The _mae-za_ concludes with a prayer, then, striking the _naka-za_ on the back, wakes him up. One of the others gives him water from a cup, and when he has been able to swallow it the rest set to and rub his arms and body out of their cataleptic contraction. The _Sankairi_, a work published in 1853, mentions a kind of inspired medium known as _yori-dai_:-- _"There are numbers of these in Ôsaka who practise Kami-oroshi (bringing down the God). An altar to Sho-ichi-i Inari Miōjin (first of first rank illustrious God Inari) is consecrated within their dwelling-house, before which the medium takes his seat. Some of these bringers-down of the God are men, others women. They take a gohei in each hand and repeat the Rokkon shōjō no harahi [a bastard Buddhist form of harahi], muttering at the same time something or another so that one might think they were veritable official bringers-down of the God._ _"At Tenōji there is a Miko-machi, or street of mediums who pretend that it was established by Shōtoku Taishi. When the cries of these mediums reach the street, people look in at the windows. They differ, however, from the Inari-oroshi. Some there are who use the formula, 'Is it a living mouth or a dead mouth?' so that they probably belong to the Shinano mediums, who talk of [the God] being drawn by the adzusa bow. There is also a kind of witchcraft called Inugami.[325] But the Miōjin-oroshi [or yoridai] we speak of repeats over and over again the phrase 'Be pleased to cleanse, be pleased to purify', so long as he retains his senses. Then his complexion changes and he becomes pale, while the gohei in his hands shake themselves erect. He will then answer, one after another, by manifest inspiration, any questions which the applicant may put to him."_ The _Sankairi_ is a Buddhist book, and goes on to tell a story of a _Kami_ being brought down by _nembutsu_ (Buddhist prayers) and the medium repeating a Buddhist hymn.[326]