#jashin

I stumbled upon this Naruto-Wikipedia article and read in the trivia section that the Jashin symbol resembles the Philosopher's Stone symbol. However, that is fundamentally incorrect, as there is no formula for the Philosopher's Stone. Nevertheless, historical alchemists such as Nicolas Flamel attempted to produce it through the *Magnum Opus* (the Great Work), symbolically using mercury and sulfur. And at Magnum Opus, you can also find the symbol that resembles the Jashin symbol. Here is the Link.

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And I'm sorry it took me a couple of days to reply to this, I had to get to my PC where all my fic files are, but just for you here's a tiny snippet from a longfic I've been working on in which Hidan gets to meet his god face to face, while Jashin is (initially) disguised as a human. I'm nowhere near done with this fic honestly but I'm very invested in it and I really hope to get it finished eventually. So here's the reveal moment, where Hidan finally realises just who it is he's really talking to, heheh. No warnings, SFW.

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The Jashin religion.

Buckle up, baby. Here we go.

You know that classic fantasy cliche where someone from the future gets transported to the past and accidentally becomes a God because he has a lighter in his pocket and the primitive people think it’s magic?

That’s Jashin.

Not a god at all, but a member of the Otsutsuki clan whose appearance on earth goes way back to before written records. Unlike his brethren, he appreciates the chaotic nature and tenacity of the human race. How they are full of passion and emotion and survival instinct. Unpredictable and almost wild. Like nature itself.

Our boy here has no idea though. Not a clue. He doesn’t realize that Jashin needed a vessel to supply him with chakra or souls and in exchange Hidan gets a direct line to that super powerful chakra and as many resets as Jashin thinks he deserves.

It’s an absolutely symbiotic relationship. Each one using the other.

For decades upon decades, Jashin waited and searched for the perfect vessel. Someone with no other mortal attachments. A willing sacrifice with no fear, no loyalties and no pesky friends or family to distract him from his relationship with the pseudo-god.

The other initiates were unsuitable and so they needed to be disposed of. They knew too much. Desired too much. Power hungry and harbouring their own secret intentions and ambitions.

So Hidan killed them all and burned down the Jashinst temple. They were frauds. Fakes. Disappointments. And they needed to be punished. After all.

Finding other converts is only necessary in case Jashin ever finds himself in need of another vessel. Always wise to have a pool to choose from.

Like Kakuzu says— there’s no such thing as immortality.