Over time, he became interested in religion and psychic ability, and on March 1, 1898, went to the sacred mountain, Takakuma-yama, near Kameoka City with an oracle named Fuyo MATSUOKA (also known as 'Tengu') for week-long spiritual training.
やがて、宗教や霊能に関心を持つようになり、1898年3月1日、松岡芙蓉（または「天狗」と名乗ったとも）と名乗る神使に伴われて、亀岡市内の霊山・高熊山に一週間の霊的修業をする。