In traditional Koshinto, ceremonies and gyoho (ascetic practices) that had been passed down from Hakke Shinto branch of Imperial Shinto, one of whose head students was Atsutane HIRATA; but other gyoho and religious groups were handed down, not from the Hakke branch but from Izumo Shinto, Kannagi Shinto, Kukami Shinto, or Shugendo (a type of mountain asceticism).
伝統的な古神道では平田篤胤ほかが学頭を務めた皇室神道の伯家神道から受け継いた儀礼や行法がみられるが、この系統ではない出雲神道、巫部神道、九鬼神道、修験道に由来する行法や教団も存在する。