1) New religious movement 
Mahikari is a Japanese new religious movement (shinshūkyō), with a number of variants or offshoots. Founded in 1963 by Yoshikazu Okada (岡田 良一) (1901–1974), the name `Mahikari` means `true light` in Japanese, being a compilation of the words `ma` (真 – true) and `hikari` (光 – light). Mahikari derived its cosmology and val...