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interview-show "Heart to Heart" hour-long episode on May 21, 2013 entitled "David A. Mason, an established Korean mountain spirit expert". He also appeared in the half-hour episode 8 of
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287:, remained entirely unknown to the world outside Korea, but in that year professor Mason began to promote it to the global audience in English by establishing the website san-shin.org and publishing articles highlighting the spiritual and cultural traditions of the mountain range.
165:. He first visited Korea in July 1982, staying for a year as an English teacher and growing increasingly interested in the traditional culture found in its mountains, ultimately turning it into a career. He moved to Korea permanently in January 1986. He received his M.A. in
249:(RAS) in Seoul and contributed to the society's journal Transactions, writing on "Sacred Aspects and Assets of Taebaek-san", "Jirisan: Sacred Aspects and Assets", "Mountain Tourism and Religious Heritage Sites: A Fresh Paradigm" and "Go-un Choi Chi-wonโs Pungryu".
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