Search results for "Divination with I Ching" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • Divination is the attempt of ascertaining information by interpretation ... Divination is distinguished from fortune-telling in that divination ...
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  • "Classic of Changes" (often spelled I Ching) is the oldest of the ... present part of Chinese daily life as well, with people of all social classes ...
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  • meridian has a downward flow of energy (ch’i) and the "yin" organs ... turtle carapaces used in ancient Chinese divination). In these inscriptions ...
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  • its origins are often traced back to the I Ching (the Book of Changes ... the ages has been a practical concern with man and society, how to live ...
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  • Taoism. Xiuzhen must be practiced in tandem with Xiushen, which is a betterment ... model. Xiuzhen is often mythologized along with the immortalization techniques ...
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  • impact on human affairs. Often associated with a sense of religious calling ... conceptually. Fate is strongly connected with mythology, especially that ...
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  • Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ... as such diverse cultural practices as divination, medicine, and martial arts. ...
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  • – 1200) separated them and combined them with the Analects and the Book ... The Classic of Changes or I Ching (易經 Yì Jīng), a manual of ...
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  • an activity. Its guidelines are compatible with many techniques of agricultural ... Feng shui is often identified as a form of geomancy, or divination ...
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  • is under pressure from, and in competition with, scientific and religious ... without presuming any personal relationship with spiritual or divine beings ...
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  • Empire's national epic. Virgil, along with his predecessor Homer and ... reject the effort to seek to identify him with characters in his poetry. ...
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  • fundamentally changed by extended contact with Western astronomy. Today, ... Efforts were made with the discovery of instruments to list the stars ...
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  • belonged to the same ethnic group, compared with other ethnic groups around ... inscribed on oracle bones used for divination. The Shang were eventually ...
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  • nation covers a large geographical region with customs and traditions varying ... the Shang dynasty which was still connected with barbarian practices to the ...
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  • is itself controversial and fraught with hermeneutic difficulty, with ... practical or philosophical relationship with the tenets of Daoism. ...
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  • may be used to evoke a deeper connection with the divine, convey spiritual ... in the highest regard and often defended with one's life. ...
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  • Yellow River valley and was not associated with any single political entity ... Mekong), and Yarlung Tsangpo (Brahmaputra), with most Chinese rivers emptying ...
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  • pointer free to align itself accurately with Earth's magnetic field ... planet's magnetosphere. Any instrument with a magnetized bar or needle ...
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  • numerous secondary and tertiary performers. With their elaborate and colorful ... quot; to reflect this change. Finally, with the establishment of the People ...
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  • the rules of social conduct (li) associated with the Confucian tradition, he ... a long-defunct royal family (in keeping with Chinese autobiographical convention ...
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