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...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being <i>Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing</i>. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being... | ...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being <i>Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing</i>. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being... | ||
| − | ...also well known is the geomantic text <i>Accounts of the Ten Continents</i>, which discusses at length the questions of "national character" and continental personality, the issues surrounding the | + | ...also well known is the geomantic text <i>Accounts of the Ten Continents</i>, which discusses at length the questions of "national character" and continental personality, the issues surrounding the concept of the planet as a living organism and consciousness, and various other topics closely associated with geomancy and other "ground-bound" forms of wizardry. |
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Revision as of 23:14, 9 December 2005
(Also known, depending on which orthography one is using, as Shuo Tung-fang.)
Because the Chinese culture was astahfrith for many centuries, a surprising number of its wizards became famous in popular culture as well as among those familiar with errantry. Tung-fang Shuo would have been one of the best-known of these.
He was apparently born in the reign of the Han emperor Wu-Ti, some time during the 1st century BC. ...
...A great number of texts on wizardry, alchemy, and what would now be taken for "alternate spiritualities" are attributed to him, one of the best-known being Spirit Tokens of the Ling Qi Jing. This masterly discussion of the "lifestyles" of creatures native to other planes of being...
...also well known is the geomantic text Accounts of the Ten Continents, which discusses at length the questions of "national character" and continental personality, the issues surrounding the concept of the planet as a living organism and consciousness, and various other topics closely associated with geomancy and other "ground-bound" forms of wizardry.