Magic in Chinese Religion (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Magic in Chinese ReligionCation of the almanac by the government, priests necessary for its interpretation. (c) Magic as a moral basis Yin and yang back of morals too, yang is virtue and yin is vice, to avert yin imitate yang, this an encouragement toward a clean moral life. Magic as a medical art. Dualism enters here too, demons cause all ill ness, magic a prominent element therefore in healing, methods, tortures of the body, priests' use of charms, amulets, incantations and terri ble medicines, examples of medicines, place of the cock in medical art, why prominent, examples of charms, conduct of priests and people at times of epidemics, example of driving cholera demons from achow, such practices a socialized act and therefore religious. B. Magic in the Three Religious Systems.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.