Chinese Occultism. Feng Shui : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], FENG-SHUI. * Chinese occultism has been reduced to a system in an occult science (or better, pseudo-science) called "feng-shui" which, literally translated, means "wind and water," and the two words combined denote atmospheric influence, or climate...
Chinese Occultism. The Tablet Of Destiny : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], THE TABLET OF DESTINY. At the beginning of Chinese history stands a tablet which in some mysterious way is supposed to be connected with an explanation of the universe. It has been reconstructed by later Chinese thinkers and is pictured in the hands...
Chinese Occultism. P'an Ku : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], P'AN-KU. The basic idea of the yih philosophy was so convincing that it almost obliterated the Taoist cosmogony of P'an-Ku who is said to have chiseled the world out of the rocks of eternity. Though the legend is not held in high honor by...
Chinese Occultism. The Mariner's Compass : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], EUROPEAN COMPASS. (Presumably Italian.) The two plates are hinged together and fold upon one another in the same way as the European compasses shown in the following pages. p. 64 THE MARINER'S COMPASS A CHINESE INVENTION. The lo-pan or net tablet...
Chinese Occultism. The Yih System : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], p. 25 CHINESE OCCULTISM. Belief in mysterious agencies characterises a certain period in the religious development of every nation. Even the Jews, distinguished among the Semites by their soberness, consulted Yahveh through the Urim and Thummim...
Chinese Occultism. The Five Elements : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], THE FIVE ELEMENTS. Occultism dominated the development of thought during the Middle Ages of China not less than in Europe, and here again in the conception of the elements we find traces of a common origin in both the East and West. The Chinese speak...
Title Page : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], CHINESE OCCULTISM BY PAUL CARUS Pp. 25-83 In "Chinese Thought". Chicago: Open Court [1907] Scanned, proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare , October 2008. This text is in the public domain in the US because it was published prior to 1923.
Chinese Occultism. Divination : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], DIVINATION. An explanation of the universe which derives all distinctions between things, conditions, relations, etc., from differences of mixture, must have appeared very plausible to the ancient sages of China, and we appreciate their acumen when we...
Chinese Occultism. Prehistoric Connections : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], PREHISTORIC CONNECTIONS. The evidences that indicate a Western origin of Chinese civilisation are very strong, and it seems that the first Chinese settlers must have come in prehistoric times from a country that was closely connected with the founders...
Chinese Occultism. The Personification Of Stars : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], THE PERSONIFICATION OF STARS. To the Chinese (as also in some respects to the Babylonians) the stars are actual presences who sway the destinies of mankind, and we reproduce here a series of illustrations from a Buddhist picture-book printed in Jap...
Chinese Occultism. Systems Of Enumeration : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], SYSTEMS OF ENUMERATION. The twelve animals which are pictured on our Tibetan tablet are a curious relic of prehistoric civilisation. They represent at once the twelve months, the twelve divisions of the zodiac, and the twelve double hours of the day...
Chinese Occultism. Urim And Thummim : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], URIM AND THUMMIM. The Chinese method of divination may help us to understand the Urim and Thummim of the Hebrews which are so ancient that details of their method are practically forgotten. We notice first that the Urim and Thummim are two sets...
Chinese Occultism. Lo Pan : * "Chinese Occultism", by Paul Carus, [1907], p. 58 LO-PAN. Collectors of curios may have seen in Chinese stores the instrument called "lo-pan" * (net-tablet), or "lo-king" (net-standard), or pan-shih (disk-norm). This is the geomancer's compass which incorporates LO-PAN OR NET TABLET. [...
