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quote:Originally posted by Rev. Jesse:
And how's about all those crazy Hindu epics, who's names I can't recall but have lots of G's and B's and V's?
I didn't mention the Indian epics because they deal specifically with religion not magic and the last time I tried to broach the subject of where our religious and magical borders lie, over in the Karma thread, no one wanted to play.
Anyway, while I think the Vedas, Upanishads, epics, etc. have valid info, it's kind of like recommending the Old Testament to someone who's interested in Hebraic magic. There may be some valid info but it's more about cosmology, cosmogony, and mythology than on magic.
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And let's not forget the Te Ching either, the Book of Changes is the classic on chinese magic.
You may have meant the I Ching but in case you meant the Tao Te Ching, it's as much, if not more, of a political work than a magical or even philosophical one.
David Hinton's translation deals with the political situation in Lao Tzu's time as the Chou dynasty continued to deteriorate into the Warring States period.
Not to say there's no magic in there, just that Lao Tzu's fervent desire for beneficial social change in very chaotic and violent times shouldn't be forgotten as one of the prime motivations for the Tao Te Ching.
If you didn't mean the Tao Te Ching then just ignore the above stuff. |
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) alludes to a good point.
From that much, I inferred the practice is much the same as western magic, only instead of runes or sigels, you write out Kanji or I Ching hexigrams on your ricepaper slips before you throw them at the tenticle-rape demons. 