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Tengenjutsu (fortune Telling)
is a Japanese fortune telling method. It is based on yin and yang and the Five elements (Japanese philosophy), five elements, and uses a person's birth date in the sexagenary cycle and physical appearance to predict one's fate. ''Tengenjutsu'' originated in various Taoism in Japan, Chinese practices, but was first systemized by the early Edo period monk Tenkai. It is also the origin of ''Tōkyūjutsu''. See also * Futomani * Itako * Kokkuri * Omikuji * Onmyōdō * SanpakuReferences Religion in Japan Divination {{Japan-reli-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fortune Telling
Fortune telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. Melton, J. Gordon. (2008). ''The Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena''. Visible Ink Press. pp. 115-116. The scope of fortune telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune telling implies a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion, spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation. Historically, Pliny the Elder describes use of the crystal ball in the 1st century CE by soothsayers (''"crystallum orbis"'', later written in Medieval Latin by scribes as ''orbuculum''). Contemporary Western images of fortune telling grow out of folkloristic reception of Renaissance magic, specifically associated with Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
