{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/choc/index.htm","path":"cfu/choc/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/choc/index.htm","text":"| | Chinese Occultism by Paul Carus [1907] | \nThis is an extended excerpt from a collection of essays by Paul Carus on Chinese topics. Carus discusses the I Ching and other methods of divination, the five Chinese elements (water, fire, wood, metal and earth); the Chinese Zodiac, Fung-shui, the Lo-pan, the Chinese invention of the magnetic compass, and the personification of constellations. He gives ancient near eastern parallels, and proposes a speculative diffusionist thesis for some aspects, particularly the calendrical system. This essay serves as a good introduction to these topics, with numerous illustrations and tables to fill in the details.","title":"Chinese Occultism Index","type":"page"}