A.  SOULS

      1. po - animal/life soul  decays with the body, may become a demon

      2. hun - spiritual/personality soul survives as long as it is remembered and receives sacrifices from the living.

 B.   SUPREME BEING  =  SUPREME ANCESTOR

      1. under Zhou - Tien, Heaven (moral order of the universe)
 

 C.  NATURE SPIRITS/ DIETIES OF FERTILITY
 

 D. ABSENCE OF PRIESTLY CLASS
 

 E.  SHAMANISM

      1. peasant religion

      2. spirit possession, exorcists

    3.  Animism - belief in the power of animals

    4.  Jie - spell binding     magic

    5.  Demons - manifestations of fears,  concern for ways to deal with demonic harassment

        a.  gui - hungry demons

    6.  Qi (chi or ki) vapor, power

    7.  Hell - legalistic, judge, justice - punishment, merits/demerits, sentences could be affected by relatives actions or eased by the transfer of merit or money

    8.  Life span - allotment - measure of fate given each individual at birth

    9.  Physiognomic signs of good fortune - facial features, shape of head

    10.  Power- control
             External
             Internal

    11.  Cultivation - faults and evils controlled and eradicated

    12.  self-improvement - build up virtue, tolerant, compassionate, conserve mental and physical energy

    13.  reflection - necessary to assess achievements, progress

        faults: indolence - put off correcting faults

    14.  meditation - method of self-cultivation - movement (Tai Chi), stationary - seated or standing postures

        elixers - potions to effect long life or transformations
 

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