JiaobeiMoon blocks or jiaobei (also written as jiao bei etc. variants; ), also poe (from ; as used in the term "poe divination"), are wooden divination tools originating from China, which are used in pairs and thrown to seek divine guidance in the form of a yes or no question. They are made out of wood or bamboo and carved into a crescent shape. A pair of clam shells can also be used. Each block is round on one side (known as the yin side) and flat on the other (known as the yang side).
Tongji (spirit medium)Tongji (; Tâi-lô: tâng-ki) or Jitong () is a Chinese folk religious practitioner, usually translated as a "spirit medium", "oracle", or "shaman". This word compounds tong "child; youth; boy servant" and ji "to divine" (cf. fuji 扶乩 "divination; planchette writing"). Regional variants include Hokkien tâng-ki 童乩 and Cantonese gei-tung 乩童 or san-daa 神打. A tongji or jitong is a person believed to have been chosen by a particular shen (chinese deity) or spirit as the earthly vehicle for divine expression.
Kau chimKau chim or kau cim, also known as lottery poetry (), is a fortune telling practice that originated in China in which a person poses questions and interprets answers from flat sticks inscribed with text or numerals. The practice is often performed in a Taoist or Buddhist temple in front of an altar. Kau chim is often referred to as chien tung or Chinese fortune sticks by westerners. In the US, a version has been sold since 1915 under the name chi chi sticks.
Omikujivignette|redresse|Omikuji accrochés. vignette|redresse|Distributeur d'omikuji. Les sont des divinations écrites sur des bandes de papier que l'on tire au sort dans les sanctuaires shintô et les temples bouddhistes au Japon. Les omikuji auraient pris leur forme actuelle aux alentours de l'ère Edo (1603-1868), avec pour origine le tirage au sort kuji qui était pratiqué pour demander l'avis des dieux avant de décider des affaires politiques, d'un successeur ou d'un mariage.
Poe divinationPoe divination (from the 'poe' (桮) in the Hokkien , Min Dong BUC: buăk-bŭi, "cast moon blocks", also called as "bwa bwei", Mandarin ) is a traditional Chinese divination method in which the diviner throws or drops two little wooden pieces on the floor and interprets the divine answer using the positions of the pieces. This method can be used to tell whether the future course of action the diviner is considering is recommended or not. The pieces, called "Poe" (Bwei) in Taiwanese or Jiaobei in Mandarin, look somewhat like two shells of a clam or bivalve mollusk.
Chinese ritual mastery traditionsChinese ritual mastery traditions, also referred to as ritual teachings (, sometimes rendered as "Faism"), or Folk Taoism (), or also Red Taoism (mostly in east China and Taiwan), constitute a large group of Chinese orders of ritual officers who operate within the Chinese folk religion but outside the institutions of official Taoism. The "masters of rites", the fashi (法師), are also known in east China as hongtou daoshi (紅頭道士), meaning "redhead" or "redhat" daoshi ("masters of the Tao"), contrasting with the wutou daoshi (烏頭道士), "blackhead" or "blackhat" priests, of Zhengyi Taoism who were historically ordained by the Celestial Master.
Écriture automatiqueL’écriture automatique est un mode d'écriture dans lequel n'interviennent ni la conscience ni la volonté. Ce processus a au moins cinq champs d'application différents : littérature, psychologie, peinture, parapsychologie ou autohypnose. En tant que phénomène spirite, l'écriture automatique ou écriture mécanique est appelée psychographie. vignette|Exemples d'écriture automatique médiumnique ou psychographie. Le texte est écrit d'un seul tenant, sans ponctuation, ni séparation.
Médium (spiritisme)vignette|Le Livre des médiums d'Allan Kardec, publié en 1861 popularisa le néologisme « médium ». Un médium est une personne qui serait sensible à des influences subtiles ou à des phénomènes non perceptibles par les cinq sens. Il pourrait percevoir les manifestations de l'au-delà et de ses « esprits », de même qu'il pourraient capter intuitivement des informations occultes lors d'un état de conscience modifié.
Religion traditionnelle chinoisevignette|Temple Hui-an à Tainan, Taïwan. vignette|Talismans provenant du temple du Dieu-Préfet. La religion traditionnelle chinoise, également appelée religion populaire chinoise (), shenisme (religion des dieux ou esprits, du ) ou tout simplement religion chinoise), est une religion polythéiste syncrétiste pratiquée par la majorité des Han () (avec une coupure entre 1949 et 1980 en Chine populaire), dans laquelle il faut inclure les écoles taoïstes.
OracleAn oracle is a person or thing considered to provide wise and insightful counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the future, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it is a form of divination. The word oracle comes from the Latin verb ōrāre, "to speak" and properly refers to the priest or priestess uttering the prediction. In extended use, oracle may also refer to the site of the oracle, and to the oracular utterances themselves, called khrēsmē 'tresme' (χρησμοί) in Greek.
