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- NATURE OF SACRED SITES AND THE QUALITIES OF SITES FOR THE DISPOSAL OF THE DEAD; COMPARING A NUMBER OF THESE AND THE TYPES OF SPIRITS LIKELY TO DWELL IN SUCH PLACES
- A PANEL OF 72 AUGURIES AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE TO BE NOTED AT THE TIME OF THE BIRTH, AND A COLUMN OF 16 PHASES OF THE MOON WITH ANIMAL HEADS AND A PATTERN OF CROSS HATCHING BENEATH 3 PAIRS OF TREES
- A PANEL CONSTITUTING THE HEART OF ASTROLOGICAL LORE IN THE FORM OF THE "COSMIC TORTOISE", UPON THE BELLY OF WHICH IS INSCRIBED THE MAGIC SQUARE OF NINE NUMBERS. IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDED BY 8 TRIGRAMS, FAMILIAR FROM CHINESE SYSTEMS OF DIVINATION
- A PANEL TELLING OF THE AFFINITIES AND ANTAGONISMS BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS AND ANIMALS OF THE CYCLE OF TIME. THE 5 ELEMENTS, WOOD FIRE, EARTH, METAL AND WATER, MAY COMBINE IN EITHER HARMONIOUS OR DESTRUCTIVE FASHION, DEPENDING UPON THEIR NATURAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER AND THE 12 ANIMALS LIKEWISE
- A PANEL GIVING DETAILS CONCERNING THE NATURE OF 8 TRIGRAMS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND A SET OF 9 OMENS, BOTH GOOD AND BAD, CONNECTED WITH THE CENTRE AND 8 DIRECTIONS OF SPACE
- THE 5 ASPECTS OF HUMAN VITALITY, AND THE 28 CONSTELLATIONS WHICH COMPRISE THE HOUSES OF THE MOON
- A SERIES OF DRAWINGS DEPICTING VARIOUS OMENS OF BENEFIT AND HARM
- THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE 8 TRIGRAMS AND THE 12 ANIMALS DESCRIBED IN DETAIL, FOLLOWED BY AN ANALYSIS OF ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS AS THE DAILY PROGRESSION OF ANIMALS INTERACTS WITH THE ANIMAL OF THE YEAR
- SECTION OF DEMONOLOGY AND THE PRESCRIPTIONS FOR WARDING OFF OR CURING THEIR BALEFUL INFLUENCES
- CHART GIVING SPECIFIC DETAILS OF ONE PARTICULAR CYCLE OF THE 12 ANIMALS. SUCH COMBINATIONS RECURS ONLY ONCE IN EVERY 60 YEARS
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MS in Tibetan on cloth, Tibet, 18th c., 1 roll, 47x380+30 cm, 49+13 columns, (47x380 cm), up to 69 lines in Tibetan dbu can script, diagrams, ca. 500 drawings and illustrations in full colours. |