ITN, Independent Television News, based in the UK has this markable video footage of a city. The footage shows a modern city, with buildings such as skyscrapers and bridges and it looks finished and complete. There is no city. The whole image is believed to be nothing more than a mirage in the mist. You’ll […]
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Kitten-puppy: Cat gives birth to dog
A cat in China has given birth to a rather strange looking kitten. In fact, Zhou Yun is suggesting that her cat has given birth to a puppy. Here’s the picture. What do you think? Zhou does have a pet dog that likes to sleep, er, beside the cat. However, it’s biologically impossible for a […]
Reincarnation in China is banned without permission
This may seem like an idiot move by some weirdly totalitarianism country – but China has banned any Buddhist monk from being reincarnated without permission. The law came into effect in 2007. Sound crazy? There’s a sinister side. The current Dalai Lama is 76 and he’s beginning to plan his succession – in other words […]
Danzan Ravjaa’s Buddhist relics rediscovered in the Gobi Desert
An expedition led by Michael Eisenriegler has found the Buddhist relics which belonged to the 19th century Buddhist master Danzan Ravjaa. The relics, which include statues, art work, manuscripts and personal belongings, were hidden in the 1930s during Mongolia’s Communist purge. Hundreds of Buddhist monasteries were destroyed and looted during this time.
In order to save the relics from destruction they were hidden in a total of 64 crates. These crates where buried in the Gobi Desert by a Buddhist monk called Tudev. Tudev passed the secret of the relics’ locations on to his grandson who was able to rediscover some of the boxes in 1990. Michael Eisenriegler’s expedition has unearthed two more of the historically and religiously important crates.
Superstitious grandfather burns baby to expel evil ghosts
The Chongqing Business Daily is reporting an unpleasant story of a Chinese man applying burning cotton to his granddaughter’s body in order to exercise her of evil ghosts.
The girl had been turning gradually yellow after she was born on July the 5th. The condition, however, was typical neonatal jaundice and not uncommon.
The ritual involved inserting burning cotton threads into the girl’s nose and laying them over her stomach. She was admitted to hospital and released on the 21st.
Teenager dug from grave to become ghost bride
Chinese newspapers are carrying the story of a teenage girl who’s body was dug up in the Sha’anxi province so she could become the ghost bride of a recently deceased single man.
The Telegraph reports that the grieving father of the deceased man paid four people around £2,700 to find a companion for his son in the afterlife.
In some rural areas of China there is the belief that the bodies of women who have only recently died can be married to the corpse of a single man and buried with him in order to create a ghost bride for the afterlife.
Chinese postpone judgement on living Buddha
At the last minute a court in China has decided to postpone judgement on a living Tibetan Buddha.
Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche faces allegations of illegally possessing weapons and seizing government land.
The delay is widely interpreted as promising by legal experts. It is incredibly rare for a Chinese court to issue a delay and signs suggest that both the international public audience and the highly spirited defence has resulted in on-going judicial debate in China.
An introduction to five Feng Shui schools
Research suggests that Feng Shui is around 6,000 years old, it started in China, then became popular in surrounding countries and latterly the world. It is perhaps not surprising that there are different schools and techniques within Feng Shui. This post looks at five of the most popular Feng Shui schools still used today. The […]
Divination arts
Aeromancy Aeromancy is the divination art that studies cloud formation, atmospheric phenomena and wind currents. Closely related to Austromancy. Alectromancy The divination art which places a cock or hen in a circle of grain and letters of the alphabet. Letters near to where the bird pecks are assembled to form answers to specific questions. If […]
The rain god Chaac and the 10 most important archaeology discoveries of 2008
The Archaeological Institute of America has published their top 10 list of the most important archaeological discoveries of 2008 via the Archaeology Magazine. Here’s the list; Sacred Maya Blue – Chichén Itzá, Mexico Wari Masked Mummy – Lima, Peru Kuttamuwa’s Soul – Zincirli, Turkey American Genes – North America Oldest Oil Paintings – Bamiyan, Afghanistan […]
