Five Element Theory in the White Beryl
A description of the five elements in a 17th century Tibetan astrological text.
The White Beryl (Vaidurya Karpo) is a seminal text on Tibetan divination, composed by Sangye Gyatso in the 17th century. Tibetan astrology and divination shares the paradigm of five-element (wu xing) theory with the Chinese, while the pharmacology of Tibetan medicine features the fiv
e-element (pancamahābhūta) theory of the Indians. The co-existence of t…
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