demonifugic
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5ADJ.
cosmic, medicinal
VERB + DEMONIFUGIC
bestows, center, having
DEMONIFUGIC + NOUN
talisman, twenty-n
PREP.
in
ADV.
primarily
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adj
Of, relating to, or resembling a demonifuge.
This refers to a demonifugic talisman endorsed in the Shangqing tradition. See Robinet, Taoist Meditation, p. 32.
Among the flora and fauna mentioned in the older sections of the Classic of the Mountains and the Seas, thirty-nine species are mentioned as having medicinal (primarily demonifugic) value and twenty-nine were worn on the body for protection against demons.
Having, or believed to have, magical power to dispel or protect against demons.
Marriage, like any other symbol of the cosmic center, bestows demonifugic power. Just as the Chu Ci poet draws the Bow of Heaven to do battle with evil, so the True Consort looks forward to an escort of demonifugic beasts
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3This refers to a demonifugic talisman endorsed in the Shangqing tradition. See Robinet, Taoist Meditation, p. 32.
WiktionaryAmong the flora and fauna mentioned in the older sections of the Classic of the Mountains and the Seas, thirty-nine species are mentioned as having medicinal (primarily demonifugic) value and twenty-n
WiktionaryMarriage, like any other symbol of the cosmic center, bestows demonifugic power. Just as the Chu Ci poet draws the Bow of Heaven to do battle with evil, so the True Consort looks forward to an escort
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