During the Republican period, the reverence for science directly impacted the development
of spirit-writing, leading to the creation of the “Scientific Numinous Stylus”(kexue lingji …

For a long time, many scholars have tended to treat terms like fuji 扶乩 (supporting the
divination-stylus), fuji 扶箕 (supporting the sieve), and fuluan 扶鸞 (supporting the phoenix) …

Fuji 扶乩, usually translated into English as spirit-writing, is a form of communication with the
spiritual world, through which the practitioners write down the information revealed using the …

Few religious innovations have shaped Chinese history like the emergence of spirit-writing
during the Song dynasty. From a divinatory technique it evolved into a complex ritual …

Abstract The Daoyuan 道院, a major religious and charitable organization in Republican
China, used the ritual of spirit-writing to instruct its female members on various issues …

Through the case study of the Teochew people of Northeastern Guandong who formed the
bulk of Chinese immigrants to mainland Southeast Asia between the late 19th century and …

This chapter sets out to explore the nature, forms, and meanings of spirit-writing in the
Chinese popular sect Yiguandao 一貫道 (the Way of Pervading Unity) and how they have …

The chapter proposes a general scenario for the development of spirit-writing in its first
phase, between the earliest mentions in the tenth century to the end of the Mongol period. It …

Until the late sixteenth century, the encounter and sutra types remained dominant among
revelations. This situation dramatically changed within a few decades, when spirit-written …

This chapter explores the tension between spirit-writing as a traditional literati religious
practice and spirit-writing as an aspect of local popular religious culture. Master Lou, a …