The Use of Talismans by Fortune-Tellers in Taiwan: A Case Study of the Liang-de Fortune-Telling Center in New Taipei City
蕭顗芸 Xiao Yiyun. “臺灣命理師的符咒運用 : 以新北市兩德命理館為例 [The Use of Talismans by Fortune-Tellers in Taiwan: A Case Study of the Liang-de Fortune-Telling Center in New Taipei City].” PhD Diss., 輔仁大學 Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU), 2025. This dissertation explores the intersection of traditional Chinese divination and Taoist talisman practices in modern Taiwanese fortune-telling. Focusing on […]
Excavated Manuals from Early China: A New Study of Divination and Medical Practice
Qiu Jun Oscar Zheng. “To Do as Said and Written: Excavated Manuals and the Performance of Medicine and Spirit Power in Early China.” PhD Diss., University of Pennsylvania, 2026. This new dissertation examines excavated medical, incantatory, and divinatory manuals from early China as archaeological artifacts. Rather than studying received texts that have been rewritten over […]
