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Fig. 36. "Planchette writing" (fuji). An inspired medium, Master Cai Wen ~)c, wields the
"phoenix brush" during a spirit-writing session at the Wenhua yuan )c 1-t ~ (Cultural Academy),
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (August 1997). Photograph by Julian Pas.

on planchette writing also exist, such as the Bichuan wanfa guizong ~,{:\!J J;ff; ~ ~
* (Ten Thousand Authoritative Methods Transmitted in Secret). This work
gives directions on drawing talismans and uttering incantations for the sacred
area; on the brush, the ink, and the water; and on talismans and incantations
used to summon the spirits. The preface states that planchette writing was one
of the most common ways of receiving sacred texts from divine or semidivine
beings.

Catherine DESPEUX
ID Chao Wei-pang 1942; Clart 1994-95; Clart 1997; Oespeux 1990, passim;
de Groot 1892-19IO, 6: 1296- 1316; Grootaers 1951; Jordan and Overmyer 1986,
36- 88; Russell 1990a; Seaman 1980; Stein R. A. 1969b; Xu Oishan 1966; Zhong
Zhaopeng 1988

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