Legacy of the Luoshu: The 4,000 Year Search for the Meaning of the Magic Square of Order Three (2008)
Swetz, Frank J. (Author)
A.K. Peters
Edition Details: Revised Edition.
Physical Details: xiii + 214 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English
Description Argues that luoshu, associated with Chinese fortunetelling, Daoism, and fengshui, was incorporated into Islamic astrology and alchemy and later into Kabbalistic lore and other Western occult traditions.
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