. The mythology of all races. ncantations against evil influences, and the aid of powerful ancestral spirits is invokedby the use of entire range of humaninventiveness has been can-vassed to discover propitiousmeans for averting misfor-tunes. The portentous influenceof dreams is clearly recog-n i z e d, as dreams aresupposed to be due to theinspiration of spirits. A re-cluse of Tai Shan dreamedthat the goddess of themountain, Niang Niang, in-structed him to proceed toPeking to cure the illness ofthe Emperor Chen Tsung,997—1022 , of the Sungdynasty. On arrival hefound that the
. The mythology of all races. ncantations against evil influences, and the aid of powerful ancestral spirits is invokedby the use of entire range of humaninventiveness has been can-vassed to discover propitiousmeans for averting misfor-tunes. The portentous influenceof dreams is clearly recog-n i z e d, as dreams aresupposed to be due to theinspiration of spirits. A re-cluse of Tai Shan dreamedthat the goddess of themountain, Niang Niang, in-structed him to proceed toPeking to cure the illness ofthe Emperor Chen Tsung,997—1022 , of the Sungdynasty. On arrival hefound that the Emperor wasin great pain caused by a large boil. He prescribed treatmentand relieved the Emperor of his trouble. The mother of ChangTao-ling is said to have dreamed that the spirit of the PoleStar descended and gave her a fragrant herb which scented herclothes with its perfume. On awaking she found herself withchild and in due course gave birth to a son who became thegreat mystic. A man in Shanghai dreamed that he was in a. Fig. 59. The Goddess of Tai-shan,Niang Niang PLATE VI Chang Tao-lin, Taoist Patriarch See pp. 13 ff.
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