Ancient warlocks, astrologers and Taoist priests, what's the difference between them?
In fact, in the pre-Qin period, they were classified into one category, which means that there is no essential difference between them. Let me explain it to you in detail:
First, Taoists take moral sense as the foundation, usually take Taoism as the practice method, and also pay attention to the refining of Dan medicine.
There is a record in "Too Small Lang Shu": "Pedestrian Avenue, Famous Road."
That is to say, Taoists are called "Taoists" because they follow the way of nature, and everything follows the way of life, the way of life and the way of everything. It is very important to regard "Tao" as the ultimate goal of their practice, which determines the life content and practice methods of Taoist priests.
? Second, warlocks refer to a group of people who specialize in practicing magical powers to ward off wind and lightning. They also pay attention to the use of musical instruments. What they pursue is to be able to "out-of-body experience" and finally use magic to drive everything.
But with the development of history, later warlocks will not only use magic to catch ghosts and exorcise evil spirits, but also meet the future and use instruments to exorcise evil spirits. Just like God in people's hearts. It is because warlocks always use magic to appear mysterious, so that future generations simply don't know whether it is true or not and where its origin comes from. This is the origin of their warlock name.
Third, fortune-tellers, people who told life as their profession in the old society.
To put it bluntly, a fortune teller is a fortune teller. Even now, many people in our lives are engaged in this profession. Now many businessmen believe that every time they face a major decision, they will always find someone to do it. Most importantly, many people will find people to watch Feng Shui. Even in some colleges and universities, there is a metaphysical course called Yijing. ? Fortune tellers are usually proficient in divination, geomantic omen, numerology, physiognomy, fortune telling and auspicious choice.
From the above explanation, it is not difficult to see that the so-called Taoist priests, magicians and fortune tellers actually have their own theories and practices. However, in later generations, the reason why they were collectively called together was that with the development of time, the mysterious warlock had long since ceased to exist, while the remaining Taoist priests and fortunetellers only practiced in different ways, but to put it bluntly, they were still working hard to achieve immortality.