Taoism Mysticism and Magic | Alan Watts Narrated
Channel: Neyooxetusei Dreamer
Date: 2022-02-02

For those of us who have had mystical experiences weekly and sometimes daily for twenty to forty years, it's beyond exhaustion, it's crawling on the ground exhausting. What starts out as magical in the first ten years, becomes intense, it becomes deadly, and it enters the karmic fields if you experience the mirror long enough in the abyss. My journey with this was forty years long, and even more if I count my childhood experiences. All leading to purifying of your soul. Lecture Narrated by Alan Watts makes it sound so interesting, so easy, so less than completely consuming in death, but it is, its a fight or flight reality, its death or do - its total survival, and nothing nice.

The Daoist Manual for the use of Water Margin is the 108 Stars of Destiny at the core of the plot of Water Margin. Based on the Taoist concept that each person's destiny is tied to a "Star of Destiny" (宿星), the 108 Stars of Destiny are stars representing 108 demonic overlords who were banished by the deity Shangdi. Having repented since their expulsion, the 108 Stars are accidentally released from their place of confinement and are reborn in the world as 108 heroes who band together for the cause of justice. They are divided into the 36 Heavenly Spirits and 72 Earthly Fiends.

36 Heavenly Spirits
The 36 Heavenly Spirits (天罡三十六星) are:

Song Jiang (宋江), 
"Protector of Righteousness" (呼保義) "Timely Rain" (及時雨)
Lu Junyi (盧俊義), nicknamed "Jade Qilin" (玉麒麟)
Wu Yong (吳用), nicknamed "Resourceful Star" (智多星)
Gongsun Sheng (公孫勝), nicknamed "Dragon in the Clouds" (入雲龍)
Guan Sheng (關勝), nicknamed "Great Blade" (大刀)
Lin Chong (林沖), nicknamed "Panther Head" (豹子頭)
Qin Ming (秦明), nicknamed "Fiery Thunderbolt" (霹靂火)
Huyan Zhuo (呼延灼), nicknamed "Double Clubs" (雙鞭)
Hua Rong (花榮), nicknamed "Little Li Guang" (小李廣)
Chai Jin (柴進), nicknamed "Little Whirlwind" (小旋風)
Li Ying (李應), nicknamed "Striking Hawk" (撲天雕)
Zhu Tong (朱仝), nicknamed "Lord of the Beautiful Beard" (美髯公)
Lu Zhishen (魯智深), nicknamed "Flowery Monk" (花和尚)
Wu Song (武松), nicknamed "Pilgrim" (行者)
Dong Ping (董平), nicknamed "General of Double Spears" (雙槍將)
Zhang Qing (張清), nicknamed "Featherless Arrow" (沒羽箭)
Yang Zhi (楊志), nicknamed "Blue Faced Beast" (青面獸)
Xu Ning (徐寧), nicknamed "Gold Lancer" (金槍手)
Suo Chao (索超), nicknamed "Impatient Vanguard" (急先鋒)
Dai Zong (戴宗), nicknamed "Magic Traveller" (神行太保)
Liu Tang (劉唐), nicknamed "Red Haired Devil" (赤髮鬼)
Li Kui (李逵), nicknamed "Black Whirlwind" (黑旋風)
Shi Jin (史進), nicknamed "Nine Tattooed Dragons" (九紋龍)
Mu Hong (穆弘), nicknamed "Unrestrained" (沒遮攔)
Lei Heng (雷橫), nicknamed "Winged Tiger" (插翅虎)
Li Jun (李俊), nicknamed "River Dragon" (混江龍)
Ruan Xiaoer (阮小二), nicknamed 
  "Tai Sui Who Stands His Ground" (立地太歲)

Zhang Heng (張橫), nicknamed "Boatman" (船火兒)
Ruan Xiaowu (阮小五), nicknamed "Short-lived Second Brother" (短命二郎)
Zhang Shun (張順), nicknamed "White Stripe in the Waves" (浪裡白條)
Ruan Xiaoqi (阮小七), nicknamed "Living King Yama" (活閻羅)
Yang Xiong (楊雄), nicknamed "Sick Guan Suo" (病關索)
Shi Xiu (石秀), nicknamed "Daredevil Third Brother" (拼命三郎)
Xie Zhen (解珍), nicknamed "Double-headed Serpent" (兩頭蛇)
Xie Bao (解寶), nicknamed "Twin-tailed Scorpion" (雙尾蠍)
Yan Qing (燕青), nicknamed "Prodigal/Wanderer" (浪子)