fashi

Daoist magician

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In Taoism: Communal folk Taoism (shenjiao)
… in modern times is the fashi (magician). For the orthodox Taoist priests the shenjiao rites are the “little rites”; the jiao rituals, the exclusive function of the Taoist priests, are the “great rites.” Both kinds of priests—the orthodox and the magicians—operate on different occasions in the same temples and are…
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