True form (Taoism)
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True form (Taoism)
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In Taoism, the concept of a true form is a metaphysical theory which posits that there are immutable essences of things — that is, images of the eternal Dao without form. This belief exists in Chinese Daoist traditions such as the Three Sovereigns corpus, where they emphasise the capacity of talismans, charts, and diagrams to depict both "true forms" and "true names" of demons and spirits. These talismanic representations are considered to be windows into the metaphysical substance of the entiti
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_form_(Taoism)
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2023-07-22T13:26:24Z
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2024-08-31T05:25:03Z
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