Diviner Tales and beliefs.

~*Diviner tales and beliefs*~
SACRED LORE and POEMS

These poems were passed from generation to generation of Diviners. Some are well known while others are the fruit of startling new discoveries. It is part of the Diviner�s role to know the patterns that can be found in the Sacred Poems and Lore.

CROW/RAVEN
When we come into the Nexus we have with us our guide, the gray bird. They show us the way and give us vital knowledge about the Nexus. They are our keys into the realm.
Crow is the guardian of the place before existence and the carrier of souls from darkness into light. He brings courage and comfort with the darkness and guidance for deeper understanding of the shadow self. Crow moves freely in the void and holds the wisdom of transformation and shape shifting.
Raven shows our inner journeys and dreams.

THE LEGEND OF T�ANGUN [Bear and Tiger]
Deep in the past our ancestors spoke of the coming of Hwanung, the son of the Heavens. Hwanung was a benevolent god who wished to help his people upon the lands of Koguryo. He descended from his heavenly home to live on the sacred Mt. T�aebaek. Here he ruled and brought agriculture, allotted lifespans, illness, punishment, and good and evil, and brought culture to his people.
At that time a bear and a tiger living in the same cave prayed to Holy Hwanung to transform them into human beings. The king gave them a bundle of sacred herbs and twenty cloves of garlic and instructed them to eat the herbs and shun the sunlight for one hundred days so they may assume human form. Both animals ate the spices and avoided the sun. After the hundred days the bear became a woman, but the tiger, unable to keep away from the sun, remained a tiger.

The bear-woman was unable to find a human husband. Her life was lonely. So she prayed under a holy tree for a child. Hwanung heard her calls. Knowing she was a faithful and resolved woman he decided to marry her. They had a son who would be called T�angun, Founder of Choson.

T�AEGUK, Symbol of the Tao, yin and yang [Balance and Harmony]
Before Heaven and Earth were divided, the forces of yin and yang were created from the Supreme Ultimate, and the Five Elements emerged from the harmony of yin and yang. The definition of the Supreme Ultimate, the fundamental basis of all things, is the central question of East Asian Philosophy.
The t'aeguk mark, symbol of the Supreme Ultimate, it represents Heaven, the universe, the sun and the moon, and the people's wishes for a good harvest and many children through harmony of the yin and yang.

The three-part t'aeguk symbolizes heaven, earth and humanity. Each part is separate but the three parts exist in unity and are equal in value.
The basis of the universe is Eternity (muguk) and, at the same time, the Supreme Ultimate (t'aeguk). The Supreme Ultimate moves and gives birth to yang (the positive and active). When this movement reaches its peak, it achieves serenity, which then gives birth to yin (the quiet and passive). Yang changes and strikes a harmony, then gives birth to Water, Metal, Wood, Fire and Earth, allowing the Five Spirits to play a role one by one and the Four Hours to take their course. The Five Elements are a kind of yin-yang, a kind of Supreme Ultimate, and the Supreme Ultimate is, by nature, Eternity. The Way of Heaven is male, the Way of Earth is female, and Principle and Vital Energy respond to each other to cause all things to come alive.
All things are brought out again and again, so change is endless.
--Yi Hwang, Ten Diagrams of the Learning of the Sage (Songhakshipto), 1568.