A code that substitutes one set of symbols for another. Ciphers are often used to encrypt concepts a person wants to keep secret. Only a person with a key to the cipher can translate it. However, because this type of code is easily cracked, many modifications to a simple cipher have appeared.
Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Pamela Chen and Samantha Blossom, authors of the new The Mandarin Tree.
As modern Asian American mystics, we love to work with the heavenly creatures, or what you may know as mystical beings in...