Name for the traditional myths, superstitions, stories, and healing techniques of any culture. Sometimes ancient knowledge and spiritual concepts are disguised within this folklore. For example, the famous song “John Barleycorn” describes killing someone by that name, but it is actually about growing barley.
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...