Geomantic Practice of Kralorela

What do they want to do in Dragon Pass?

Barbarian Adventures---p.66

"From a distant eastern land, a caravan of silken priests arrives at the high gates of Boldhome. They bring a new color and a new way of listening that even the most sophisticated Lunars have never seen."

"Both MaoTzen (Shang Hsa, called Jerem at that period) and Godunya came here and experienced the magic of evil Hemkarbans (Dragonpass) for their mastery of Elements, Fire (Red), Earth (Green) and Darkness (Black) to raise them to overthrow former emperor, remember Dragon's Awakening Shudder...."

*Yin and Yang (Lor and Kra?)

Alex Ferguson (Glorantha Digest):

My own notion of how the Kralori might see this as the ascending and descending principles, respectively "kra" and "lo", both seen as dragons. (Resemblence to the name of the country not coincidental.) Or as I think it was Greg that put it, the in-breath and out-breath of the Cosmic Dragon.

My hypothesis below is based on the cosmic duality of Lor = Yin, and Kra = Yang.

In Real World, I-tuang is not simply an Art of Fortune Telling, through 64 dimensions of Yin and Yang (8*8), it tries to contain whole of phenomena in the World to explain. Aside from "Occultist" Carl Gustav Jung's insist on Synchronicity of events in time, I can see the beauty (and obsessional compulsion?) of ordered Cosmology of Ancient China, at least, when I bought it, which is similar reason I bought Spinoza's "Ethics".

http://www.sacred-texts.com/ich/index.htm

Plus is Yang, Minus is Yin.

<<I think the Kralori definitely have some sort of Feng Shui, or in broader terms, geomantic, practice. (snip) ).  I think this manifests at every scale, from the geography of the whole land, which the famous bridges must somehow tie in with, right down to the right way to lay out a simple peasant single-room hovel.  (In fact, I feel certain the one echoes the other, probably on some sort of eight-point "material principle" (he said, carefully avoiding the use of the word "element") scheme -- say, one must place the cooker in the south corner of the room, the privy pot in the north corner, the woodpile by the SW wall, etc.)>>

Archexarch of Seven Dragons: He is the current Leader of Kralori Imperial Army. See Argrath's Saga in King of Sartar, The fall of Red Moon. See also my Kralori Night Sky, Seven Dragons can be found in the Night Sky as Constellations.

*Gloranthan Creation Cycle and Destruction Cycle

<<When HeenMaroun reigned Kerendaruth, he created four Virtues attributed four Directions, North was Innocence, West was Intelligence, East was Wonder, South was Pleasure. All were needs for limited human which still have no access to Draconic Secret. But as Time passed, all Four depraved from end and Edge. So Ignorance coming from Innocence, Materialism coming from Intelligence, Illusion coming from Wonder, Indolence coming from Pleasure. So Daruda changed his World and handed his Mundane Power to Thalurzni.>>

<<In Far Northeast, abandoned place after reign of Metsyla (Plutarch: That place is now called Koromandol.) Shadow Cancer appeared as horrible Power of Darkness which eating almost all of Creation and Light for her appetite and hatred. As same as that place, in Chern Durel and Jankley Bore, Earth Eater coming from Great Shrine root of Zeral Fen. It started going forth to Southward more nourishment of Land Splendour. Secret Water rising from Deep hidden Water under earth solid rock from southeast of Kralorela and secretly plotted to breaking down surface to Depth of Water. Finally in Upper Sky of southwestern dome of Heaven and Verenela, Star Permutator selfishly changes the star orders and constallations while vacancy of Maluraya, viceroy of the noon.>>

*Analysis of Kralori History from Geomantics (How to make farfetched thesis):

After Meng-zi (http://www.chinaknowledge.org/Literature/Classics/classics.htm#mengzi  ) justified "revolution" (I don't know this japanese modern translation is appropriate for the very Confucian concept, but it means the change of dynasties allowed by the Tien, (Sky, Rightful Destiny or Fate) ) And elemental attribution was always made in each changes of RW Chinese Dynasties.....if I try to apply them into Kralori Emperors.....for they don't have dynasty. Different from RW. (RW Reverse can be found again in Kralorela (long remained one (draconic) dynasty in a sense) while Vormain has experienced many (21!) dynasties.....)

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