On a Friday night, as an 18-year-old Muslim, would you go out and drink, knowing it’s against your religion and the law or stay in, and study for your exams knowing they can determine part of your future. What you end up doing is based on your beliefs, which is more than strong enough to determine what you will or won’t do. Beliefs provide us with means of understanding superstitions or in other words, the unknown. Our beliefs can produce love or positive ethics that we should keep. But on the other hand your beliefs can produce intolerance in which we should get rid off. But it is important to examine the relations between you and your beliefs as well as others and theirs so that you are not quick to dismiss beliefs that seem strange to you. …show more content…
In the book “The story of Han Xiangzi: The Alchemical Adventures of an Immortal” A tale about a man who achieves immortality really details the perks after drinking the elixir, which would again, would entice the followers to participate in this ritual. Finally, the article “Daoist Modern: Inner Alchemy” gives a more modern take on Daoist in today’s world where people still are believe in preserving their bodies and how immortality is still a lingering …show more content…
The “ Bao Puzi”, written by Ge Hong, a minor southern official talks about the practice of alchemy in relation to religion. In both excerpts “ The Yellow and The White” and “Gold and Cinnabar” he mentions step by step processes in order to create the special elixir that will grant you mystical powers. His belief for the process come from the backstories of his teachers before him and with the belief strong he surely would and did participate in the ritual.
More specifically in the article “ The Yellow and The White” In one example specifically on pages 264 and 265 he talks about Ch’eng Wei, more specifically his relationship with his wife and how the belief that the sacred art must be kept to the chosen few is showcased. Ch’eng
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Wei’s wife tells her husband “ To posses this” “ One must be fated” ( Hong, 265). Her belief is strong enough to keep the knowledge away from her husband. Later on the excerpt mentions “ ….until finally his wife went mad and , running away naked smeared himself with mud and later died” His wife's actions showcased how her beliefs affects her actions, as she commit suicide in order to follow her will to follow the rules set in her own