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1. Fire Ritual

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   East Asian Syncretism
   In East Asian contexts, fire rituals often intersected with concepts of cyclical renewal and the balancing of elemental forces. In historical Chinese Taoism, fire (Huo) represented the zenith of Yang energy. Rituals, such as the controlled burning of "spirit paper," were less about sending messages and more about reducing the material complexity of the…