{"title":"The Historical Development of Beliefs in the Thunder God and their Magico-ritual Techniques as Viewed from the Perspective of Korean National Religious History","authors":"Jong-chun Park","doi":"10.25050/JDAOS.2018.31.0.49","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25050/JDAOS.2018.31.0.49","url":null,"abstract":"I have examined some beliefs in the Thunder God and their magico-ritual techniques in Korea from the perspective of Korean national religious history and have classified these types of beliefs. In several myths from ancient nations in Korea, the Thunder God was the Supreme being governing the Universe including the sky, earth, and water, and he justified political power transcendently. In the medieval period, the Thunder God who was called ‘the Supreme God and Celestial Worthy of the Ninth Heaven Who Spreads the Sound of the Thunder Corresponding to Primordial Origin’ was the object of Daoist ritual for rain. In the early Joseon period, people believed that the prehistoric stone tools known as thunder axes were the tools of the Thunder God, and thereby were imbued with medicinal power. In the late Joseon period, beliefs in the Thunder God developed in various ways such as the overcoming of wars and * 고려대학교 교수, E-mail: baummensch@naver.com 50 대순사상논총 제31집 / 연구논문 healing of diseases. Modern Korean national religions including Daesoon Jinrihoe reappropriated the Thunder God called ‘the Supreme God and Celestial Worthy of the Ninth Heaven Who Spreads the Sound of the Thunder Corresponding to Primordial Origin’ from the perspective of the Great Opening (Kaebyŏk) and the resolution of grievances (Haewon).","PeriodicalId":115590,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Daesoon Academy of Sciences","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132884342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Synthetic Comprehension of ‘Humanitarianism,’ ‘Accompaniment\u0000 Society,’ and the ‘Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence’ and\u0000 Their Meaning: a Search for the Active Practice of Good","authors":"Heung-chul Son","doi":"10.25050/jdaos.2018.30.0.131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25050/jdaos.2018.30.0.131","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, I studied how we can heal resentment (㝨) and regret (恨) in the present and future world that are deeply rooted in our society, and I sought out the theoretical and practical measures to realize peace and mental well-being of the Korean people. For this purpose, firstly, I reinterpreted the content of ‘Hongik Ingan Humanitarianism (弘益人間)’ as an idea and its practical methods into a critical perspective, and confirmed that it is the ideological and emotional root of the Korean people. And I looked at concrete action plans for the present and in the future. Next, I studied the contents of the ‘Accompaniment Society (大同社會)’ for studying abroad and how to realize its ideals. Through this process, it was confirmed that Accompaniment Society is also deeply rooted in the sentiments of the Korean people. I also found out that more active and * 안양대학교 교수, E-mail: chonwangko@naver.com 132 대순사상논총 제30집 / 연구논문 practical theoretical methodological studies are necessary to heal the resentment and regret common in our society. Lastly, I studied the fundamental and essential meaning of ‘The Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence (解冤相生),’ the major, representative concept of ‘The Truth of the Great Itineration (大巡眞理).’ Through this process, I confirmed the possibility that the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence could be transformed into a universal value and could be sublimated to a practical norm in the future. In particular, I found that the logic of “the Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence” is highly practical in resolving feelings of resentment in the Korean people. Through the above study, ‘The Resolution of Grievances for Mutual Beneficence’ of ‘The Truth of the Great Itineration’ can emerge as a ‘win-win’ system of ethics in the future through the synthetical comprehension of the ideals of ‘Hongik Ingan Humanitarianism’ and Accompaniment Society.","PeriodicalId":115590,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Daesoon Academy of Sciences","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124120419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}