| Summary: | 碩士 === 南華大學 === 生死學研究所 === 98 === Tsu Hui Tang, one of the most successful Folk Religious groups in Taiwan since 1949. The mediums that are originated and trained from this organization are regarded as 『spiritual medium』, who have turned out to be a life-codependant team with their main spirit. The duty of being a spiritual medium in this system is to assist their main Goddess--Yao-Chih Chin-Mu by holding the worship activities and resolving the matters whatever spiritual or daily life problems from the disciples all over the world.
This study is based on the carefulness of the life-entangled stories woven by the two specific roles, princess Miao-Shan and her spiritual medium Yu-Tsu in this field. Through the narrative methodology, this study aims at discussing the life developing process of Yu-Tsu, the developing process of princess Miao-Shan from past lives until now, and their relationship and significance thus generated.
The research shows that it is a necessary and meaningful process of being suffering when Yu-Tsu finally comes out to be a qualified spiritual medium. This is regarded as the cultivation of mediums, followed by a serial of retreat and training courses. A qualified spiritual medium is able to take the responsibility for the requirements from Yao-Chih Chin-Mu, their main Goddess. Owing to their predestined relationship between Yu-Tsu and princess Miao-Shan in those past lives , the trustfulness thus built up for the commitment of their second time services.
They are both independent and dependant in this relationship of spirit and human. They are [independent]while they make the spiritual practice by themselves both in material and spiritual worlds. Nevertheless, when they are bond to as the life-codependent team, they [dependent] with each other to solve the varies problems from the world. And all of these activities are surely supervised by Mu-Niang.
The main works of this intern couple, through multiple religious activities, are maintaining the order of the both spiritual and human worlds, relieving kinds of social carefulness and therefore comforting the sense of being suffering deep planted in man''s heart.
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