Volume 5 Issue 2 - Summer 2010

by Thomas Richardson

Abstract

In this article, the ying qi cycle is used to examine the way in which the paired extraordinary vessels and extraordinary fu may relate to the evolution of consciousness and the art of humanity. This investigation is a coalescence of two previous articles—one which examined the way in which the diurnal unfoldment of the extraordinary vessels (following the ying qi cycle) may have a relation to the evolution of consciousness (CJOM, Fall/Winter 2009), and one which proposed a theoretical model in which the extraordinary vessels and the extraordinary fu are paired together in a one-to-one correspondence, similar to the manner in which the zangfu and primary channels are paired together (Chinese Medicine Times, February 2010).