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Jan 2024
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The All-powerful Five Elements and You (...

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In Japan there are two types of Five Elements, the gogyo and the godai and you can find them all throughout Japanese culture-in tea ceremony, martial arts, acupuncture, herbalism, esoteric Buddhism, and even in cemeteries. 

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Intro music by Julyan Ray Matsuura

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