Eastern esotericism

thumb|15th century depiction of an Ouroboros from the alchemical treatise '' (Zurich, Rheinau 172'').

thumb|In meditation, chakras are often visualised in different ways, such as a lotus flower, or a disc containing a particular deity.

cycle of the five elements in Chinese astrology

thumb|An image of the Buddha in samadhi from Gal Vihara, [[Sri Lanka]] thumb|Statue of a meditating Shiva, [[Rishikesh]]

thumb|250px|Bagua diagram explanation from Zhao Huiqian's , 1370s The bagua () is a set of symbols from China intended to illustrate the nature of reality as comprising mutually opposing forces reinforcing one another. Bagua is a group of trigrams—composed of three lines, each either "broken" or "unbroken", which represent yin and yang, respectively. Each line having two possible states allows for a total of 23 = 8 trigrams, whose early enumeration and characterization in China has had an effect on the history of Chinese philosophy and cosmology.

perennial philosophy

principle of supreme potential in Chinese philosophy

an ancient ordering system of 12 ordinals, from east to west, also used in the dating system for time, astrological traditions, zodiac and ordinals in East Asia countries

East Asian (Chinese) system of 10 ordinals, first appeared during the Shang dynasty (ca. 1250 BCE); together with the 6 Earthly Branches produce a compound cycle of 60 days or 60 years

right|thumb|Abe no Seimei, a famous is a technique that uses knowledge of astronomy and calendars to divine good fortune in terms of date, time, direction and general personal affairs, originating from the philosophy of the yin-yang and the five elements.

psycho-spiritual constituents of living beings, according to various esoteric, occult, and mystical teachings

thumb| practitioners (Shugenja) in the mountains of Kumano, Mie ([[Kōshō Tateishi)]] thumb|upright|Statue of En no Gyōja, the founder of . [[Kamakura period, c. 1300–1375, Kimbell Art Museum.]] thumb|upright|Stairs on the way to Ōminesan-ji, the holy site of '' thumb|upright|Acala|Fudō Myōō silk scroll from [[Daigo-ji (Kyoto), a major Shingon temple and site]] thumb|upright|Zaō Gongen'', a key deity in , in Kinpusen-ji Temple

hidden teachings in various Buddhist traditions

thumb|upright=0.9| for placement above the primary entrance of one's home, intended to protect against evil

worship of stars and other heavenly bodies as deities

Divination through writing on sand with winnowing tray and chopstick or later a Y-shaped stylus stick, similar to planchette writing