Tsuzuki Asato is a Shinigami with 70 years' worth of experience. He has the power to call upon twelve Shikigami, mythical creatures that aid him in battle. The Shikigami reflect actual historic religious beliefs-- such as Suzaku and Byakko. The manga portrays Tsuzuki's relationship with the Shikigami in much more detail. Tsuzuki is the senior partner of the Second Division, which watches over the region of Kyushu. The story begins when Chief Konoe, the boss, and the other supporting characters begin talking about murders happening in Nagasaki. The victims all have bite marks and a shortage of blood, ...

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Descendants of Darkness, Descendants of Darkness - Introduction, Descendants of Darkness - Stories and Arcs, Descendants of Darkness - Characters, Descendants of Darkness - Main characters, Descendants of Darkness - Supporting characters:

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Descending Arc. See ARC, ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Ascending Arc. See ARC(S), ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Shadowy Arc.

See ARC, ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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The origin of the surname Zhang is legendary. The fifth son of Huang Di (Yellow Emperor), the supreme ancestor of all Chinese people, was Qing Yang Shi (青阳氏). Qing Yang Shi's son Hui (挥) was inspired by the Chinese Arc Constellation -- Tian Gong Xing (天弓星) in the sky and invented the bow. Later Hui was assigned as Gong Zheng (弓正), the minister in charge of observing the Arc Constellation and making bows. Then Hui and his descendants were bestowed the surname Zhang, which, if broken into its constituent radicals, would mean "the master of bows" in Chinese. It is believed that the ancestors of ...

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Victor Van Damme aka Doom - Victor Van Damme was also a member of the youth research project that recruited Reed and Susan. Van Damme is a descendant of Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula, ruler of Wallachia during the fifteenth century. As such, Van Damme is a member of European aristocracy and since his youth has also been a member of a secret society bent on achieving covert world domination. Van Damme ...

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Ultimate Fantastic Four, Ultimate Fantastic Four - The Team, Ultimate Fantastic Four - The Villains, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Continuity problems, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Appearances of the old Fantastic Four, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Launch of the new Fantastic Four, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Solution?, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Themes, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Ultimate Fantastic Four story arcs, Ultimate Fantastic Four - Trivia

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Educated in a conservative and Catholic family, descendant of Counts of Provence, and a remote cousin of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and of Louise de Vilmorin, later companion of André Malraux, d'Estienne d'Orves spent the First World War as a high school student at the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and entered the École Polytechnique in 1921. He joined the naval school two years later, becoming an enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe in October 1923 and joining the school ship Jeanne d'Arc. He was then an officer on the battleship Provence, and several other vessels. In 1929, ...

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Educated in a conservative and catholic family, descendant of Counts of Provence, and a remote cousin of Antoine de Saint-Exupery and of Louise de Vilmorin, later companion of André Malraux, d'Estienne d'Orves spent the First World War as a high school student at the prestigious Lycée Louis-le-Grand, and entered the École Polytechnique in 1921. He joined the naval school two years later, becoming an enseigne de vaisseau de 2e classe in October 1923 and joining the school ship Jeanne d'Arc. He was then an officer on the battleship Provence, and several other vessels. In 1929, ...

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Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves, Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves - Early life, Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves - Role in Occupied France, Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves - Trial and death, Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves - Honours and awards, Henri Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves - Trivia

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Ziggy Stardust was a monumental album in music history. Its sound has changed the way heavy metal, punk music, hard rock, glam rock, and prog rock sound. The direct descendants were later glam musicians like the glam-metal of Alice Cooper (Billion Dollar Babies - 1973), the glam-disco of Labelle (Nightbirds - 1974), and the glam-pop of Gary Glitter (Touch Me - 1973). Heavy metal began with bands like Blue Cheer (Vincebus Eruptum - 1968) and the Yardbirds (Five Live Yardbirds - 1964); in the po ...

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Luminous Arc. See ARC, ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Downward Arc. See ARCS, ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Arc(s), Ascending and Descending Also Luminous and Shadowy Arcs. A cycle of development, such as that of a planetary chain, can be divided into two halves, the first from the first globe to the middle of the most material globe, and the other extending from this midpoint upwards to the last globe. The first half is the downward or shadowy arc; the second is the ascending or luminous arc. The descending arc represents an involution of spirit and a concurrent evolution of matter resulting in a progressive materialization of spirit and a continuous grossening or concretion of the texture of matter; the ascending arc represents an evolution of spirit and involution of matter, resulting in a progressive dematerialization, spiritualization, or refinement of matter as it increasingly manifests the qualities of spirit. Yet spirit and matter are fundamentally one essence at different stages of development.

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Involution Infolding, as contrasted with evolution or unfolding; used as correlative with evolution, it means the passing from a state of comparative manifestation to one of comparative latency. In the downward arc of progress, spirit is said to involve, and matter to evolve, these processes being reversed during the upward arc.

See also ARC(S), ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Upward Cycle.

See ARC(S), ASCENDING AND DESCENDING

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Aditattva (Sanskrit) (from adi first + tattva thatness, essence)

Original principle; used in theosophical literature to denote the first or highest of seven tattvas or principles in the descending arc of nature's structure; in the numeration of the kosmic principles aditattva corresponds to the First Logos.

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A Theosophical definition of Ascending Arc - Luminous Arc :

Ascending Arc or Luminous Arc

This term, as employed in theosophical occultism, signifies the passage of the life-waves or life-streams of evolving mon ads upwards along, on, and through the globes of the chain of any celestial body, the earth's chain included. Every celestial body (including the earth) is one member in a limited series or group of globes. These globes exist on different kosmic planes in a rising series. The life-waves or life-streams during any manvantara of such a chain circle or cycle around these globes in periodical surges or impulses. The ascent from the physical globe upwards is called the ascending arc; the descent through the more spiritual and ethereal globes downwards to the physical globe is called the descending arc. (See also Planetary Chain)

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Dhyani-bodhisattva (Sanskrit) (from the verbal root dhyai to meditate, contemplate + bodhisattva he whose essence is bodhi (wisdom))

A bodhisattva of meditation or contemplation; the sixth in the descending series of the Hierarchy of Compassion, the mind-born sons of the dhyani-buddhas.

"There is a dhyani-bodhisattva for this globe, and also for each of the three globes which precede this globe on the downward arc, and likewise a bodhisattva for each of the three globes which follow this globe on the upward arc -- one bodhisattva for each.

This dhyani-bodhisattva is the spiritual head of the spiritual-psychological hierarchy of each globe. . . . Our dhyani-bodhisattva is the Wondrous Being, the Great Initiator, the Silent Watcher of our globe . . ." (Fund 275).

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Porphyrion (Greek) Lurid, fiery; a gigante or giant born of the blood (vitality) of Ouranos (heaven) falling upon the earth. These giants were more human than the titans, and continued the war against the Olympian gods, which symbolizes the struggles which took place during the descending arc of evolution, cosmically and among the races of mankind, between the lower material forces and the celestial powers from above. Porphyrion is slain by the gods with the help of Hercules and buried in the abysses of earth.

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Pravritti pravrtti (Sanskrit) [from pra forth, forwards + the verbal root vrit to roll, turn, unfold]

Evolution or emanation; the process of unwrapping or unfolding-forth, as of spirit entities into matter or, conversely, of matter-lives back into spirit entities. It is usually restricted to the process by which spirit descends into matter or the passage of the monads down the shadowy arc.

See also NIVRITTI

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Epaphos (Greek) Son of Zeus and Io, in this case the sun and moon; in the Dionysos-Sabazian Mysteries, the son of Zeus and Demeter, who is also a moon goddess.

The birth of Epaphos, like that of Prometheus, symbolizes the entry of humanity on the upward arc of evolution after its descent into materiality. For Epaphos in one sense is the Logos, Zeus in the form of a serpent, and stands for the power that will carry humanity up again towards the spirituality from which it descended or fell -- plus the experience garnered as intellectual beings.

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