MythicYang and Yin, complementary cosmic forces
UBSoul and spirit, dual inner realities
Soul and spirit, dual inner realities = Yang and Yin, complementary cosmic forces
The Connection
The UB draws an explicit parallel between the Chinese Yang/Yin concept and the soul/spirit duality. Yang (active, luminous) corresponds to the spirit dimension, while Yin (receptive, material) corresponds to the soul's mortal origin. The interplay of these two forces mirrors the UB teaching that the soul is born from the interaction between the material mind and the indwelling spirit.
UB Citation
Academic Source
Graham, Yin-Yang and the Nature of Correlative Thinking (1986); Needham, Science and Civilisation in China (1956)
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
The UB explicitly references the Chinese Yang/Yin concept in its comparative survey of soul concepts: "Among the Chinese, the yang and the yin represent the concept of soul and spirit." A.C. Graham documents Yang/Yin as a fundamental Chinese cosmological framework for understanding the interplay of complementary forces. Joseph Needham demonstrates that this dualistic framework pervaded all aspects of Chinese philosophy, medicine, and science, serving the same explanatory function as the soul/spirit distinction in UB cosmology.
Related Mappings
Singlangton, yellow race spiritual leader (~100,000 BC)
= "One Truth" tradition → Tao / the Way
Andite traditions of Eden and Dalamatia carried east
= Chinese "Land of the Gods in the West," Kunlun mythology
Machiventa Melchizedek, his incarnation remembered in Japan
= Shinto awareness of a divine incarnation at Salem
Salem monotheism in Chinese form
= Lao-tse's Tao, the One First Cause