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Q: Why's Asia described as the Mystic East?

  Where'd the 'mystic' come from? You ever had anything 'mystic' happen to you here?

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Chinese are mystic till you don't come to China. Once you are here, all mystic flavor is gone. You became domysticated.

 

Now, about druids, shamans and copy right protection, you should ask Chinese.

 

 

ROTFL Mao

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China was mystic many many years ago, try an early morning river cruise on a truck inner tube, I'm sure you will find God along the way. I'm not sure what you would have to smoke to see dragons.

mArtiAn:

  Chased the dragon many times. Never gotten smoked though.

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The only  mystic left in China is    

 Why?surprise

 

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it is like religion...

 

unknown = mystic

 

 

and it is mystic until You know it 
 

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I think the derivation of the word is mistaken. I think mystic has come from mysterious and 'they' called 'the east' mysterious as it was largely closed to the west but had (in those days) levels of technology above what 'the west' then had.

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I guess, because distant, different, exotic and for most people unreachable. But once you come to China and stay for a while it kind of loses all its 'mystic' aura...

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because just 30 years ago china was a closed society and know one really new china so they called it the mystic east not known

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Why!!!  why!!! why!!!............that is the mystery my friend...............Lol

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