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                sion of the Registrar or the Licensor; to lay  Taking the study case of Thai traditional

                down regulations; [...] to perform other tasks  medicine, the perspectives of Guénon was
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                as assigned by the Ministeré              applied to the Thai tradition. It was observed
                   It is a fact that laws and regulations are  that since the modernization of the world and

              necessarily important for the preservation of  the changes that took place in Thailand, Thai
              traditional knowledge. But in Thailand, more  traditional medical knowledge is under threat.
              important than laws and regulations, it is the  The transmission of the traditional medical

              Wai Khru in Thai tradition, which through   knowledge, which used to be humanize ori-
              the annual wai khru ceremony, organized     ented, turned to be a mere commercializa-

              under the domain of reason, allows the pres-  tion... Affecting, above of all, the relationship
              ervation of important characteristics of the  between teacher and student - something
              traditional knowledge: the initiation, the re-  fundamental for the dissemination of tradi-

              lationship between teacher and student, and  tional wisdom. As a result of this change, the
              the rite.                                   value of knowledge has also changed, im-

                   Therefore, in order to give the final con-  pacting the relationship of people with the
              sideration of the researcher, in the next part,  traditional knowledge itself.
              the conclusion of this study is based on the    It was observed that in Thai traditional

              annual wai khru ceremony.                   medical knowledge of nowadays, an initia-
                                                          tion is no longer taken into consideration; tra-
                            Conclusion
                                                          ditional teaching is far from a close relation-

                   This study shows that according to     ship between teacher and student, it has
              Guénon, traditional knowledge is metaphysi-  become a mere service supply. However, it
              cal, and only an individual who receives an  was identified that the performance of rites

              accurate transmission is able to conceive it.  and the use of symbols are still being pre-
              The transmission of traditional knowledge   served in Thailand - called the Wai Khru (‰À«â

              implies a sympathy between theory and prac-  §√Ÿ), a rite of paying grateful respect to teach-
              tice, which stands for initiation, traditional  ers (of any educational field).
              teaching and performance of rites and use of    The Wai Khru is highly important among

              symbols. The combination of these three,    the old practitioners of Thai traditional medi-
              guarantees what Guénon affirms as the       cine, but perhaps less relevant among the

              ùperpetuation of the chain to which the very  young (or modern) generation. With the mod-
              life of tradition is linkedû.               ernization of the world, the young generation
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