| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Modes of mutation: restructuring the energy body / Livia Kohn -- Internal landscapes / Sara Elaine Neswald -- History and early lineages / Guangbao Zhang -- The southern school: cultivating mind and inner nature / Xichen Lu -- Neidan methods for opening the gate of heaven / Stephen Eskildsen -- Summoning the thunder generals: internal alchemy in the thunder rites / Shinyi Chao -- Numinous father and holy mother: late-Ming duo-cultivation practice / Xun Liu -- Female alchemy : an introduction / Elena Valussi -- To become a female Daoist master: kundao in training / Robin Wang -- Neidan in America / Michael Winn -- On being moved: Kundalini and the complete maturation of the spiritual body / Stuart Sovatsky -- Western parallels: the esoteric teachings of Hermeticism / Althea Northage-Orr. |
| Subject |
Alchemy -- Religious aspects -- Taoism.
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Taoism -- Customs and practices.
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| Added Author |
Kohn, Livia, 1956-
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Wang, Robin.
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| Added Title |
Self, society, and the quest for immortality |
| ISBN |
9781931483117 paperback alkaline paper |
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1931483116 paperback alkaline paper |
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