Internal alchemy: self, society, and the quest for immortality

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 -- Summ...

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Subtitles:Self, society, and the quest for immortality
Contributors: Kohn, Livia 1956- (Editor) ; Wang, Robin 1955- (Other)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Magdalena, N.M Three Pines Press 2009
In:Year: 2009
Further subjects:B Taoism Customs and practices
B Alchemy Religious aspects Taoism
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Summary: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
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:1931483116