%0 Book %A Schipper, Kristofer %E Duval, Karen C. %E Girardot, Norman %I University of Californiarnia Press %D 1993 %C Berkeley, Calif London %G English %@ 0520054881 %@ 0520082249 %@ 9780520082243 %T The Taoist body %U http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/93028999.html %U http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/93028999.html %X Foreword / Norman Giradot -- 1. Taoism. The Notion of Religion. The Tao. The History of Taoism. The Destruction of Taoism -- 2. Everyday Religion. The Temples. The Calendar. Festivals. Food -- 3. Divinity. Cosmology. The Gods. Spiritual Power -- 4. The Masters of the Gods. Puppets and Mediums. The Barefoot Master and His Ritual. The Dignitaries of the Tao. The Register -- 5. Ritual. Becoming a Tao-shih. The Sacrifice of Writings. The Altar -- 6. The Inner Landscape. The Environment. The Image of the Body. The Inhabitants -- 7. Lao Tzu, the Body of the Tao. Birth -- 8. Keeping the One. The Preliminary Stage: The Work of the Chi (Chi-kung). Chaos: The Work of the Tao. The Return -- 9. The Immortals. The Abstinence from Grains. Mountains. Alchemy -- 10. Teaching without Words. The Kingdom of Humpty-Dumpty. The Fast of the Heart. Daily Life