When Yin and Yang find each other in match,
they are faint and frail, but protect one another.Cantong qi, poem 79
The Golden Elixir
Taoist Internal Alchemy: A New Translation of the Main Original Text
Fabrizio Pregadio, The Seal of the Unity of the Three: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi, the Source of the Way of the Golden Elixir
Golden Elixir Press, 2011
Paperback
Under an allusive poetical language and thick layers of images and symbols, the Cantong qi hides the exposition of a doctrine that has inspired a large number of works in the tradition of Internal Alchemy (Neidan). The text is concerned with three major subjects: Cosmology (the relation of the cosmos and the human being to the Dao), Taoism (the way of "non-doing"), and Alchemy, and joins them to one another into a single doctrine. In addition to a complete translation of the Cantong qi, this book contains explanations of each of its sections, notes on many of its verses, and a detailed introduction to its history and doctrines. READ MORE ....
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