The Golden Elixir ▶ Guided Tours
Two Guided Tours of the Website
To return here, click the "Guided Tours" icon found on the right side of each page.
Tour 1: Taoism
Introductory articles:
- Main page on Taoism
- A longer introduction to Taoism, in 5 parts
More specialized articles on the two main terms that defined Taoism in China:
Articles on the four most important Taoist schools:
- Tianshi dao (Way of the Celestial Masters)
- Shangqing (Highest Clarity)
- Lingbao (Numinous Treasure)
- Quanzhen (Completion of Authenticity)
Texts:
- An essay on the Daode jing (Scripture of the Dao and Its Virtue)
- Selections from the Zhuangzi
- Selections from the Huainan zi
- Selections from the Baopu zi
- An essay on the Taoist Canon (Daozang) and other collections of Taoist texts
Essays:
- Yin and Yang (see also a larger picture)
- Chart of the Great Ultimate (Taiji tu)
- Macrocosm and Microcosm
- Taoist Views of the Body
On early Taoist meditation, based on the visualization of inner gods:
- An essay on the inner gods (see also a picture of the inner gods)
- Selections from the Laozi zhongjing (Central Scripture of Laozi)
Tour 2: Taoist Alchemy
Introductory articles:
- Main page on Taoist alchemy
- A longer introduction to Taoist alchemy, in 3 parts
- An article on the Golden Elixir
Essays on Internal Alchemy (Neidan):
- The Four Stages of the Neidan practice
- Laying the Foundations, on the first stage of the Neidan practice
- "Superior Virtue" and "Inferior Virtue", on two aspects of Internal Alchemy
- The Three Barriers, on three important points of the human body
- Cinnabar Fields, on three other focal points of the Neidan view of the human body
Texts of Internal Alchemy (Neidan):
- Selections from the Cantong qi (The Seal of the Unity of the Three), the most important text of Taoist Alchemy
- An essay on Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian) in 5 parts
- Selections from Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian): Poem 3 and Poem 7
Pictures related to Internal Alchemy (Neidan):
On Waidan (External Alchemy):
- Selections on ritual, the methods, and the benefits of the elixirs, from the Book of the Nine Elixirs (Jiudan jing)
- A glossary of technical terms, many of which also apply to Internal Alchemy











