The Golden Elixir ▶ Guided Tours

Two Guided Tours of the Website

 

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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:

• daojia (Lineage of the Way)
• daojiao (Teaching of the Way)

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):

• Chart of the Fire Phases
• Dragon and Tiger
• The Yellow Court
• Neidan Emblems
• The Body as a Mountain

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

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Foundations of Internal Alchemy

A clear description of the Taoist practice of Neidan

Foundations of Internal Alchemy: The Taoist Practice of Neidan

Wang Mu
Golden Elixir Press, 2011
Paperback ● PDF

This book provides a clear description of the Taoist practice of Internal Alchemy, or Neidan. The author describes the stages of the alchemical practice and clarifies several relevant terms and notions. The book is based on the system of the Wuzhen pian (Awakening to Reality), one of the main sources of Internal Alchemy, and is enriched by about two hundred quotations from original Taoist texts. Read more . . .