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Dragon and Tiger

Dragon and Tiger joining their essences in the alchemical tripod. Note that the dragon (a symbol of the Yang, male principle) is mounted by a girl (True Yin within Yang), and vice versa the tiger (a symbol of the Yin, female principle) is mounted by a boy (True Yang within Yin). Source: Xingming guizhi (Principles of Balanced Cultivation of Inner Nature and Vital Force).

Awakening to Reality

A classic of Internal Alchemy

"The Dragon leaps, the Tiger roars - Wind and waves are rough". These are the words that describe the conjunction of Yin and Yang in Awakening to Reality, one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts.

Written in the eleventh century, Awakening to Reality (Wuzhen pian) describes in a poetical form several facets of Neidan, or internal alchemy, which is entirely based on the conjunction of the Yin and Yang principles. Read selections from this book.