Foundations of Internal Alchemy (Neidan)
Wang Mu, Foundations of Internal Alchemy: The Taoist Practice of Neidan
Golden Elixir Press, 2011
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Originally written for a Chinese audience, 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 ....
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The Yellow Court
The Yellow Court
The Yellow Court (huangting), symbolic center of the human being. The phrase in the inner circle reads "Spirit of the Center." The other phrases read (clockwise from the top): "Yellow Court," "Gate of the Meaning of the Dao," "Empty Non-being," "Gate of All Wonders," "Great Ultimate," "Gate of the Mysterious-Female," "True Emptiness," "Gate of the Non-dual Doctrine." Liu Yiming, Huangting jing jie (Explication of the Scripture of the Yellow Court).
