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Who Wrote the Cantong qi?

Fabrizio Pregadio

This presentation is based on the introduction to 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). See a list of samples reproduced from this book.

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The Seal of the Unity of the Three

A new translation of the main text of Taoist Internal Alchemy

Now also available in PDF (abridged version)

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

Fabrizio Pregadio
Golden Elixir Press, 2011
Paperback ● Hardcover ● PDF (abridged)

Under an allusive poetical language and thick layers of images and symbols, the Cantong qi hides the exposition of the teaching that gave origin to the tradition of Internal Alchemy (Neidan). The text is concerned with three major subjects — Cosmology, Taoism, 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 detailed explanations of each of its sections. Read more . . .