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The Book of the Nine Elixirs
An Early Chinese Alchemical Text
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Translated and annotated
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36 pp. Golden Elixir Press, 2011 Occasional Papers, No. 2 PDF, US$ 4.95 (list price)
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The Book of the Nine Elixirs (Jiudan jing) is the main extant text of the Great Clarity (Taiqing), the earliest identifiable tradition of Chinese alchemy. It describes the preparation of nine elixirs, paying particular attention to the ritual context and its sequence. The main stages are the transmission from master to disciple, the establishment of the ritual area, the choice of an auspicious time, the compounding of the elixir, its offering to the gods, and its ingestion. It is this entire process, and not only the compounding of the elixirs, that constitutes the alchemical practice.
This PDF contains a complete translation of the text, with a detailed commentary.