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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Visualization of the Lords of the thirty-nine gates (hu) of the human body. Source: Shangqing dadong zhenjing (True Scripture of the Great Cavern of the Highest Clarity; CT 6), chapter 1.