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Taoism and Taoist Alchemy
The Taoist Tradition: An Introduction to Teachings, Schools, and Practices
A concise but comprehensive introduction to Taoist thought and religion, with chapters devoted to the Taoist views of Dao, cosmos, and human being; the Taoist ways of liberation; and the "nourishing life" practices, meditation, and alchemy.
Taoist Internal Alchemy: An Anthology of Neidan Texts
Complete or partial translations of sixteen important works belonging to the Taoist tradition of Neidan, representative of the main branches and lineages.
Foundations of Internal Alchemy: The Taoist Practice of Neidan
A clear description of Internal Alchemy, based on the system of the Wuzhen pian (Awakening to Reality), enriched by about two hundred quotations from original Taoist texts.
Cultivating the Tao: Taoism and Internal Alchemy
A comprehensive overview of the main principles of Taoism and an introduction to Taoist Internal Alchemy, written by one of the most important masters of this tradition.
The Seal of the Unity of the Three: A Study and Translation of the Cantong qi
A complete translation of the Cantong qi, the foundational text of Taoist Internal Alchemy, with a detailed introduction, explanations of each section, and notes on its verses.
The Seal of the Unity of the Three, Vol. 2: Bibliographic Studies on the Cantong qi
A bibliographic catalogue of about 150 extant and lost commentaries and related works, with a survey of the textual tradition of the Cantong qi.
Awakening to Reality: A Taoist Classic of Internal Alchemy
The Wuzhen pian is one of the most important Taoist alchemical texts, written in the 11th century. It describes in a poetical form several facets of Neidan, or Internal Alchemy.
Commentary on the Mirror for Compounding the Medicine
The first complete translation of the Ruyao jing and its commentary. The text describes the foundations of Internal Alchemy in 20 short poems of four verses.
The World Upside Down: Essays on Taoist Internal Alchemy
Four essays on Taoist Internal Alchemy translated for the first time into English, covering the alchemical principle of inversion, the role of numbers, and the meanings of "External" and "Internal Elixir".
La tradizione taoista
Una introduzione completa al pensiero e alla religione taoista, dalle origini alle principali scuole, con capitoli dedicati alle pratiche del "nutrire la vita", la meditazione, e l'alchimia.
Four Hundred Words on the Golden Elixir: A Poetical Classic of Taoist Internal Alchemy
A celebrated text cherished within all Neidan lineages. Twenty poems each containing four verses of five characters, here translated with the commentary by Peng Haogu (fl. 1586–99).
The Book of the Hidden Agreement: A Taoist Text on the Harmony between Heaven and Humanity
One of the most obscure and difficult Taoist texts, especially known within Neidan for its idea of "stealing the mechanism" (daoji).
Fifteen Essays to Establish the Teaching: A Founding Text of Complete Reality Taoism
One of the founding texts of the Northern Lineage (Beizong) of Neidan, the original core of Quanzhen (Complete Reality) Taoism.
Occasional Papers
The Way of the Golden Elixir: Introduction to Taoist Alchemy
An outline of the history, lineages, and main doctrines and practices of Taoist alchemy over more than two thousand years. Covers both External and Internal Alchemy
The Book of the Nine Elixirs: An Early Chinese Alchemical Text
A complete translation of the Jiudan jing, the main extant text of the Great Clarity (Taiqing) tradition of External Alchemy.
The Longmen Lineage: Historical Notes
A short history of the Longmen lineage, to which many masters of Neidan (Taoist Internal Alchemy) are affiliated.
Hinduism and Buddhism
Hinduism and Buddhism
This outstanding book represents the most complete achievement of Coomaraswamy (1877–1947), one of the main modern representatives of the Hindu tradition.
Manual of Zen Buddhism
An excellent selection of Chinese and Japanese texts on Chan / Zen Buddhism, now in the public domain.
Sufism
Flashes of Light: A Treatise on Sufism
One of the best synthetic introductions to Sufi spirituality, written by the renowned Persian thinker and poet 'Abd al-Rahman al-Jami (1414–92 CE).
Letters from a Sufi Teacher
Extracts from the Maktubat-i-Sadi ("The Hundred Letters"), the most elaborate and comprehensive work by Shaikh Sharfuddin Maneri (14th century).
Reference Works
Chinese Alchemy: An Annotated Bibliography
About 300 titles of books and articles on Chinese alchemy, with short annotations on their contents.
Index of Zhonghua Daozang
An index of texts found in the Zhonghua Daozang (Taoist Canon of China, 2003), with references to the corresponding works in the Zhengtong Daozang (Taoist Canon of the Zhengtong Reign-Period, ca. 1445).
Index of Zhengtong Daozang
An index of texts found in the Zhengtong Daozang (Taoist Canon of the Zhengtong Reign-Period), printed ca. 1445.