The Red Child (Chizi)

See also a picture of the Child in Neidan

The Red Child, an image of the true self, visualized in meditation.

Source: Dadong zhenjing (True Book of the Great Cavern).

The Taoist Tradition: An Introduction to Teachings, Schools, and Practices

The Taoist Tradition: An Introduction to Teachings, Schools, and Practices

A concise but comprehensive introduction to Taoist thought and religion, treating them not as separate domains but as two inseparable aspects of a single tradition. Early texts, history, cosmos and human being, and main practices, including External and Internal Alchemy.