Taoist Inner Gods

Visualization of the Lords of the thirty-nine gates (hu) of the human body.

Source: Dadong zhenjing (True Book of the Great Cavern; CT 6), chapter 1.

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.