Science and the Dao presents a comprehensive examination of core Daoist facets from the point of view of modern science. Exploring its cosmology, physiology, psychology, cultivation, and visions of immortality in the light of astrophysics, particle physics, paleoanthropology, be…
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Part I. Studies -- Mystics in training: living the Daoist body -- The mystical process: healing and immortality -- The ethical universe: precepts and mystical practice -- Mystical philosophy: theories, logic, and exegesis -- Modes of mystical experience: enstasy versus ecstasy -…
A handy reader for students and teachers of mysticism in theory and practice, this collects seven expanded conference presentations by foremost Daoist scholar Livia Kohn plus seven chapters of easily accessible translations of relevant primary sources. The work is perfectly suit…
Empowered writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exxorcistic and apotropaic properties. Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformatio…
Empowered writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exxorcistic and apotropaic properties. Using a vast arsenal of original sources, the book traces the unfolding and transformatio…
Empowered Writing explores the inherent powers of Chinese talismans, petitions, registers, and holy scriptures, presenting a systematic study of their exorcistic and apotropaic properties. The book divides into three parts: tallies, petitions, and scriptures-all inherently empow…
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