Golden Elixir Press

The essays collected in this book explore the relationship between the Daode jing and Neidan (Internal Alchemy); the foundations of Neidan in the Book of Changes; the main Chinese alchemical text, the Cantong qi (Seal of the Unity of the Three); the Neidan doctrines on human nature and its embodiment; the ways of “doing” and “non-doing” in Neidan; the views of immortality in the Baopu zi (The Master Who Embraces Spontaneous Nature); and the complex relationship of Taoism to divination practices.

Entirely based on original Taoist sources, these essays support their discussions with quotations from texts belonging to different schools and historical periods, providing access to the language and ideas of the tradition.

Additional essays on related topics are collected in Volume 1, available separately.