The World Upside Down: Essays on Taoist Internal Alchemy Contributor(s): Pregadio, Fabrizio (Editor), Robinet, Isabelle (Author) |
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ISBN: 0984308261 ISBN-13: 9780984308262 Publisher: Golden Elixir Press OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback Published: July 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) |
Physical Information: 0.33" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.41 lbs) 140 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism |
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Publisher Description: This book contains four essays on Internal Alchemy (Neidan) by Isabelle Robinet, originally published in French and translated here for the first time into English. The essays are concerned with the alchemical principle of "inversion"; the devices used by the alchemists to "give form to the Formless by the word, and thus manifest the authentic and absolute Dao"; the symbolic function of numbers in Taoism and in Internal Alchemy; and the original meanings of the terms "External Elixir" (waidan) and "Internal Elixir" (neidan). Table of Contents Acknowledgements, vii 1. The World Upside Down in Taoist Internal Alchemy, 1 Tables and Pictures, 103 |