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This is a survey of the history of Taoism from approximately the
third century B.C. to the fourteenth century A.D. For many years,
it was customary to divide Taoism into "philosophical Taoism" and
"religious Taoism." The author has long argued that this is a false
division and that "religious" Taoism is simply the practice of
"philosophical" Taoism. She sees Taoism as foremost a religion, and
the present work traces the development of Taoism up to the point
it reached its mature form (which remains intact today, albeit with
modern innovations).
This is a survey of the history of Taoism from approximately the
third century B.C. to the fourteenth century A.D. For many years,
it was customary to divide Taoism into "philosophical Taoism" and
"religious Taoism." The author has long argued that this is a false
division and that "religious" Taoism is simply the practice of
"philosophical" Taoism. She sees Taoism as foremost a religion, and
the present work traces the development of Taoism up to the point
it reached its mature form (which remains intact today, albeit with
modern innovations).
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
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