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AWAKEN HEALING ENERGY THROUGH THE TAO: The Taoist Secret of Circulating Internal Power Ref: BW67

Mantak Chia

Taoist Esoteric Yoga is an ancient, powerful system of physical, psychological and Spiritual development encompassing meditative and internal energy practices. This unique and comprehensive book reveals the Taoist secret of awakening and circulating Chi, the generative Life force, through the acupuncture meridians of the body.

193pp, 9x6 ... ISBN 0943358078 ...Paperback

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HEALING LIGHT OF THE TAO: Foundational Practices to Awaken Chi Energy Ref: B2H14

Mantak Chia

This sequel to Chia's classic Awaken Healing Energy Through the Tao presents advanced methods of chi cultivation in the Microcosmic Orbit - upward in the yang (masculine) channel, back down in the yin (feminine) channel. Readers will gain a full understanding of Taoist spiritual theory through a comprehensive overview of the complete Taoist body/mind/spirit system. Chia emphasizes practical benefits to health, sexual vitality and emotional balance, and shows how changes in the energy body can lead to the physical rejuvenation that Taoists call immortality.

608pp, 9x6 ... ISBN 9781594771132 ... Paperback

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OPENING THE DRAGON GATE: The Making of a Modern Taoist Wizard Ref: AB147

Chen Kaigno & Zheng Shunchao

In 1960, atop the holy Mount Lao in China, three elderly Taoist masters sit near a cave, deep in meditation. The old men are masters of the Dragon Gate sect of Taoism, holders of secrets long considered legendary. the time had come for them to set out and find a successor. In a nearby village, they choose Wang Liping, an eleven-year-old boy, and make him the eighteenth-generation Transmitter of Dragon Gage Taoism. Opening the Dragon Gate is the authorised biography of Wang Liping (1949 - ), a modern Taoist wizard. It is the true story of how a young boy becomes heir to a tradition of esoteric knowledge and practice accumulated and refined over eleven centuries. As told to his students Chen Kaiguo and Zheng Shunchao, the story tells of Liping’s arduous fifteen-year apprenticeship. A compelling story, this book reveals never-before-available information about Taoist principles and procedures, people and places. Wang Liping imparts his knowledge on esoteric exercises, alchemical elixirs, mysteries of Man and Nature, and the secrets of inner transformation, making this a mystical and extraordinary book.

288pp, 9.25x6.25 ... Paperback

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THE SEXUAL TEACHINGS OF THE JADE DRAGON: Taoist Methods for Male Sexual Revitalization Ref: BX73

Hsi Lai

Hsi Lai continues the work he began in The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress by exploring more fully the male role in Taoist sexual transformation. As with those of the White Tigress, the techniques of the Jade Dragon are part of a disciplined sexual and spiritual practice. The goal for the Jade Dragon is health, longevity, and immortality through external and internal regimens for the enhancement and accumulation of the Three Treasures of Taoism--ching (sexual and physical energy), qi (breath and vital energy) and shen (spiritual and mental energy). The author presents the nine Jade Dragon exercises that strengthen erections, enlarge the penis, increase semen quantity and quality, prevent premature ejaculations, and enhance sexual energy. He also details herbal remedies for revitalization that address both physical and spiritual sexual components, as well as ancient Taoist breathing and meditative practices and sexual stimulation techniques that amplify sexual intensity in order to create the elixir of immortality. Concluding with the importance of the interactions between and interdependence of White Tigresses and Jade Dragons, Hsi Lai shows the reader how these ancient Taoist secrets can be incorporated into a contemporary lifestyle.

256pp, 9x6, illus. ... Paperback

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THE SEXUAL TEACHINGS OF THE WHITE TIGRESS: Secrets of the Female Taoist Masters Ref: BN84

Hsi Lai

White Tigress women undertake disciplined sexual and spiritual practices to maintain their beauty and youthfulness, realize their full feminine potential, and achieve immortality. Revealed here for the first time in English are the secrets of the White Tigress that have all but disappeared from the world. Under the guidance of Madame Lin, the matriarch of a distinguished White Tigress lineage still in existence in Taiwan, Hsi Lai was given the privilege to study these practices and record them from a modern perspective so they will be forever preserved. The vast majority of Taoist texts on alchemy, meditation, and sexuality are directed at male practitioners. The Sexual Teachings of the White Tigress presents traditions that focus on women, traditions that stem from a long line of courtesans and female Taoists. Translations of the ancient teachings from a rare White Tigress manual dating back 3,000 years explain the sexual and spiritual refinement of ching (sexual energy), chi (vital energy), and shen (consciousness) - the Three Treasures of Taoism - the secret to unlocking eternal youthfulness and immortality.

320pp, 9x6 ... Paperback

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TAOIST COSMIC HEALING: Chi Kung Color Healing Principles for Detoxification & Rejuvenation Ref: BY91

Mantak Chia

Taoist Cosmic Healing teaches the reader how to use the major acupuncture points in the hands to activate, open, and balance the chi meridians throughout the body. This practice allows the student to detoxify and rejuvenate the major organ systems and, when combined with specific body positions and the chi kung stance, to heal others. Through Mantak Chia's profound understanding of the ancient esoteric science of guiding chi energy, students can learn how to harness the astral energies of specific stars. Master Chia also explains the important role that compassion and positive energy play in enhancing one's ability to heal. He presents for the first time in the West the details of chi kung color therapy and how it can activate and strengthen the immune system.

192pp, 10x8, illus. ... Paperback

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