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Suitable for those interested in China and in religions, this work offers an introduction to the traditions of Taoism and the masters who transmit them. It traces the way that leads from Chinese shamanism and traditional village life to the physical Tending Life techniques, which in turn lead to the mysticism of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu.

Table of Contents
FOREWORD BY NORMAN GIRADOT
AUTHOR'S NOTE
l
Taoism
The Notion of Religion
The Tao
The History of Taoism
The Destruction of Taoism

2
Everyday Religion
The Temples
The Calendar
Festivals
Food

3
Divinity
Cosmology
The Gods
Spiritual Power

4
The Masters of the Gods
Puppets and Mediums
The Barefoot Master and His Ritual
The Dignitaries of the Tao
The Register

5
Ritual
Becoming a Tao-shih
The Sacrifice ofWritings
The Altar

6
The Inner Landscape
The Environment
The Image of the Body
The Inhabitants

7
Lao Tzu, the Body of the Tao
Birth

8
Keeping the One
The Preliminary Stage: The Work of the
Ch'i (Ch'i-kung)
Chaos: The Work of the Tao
The Return

9
The Immortals
The Abstinence from Grains
Mountains
Alchemy

10
Teaching without Words
The Kingdom of Humpty-Dumpty
The Fast of the Heart
Daily Life

NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

The Taoist Body

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 19 March 1994
      ISBN-13 9780520082243
      978-0520082243
      ISBN-10 0520082249

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Suitable for those interested in China and in religions, this work offers an introduction to the traditions of Taoism and the masters who transmit them. It traces the way that leads from Chinese shamanism and traditional village life to the physical Tending Life techniques, which in turn lead to the mysticism of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu.

      Table of Contents
      FOREWORD BY NORMAN GIRADOT
      AUTHOR'S NOTE
      l
      Taoism
      The Notion of Religion
      The Tao
      The History of Taoism
      The Destruction of Taoism

      2
      Everyday Religion
      The Temples
      The Calendar
      Festivals
      Food

      3
      Divinity
      Cosmology
      The Gods
      Spiritual Power

      4
      The Masters of the Gods
      Puppets and Mediums
      The Barefoot Master and His Ritual
      The Dignitaries of the Tao
      The Register

      5
      Ritual
      Becoming a Tao-shih
      The Sacrifice ofWritings
      The Altar

      6
      The Inner Landscape
      The Environment
      The Image of the Body
      The Inhabitants

      7
      Lao Tzu, the Body of the Tao
      Birth

      8
      Keeping the One
      The Preliminary Stage: The Work of the
      Ch'i (Ch'i-kung)
      Chaos: The Work of the Tao
      The Return

      9
      The Immortals
      The Abstinence from Grains
      Mountains
      Alchemy

      10
      Teaching without Words
      The Kingdom of Humpty-Dumpty
      The Fast of the Heart
      Daily Life

      NOTES
      BIBLIOGRAPHY
      INDEX

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