Authors:Kohn, Livia, Wang, Robin R.,  Livia Koh,
Publisher: Three Pines Pre
Keywords: alchemy, internal
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2009-01-31
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 1931483116
ISBN-13: 9781931483117

Internal alchemy (neidan) has been the dominant system of Daoist spiritual practice since the Song dynasty, when it was defined as the complex integration of multiple forms of Daoist self-cultivation. Its practitioners transform body energies into subtle levels of spirit and pure cosmic being, hoping to find illumination by returning to the fundamental order of the cosmos and in the process reconcile physiological training with intellectual speculation. Bringing together the best work of leading scholars in the field, this book provides, for the first time in English, a thorough and easily acc

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Three Pines Press
Keywords: philosophy, mystical, daoist
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 193148306X
ISBN-13: 9781931483063

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: handbook, der, studies, handbuch, oriental, orientalistik, china, orientalisk, daoism, part
Number of Pages: 954
Published: 2000-06-01
List price: $324.00
ISBN-10: 9004112081
ISBN-13: 9789004112087

Thirty major scholars in the field wrote this new, authoritative guide to the main features and development of Daoism. The chapters are devoted to either specific periods, or topics such as Women in Daoism, Daoism in Korea and Daoist Ritual Music. Each chapter rigidly deals with a fixed set of aspects, such as history, texts, worldview and practices. Clear markings in the chapters themselves and a detailed index make this volume the most accessible key resource on Daoism past and present.

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Three Pines Press
Keywords: culture, chinese, daoism
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 1931483000
ISBN-13: 9781931483001

Concise and comprehensive introduction to the Daoist religion, thematically divided into four parts: Ancient Thought, Religious Communities, Spiritual Practices, Modernity. The book offers an integrated vision of the tradition in its historical and cultural context, also placing it into a larger framework of comparative religion. Contains many original sources and useful references for further reading. Great for students, practitioners, and general audiences.

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Three Pines Press
Keywords: contemporary, practices, models, traditional, cultivation, daoist
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 2006-05
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1931483051
ISBN-13: 9781931483056

Presented by a group of dedicated scholars and practitioners, this volume covers the key practices of medical healing, breathing techniques, diets and fasting, healing exercises, sexual practices, Qigong, and Taiji quan.

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Keywords: cultural, perspective, cross, daoism, life, medieval, monastic
Number of Pages: 344
Published: 2003-06
List price: $47.00
ISBN-10: 0824826515
ISBN-13: 9780824826512

In Monastic Life in Medieval Daoism, a senior scholar of Daoist studies presents for the first time a detailed description and analysis of the organization and practices of medieval Daoist monasteries. Following an introduction to the wider, comparative issues involved in the study of monasticism, Livia Kohn outlines the origin, history, conceptual understanding, and social position of the monasteries, which came into their own early in the Tang dynasty. She examines texts from this period along with the architectural layout of Daoist monasteries, the daily discipline and interpersona

Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: mysticism, chinese
Number of Pages: 234
Published: 1991-10-23
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0691020655
ISBN-13: 9780691020655

Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture? This first integrated survey of the mystical dimension of Taoism disputes the commonly accepted idea of such a hiatus. Covering the period from the Daode jing to the end of the Tang, Livia Kohn reveals an often misunderstood Chinese mystical tradition that continued through the ages. Influenced by but ultimately independent of Buddhism, it took forms more various than the quietistic withdrawal of Lao