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

Authors:Catherine Despeux, Livia Kohn,
Publisher: Three Pines Press
Keywords: daoism, women
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2005-05-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 1931483019
ISBN-13: 9781931483018

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: 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.