Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women

Name: Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women
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ISBN: 9781556432224

ISBN-10: 1556432224

ISBN-13: 9781556432224

Edition: 2nd

Authors: Thomas Cleary, Thomas Cleary

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Immortal Sisterspresents life stories and teachings of distinguished female Taoist adepts who lived from the third to twelfth centuries. Among them is the poet and mystic Sun Bu-er, who passed into folklore as one of the famous Seven Immortals and appears as a character in countless popular novels of China. These accomplished women, renowned in their own day and in history, represent a uniquely female heritage of spiritual mastery. Through poems, stories, teachings, and commentaries,Immortal Sisterssheds light on the spiritual methods taught and practiced by these women and illustrates the importance of the feminine in Taoism.

Book details

List price: $14.95
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Publication date: 11/11/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.02" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



Preface


Translator's Introduction



Sun Bu-er


Fourteen Poems


Commentary



Gathering the Mind


Nurturing Energy


Carrying Out Practice


Cutting Off the Dragon


Cultivating the Elixir


The Womb Breath


The Convergence and the Fire


Grafting the Medicine


Refining the Spirit


Ingestion of the Medicine


Abstention from Grain


Facing a Wall


Projecting the Spirit


Flying


The Secret Texts


Unexcelled True Scripture of Inner Experiences of Jadelike Purity


True Scripture on Inner Nourishment of the Embryonic Basis of Jadelike Purity


Precious Treatise on Preservation of Unity on the Great Way



Poetry of Female Real People: Alchemical Secrets of the Feminine Tao


Wu Cailuan


Fan Yunqiao


Cui Shaoxuan


Tang Guangzhen


Zhou Xuanjing


Sun Bu-er



Spiritual Alchemy for Women