Taoist Classics, Volume 3: Vitality, Energy, Spirit, The Secret of the Golden Flower, Immortal Sisters, and Awakening to the Tao by Thomas Cleary

ISBN: 9781570624872

Shambhala, 8 February 2008

Soft Cover, 608 pages

This collection of translated texts includes: Vitality, Energy, Spirit: A Taoist Sourcebook: An extraordinarily rich and diverse collection of Taoist writings from the fifth century BCE to modern times. The Secret of the Golden Flower: The Classic Chinese Book of Life: Essentially a practical guide to the integration of personality—hailed by C. G. Jung as a link between the insights of the East and his own psychological research. Immortal Sisters: Secrets of Taoist Women: The writings of six distinguished Taoist women adepts writing between the fourth and twelfth centuries. Awakening to the Tao: Another treasure from Liu I-ming, this is a collection of one hundred fourty-two of the master's brief but admirably lucid essays on living according to the Tao.