Name: the world upside down
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Author: Pregadio, Fabrizio ; Robinet, Isabelle
ISBN: 9780984308262

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Author

Isabelle Robinet

Illustrated by

Fabrizio Pregadio

Publisher

Golden Elixir Press

Language

English

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 0.8 cm

Weight

0.19 kg.

ISBN

0984308261

ISBN13

9780984308262

Synopsis "the world upside down"

This book contains four essays on Internal Alchemy (Neidan) by Isabelle Robinet, originally published in French and translated here for the first time into English. The essays are concerned with the alchemical principle of "inversion"; the devices used by the alchemists to "give form to the Formless by the word, and thus manifest the authentic and absolute Dao"; the symbolic function of numbers in Taoism and in Internal Alchemy; and the original meanings of the terms "External Elixir" (waidan) and "Internal Elixir" (neidan).Table of ContentsAcknowledgements, vii1. The World Upside Down in Taoist Internal Alchemy, 1 2. The Alchemical Language, or the Effort to Say the Contradictory, 17 3. Role and Meaning of Numbers in Taoist Cosmology and Alchemy, 45 4. On the Meaning of the Terms Waidan and Neidan, 75Tables and Pictures, 103 Appendix: Works by Isabelle Robinet, 113 Glossary of Chinese Characters, 117 Works Quoted, 123

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