Foundations of Internal Alchemy: The Taoist Practice of Neidan by Mu Wang

Author:Mu, Wang [Mu, Wang]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw
Publisher: Golden Elixir Press
Published: 2014-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

氣回丹自結，壺中配坎離。

When Breath returns, the Elixir spontaneously coalesces:

within the pot, Kan and Li conjoin.

“Within the pot” refers to the place where the Elixir coalesces; in other words, it means the Tripod and the Stove. “Conjoin” means “transmute.”

But although the alchemical texts employ a large number of images and metaphors, Zhang Boduan himself, in explaining the River Chariot, says that these principles of the practice should be applied with flexibility. In his Four Hundred Words on the Golden Elixir , he says:

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