Die große Enzyklopädie des Taoismus

Qidao Taoist - Cover

Qidao (祈祷): The Threefold Petition Nobody Has O...

Paul Peng

Qidao (祈祷) is not a single prayer but a full liturgical system — from the Celestial Masters' three-officer petition to the Song dynasty's inner-cultivation turn. This article traces the rite's...

Qidao (祈祷): The Threefold Petition Nobody Has O...

Paul Peng

Qidao (祈祷) is not a single prayer but a full liturgical system — from the Celestial Masters' three-officer petition to the Song dynasty's inner-cultivation turn. This article traces the rite's...

Buxing Shuishang Taoist - Cover

Buxing Shuishang (步行水上): The Water Walk Nobody ...

Paul Peng

Three formulas from the Baopuzi for walking on water: a three-year pill course, breath-holding to a thousand counts, and a rhinoceros-horn fish that parts the stream.

Buxing Shuishang (步行水上): The Water Walk Nobody ...

Paul Peng

Three formulas from the Baopuzi for walking on water: a three-year pill course, breath-holding to a thousand counts, and a rhinoceros-horn fish that parts the stream.

Bu Re Taoist - Cover

Bu Re (不热之道): The Inner Cool That Beats the Sum...

Paul Peng

Six-ren talismans, ice-pill elixirs, and two historical figures who sat in furs by ten braziers without sweating — the Baopuzi's forgotten heat-proof arts.

Bu Re (不热之道): The Inner Cool That Beats the Sum...

Paul Peng

Six-ren talismans, ice-pill elixirs, and two historical figures who sat in furs by ten braziers without sweating — the Baopuzi's forgotten heat-proof arts.

Bu Han Taoist - Cover

Bu Han (不寒之道): The Inner Fire Nobody Wears in W...

Paul Peng

The Baopuzi records two tracks for the cold-proof body: solstice talismans and five-fire qi counted to twelve hundred. Later Taoism shifted the center of gravity inward.

Bu Han (不寒之道): The Inner Fire Nobody Wears in W...

Paul Peng

The Baopuzi records two tracks for the cold-proof body: solstice talismans and five-fire qi counted to twelve hundred. Later Taoism shifted the center of gravity inward.

Bi Wubing Taoist - Cover

Bi Wubing (辟五兵之道): The Weapon Ward Art Nobody T...

Paul Peng

The Baopuzi says a blade loses its edge when you call its hidden name aloud — five weapon names tied to five stars, plus Dipper characters worn over the heart.

Bi Wubing (辟五兵之道): The Weapon Ward Art Nobody T...

Paul Peng

The Baopuzi says a blade loses its edge when you call its hidden name aloud — five weapon names tied to five stars, plus Dipper characters worn over the heart.

Dissolving Fu Lian Taoist - Cover

Dissolving Fu-lian (除解伏连): The Chain Nobody Breaks

Paul Peng

A death that dragged the living down with it — the rite broke the link with a talisman nailed to the spot and another taken in water at the third...

Dissolving Fu-lian (除解伏连): The Chain Nobody Breaks

Paul Peng

A death that dragged the living down with it — the rite broke the link with a talisman nailed to the spot and another taken in water at the third...