Immortal Sisters: Secret Teachings of Taoist Women
Immortal Sisters presents 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,...
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Immortal Sisters presents 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 Sisters sheds light on the spiritual methods taught and practiced by these women and illustrates the importance of the feminine in Taoism.
PrefaceTranslator's IntroductionPt. 1Sun Bu-erFourteen PoemsCommentaryGathering the Mind7Nurturing Energy9Carrying Out Practice11Cutting Off the Dragon15Cultivating the Elixir19The Womb Breath22The Convergence and the Fire25Grafting the Medicine27Refining the Spirit31Ingestion of the Medicine34Abstention from Grain36Facing a Wall38Projecting the Spirit40Flying45The Secret TextsUnexcelled True Scripture of Inner Experiences of Jadelike Purity46True Scripture on Inner Nourishment of the Embryonic Basis of Jadelike Purity49Precious Treatise on Preservation of Unity on the Great Way53Pt. 2Poetry of Female Real People: Alchemical Secrets of the Feminine TaoWu Cailuan57Fan Yunqiao59Cui Shaoxuan63Tang Guangzhen67Zhou Xuanjing70Sun Bu-er74Pt. 3Spiritual Alchemy for Women81
