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Awakening to Reality: The "Regulated Verses" of the Wezhen Pian
by Pregadio, Fabrizio
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0984308210
- ISBN 13
- 9780984308217
- Seller
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About This Item
Mountai View California: Golden Elixir Press, 2009. Miniscule rubbing, bumping or shelfwear to covers. Spine straight and uncreased. Interior tight and unmarked. 102 pp.. First. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Awakening to Reality ( Wuzhen pian ) is one of the most important and best-known Taoist alchemical texts. Written in the eleventh century, it describes in a poetical form, and in a typically cryptic and allusive language, several facets of Neidan, or internal alchemy. This book presents the first part of the text, consisting of sixteen poems, which contain a concise but comprehensive exposition of Neidan. In addition to notes that intend to clarify the meaning of the more obscure points, the book also contains selections from a commentary dating from the late eighteenth century, which is distinguished by the use of a lucid and plain language.
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- First Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005343
- Title
- Awakening to Reality: The "Regulated Verses" of the Wezhen Pian
- Author
- Pregadio, Fabrizio
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- Edition
- First
- ISBN 10
- 0984308210
- ISBN 13
- 9780984308217
- Publisher
- Golden Elixir Press
- Place of Publication
- Mountai View California
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- LCCN
- 2009912822
- Keywords
- Religion - Spirituality Medicine - Alternative Health
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine - Alternative; Religion - Spirituality; Health;
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