Neidan
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Neidan, or internal alchemy, is an array of esoteric doctrines and physical, mental, and spiritual practices that Taoist initiates use in hopes to prolong life and create an immortal spiritual body th
Mingjing Dandao tu (明鏡丹道圖, 'Bright Mirror of Internal Alchemy') using diagrams to systematically elucidate neidan theory
Chinese woodblock illustration of neidan "Putting the miraculous elixir on the ding tripod", 1615 Xingming guizhi (Pointers on Spiritual Nature and Bodily Life)
Chinese woodblock illustration of neidan "Cleansing the heart-mind and retiring into concealment", 1615 Xingming guizhi
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Taoist sexual practices
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Taoist sexual practices are the ways Taoists may practice sexual activity. These practices are also known as "joining energy" or "the joining of the essences". Practitioners believe that by performing
Neidan
…cosmology (including the Five Phases), the emblems of the Yijing, and medical theory, with techniques of Taoist meditation, daoyin gymnastics, and sexual hygiene. In neidan practice, Taoists claim the human body becomes a cauldron (or "ding") in which the Three Treasures of Jing ("Essence"), Qi ("Breath") and…
A Chinese print depicting "The Joining of the Essences", based on Tang Dynasty art