The Sacred and the Secular in Taoism: Theories, Practices, and Communities
by Wu Guo
- First published:
- 21st century
- Language: English
As a type of native Chinese religion, Taoism is very di?erent from Western religions, and this Special Issue reveals certain characteristics of Chinese Taoism from the following three perspectives: theory, practice, and community. This reprint comprises original studies that emphasize the ideas of Taoism; discuss Taoist practices of cultivation, magic, and rituals; talk about Taoist communities and their institutional systems; and analyze the sacred and secular elements of these topics.
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism, Asian esoteric and internal traditions, and Ritual magic and grimoires.
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| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Directory of Open Access Books edition | 2024 | — | English | — | Open access |
Subjects
- Taoism
- Buddhism
- Religion and beliefs
- Religion: general
- Origin
- gender
- n/a
- Philosophy and Religion
- body
- philosophy of religion
- Convention
- meaning
- Ethnic relations
- Daoism
- Self-cultivation
- Yuan dynasty
- entry
- equality
- female
- Fushi
- great clarity heaven
- great high lord Lao
- inner alchemy
- inner landscape
- institutional charisma
- Kunlun mountain
- Laozi’s deification
- Lingbao celestial scripts
- local performing arts
- Longmen Xizhu Xinzong
- purple sublimity palace
- Qizhen (Seven True Ones)
- Quanzhen Daoism
- Quanzhen Taoism
- shanshui
- state ceremony
- supreme pole heaven
- Tang Tantrism
- Taoism in the Qing Dynasty
- Taoist female worship
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