Table of Contents

Preface. Notes on Text. Acknowledgements. 1. The Ding and the Lu (Damo Mitchell). 2. Fire, Water, Dragon and Tiger (Damo Mitchell). 3. Worms (Damo Mitchell). 4. Talismanic Fu (Damo Mitchell). 5. Mastery of Form - Part 1 (Damo Mitchell). 6. Mastery of Form - Part 2 (Damo Mitchell). 7. Chinese Fu Dogs (Damo Mitchell). 8. Classic of Breath and Qi Consolidation (Damo Mitchell). 9. Ming Men (Damo Mitchell). 10. Becoming Christ (Damo Mitchell). 11. Excitement Killer (Damo Mitchell). 12. The Fa Jin Controversy (Damo Mitchell). 13. Qi Gong, Tantra and Ghosts (Damo Mitchell). 14. Taijiquan and Evolution (Paul Mitchell). 15. On Being a Miserable Bastard (Damo Mitchell). 16. Transcribed Lecture on Alchemy (Damo Mitchell). 17. Spinal Fires - Part 1 (Damo Mitchell). 18. Spinal Fires - Part 2 (Damo Mitchell). 19. Daoism and Politics (Damo Mitchell). 20. Martial Arts - Realm of the Insecure (Damo Mitchell). 21. The Pineal Gland and Daoism (Damo Mitchell). 22. Sung and Energetic Relaxation (Damo Mitchell). 23. Food Energetics (Damo Mitchell). 24. On Meditation and Freedom (Lauren Faithfull). 25. The Hun and Symbolism (Donna Pinker). 26. The Real Purpose of Training (Tino Faithfull). 27. Nature's Medicine (Dr Seb Smith). 28. The Five Spirits of Daoism (Roni Edlund). 29. Tantric Daoism and Internal Development (Linda Hallett). 30. Transcript of a Class on the Kidneys 1 (Damo Mitchell). 31. Transcript of a Class on the Kidneys 2 (Damo Mitchell). 32. What's Going On? (Ellie Talbot). 33. The Practice of Commitment (Kulsoom Shah). 34. Knee Pain in the Internal Arts (Richard Agnew). 35. Yang Sheng Fa - Part 1 (Robert Aspell). 36. Yang Sheng Fa - Part 2 (Robert Aspell). 37. Alchemy for Men - Part 1 (Tino Faithfull). 38. Alchemy for Men - Part 2 (Tino Faithfull). Glossary of Pinyin Terms. About the Contributors.

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About the Author

Damo Mitchell has studied the martial, medical and spiritual arts of Asia since the age of four. He is the technical director of the Lotus Nei Gong School of Daoist Arts, and teaches Nei Gong in the UK, Sweden and the USA. He is the author of several books published by Singing Dragon, including Daoist Nei Gong: The Philosophical Art of Change. This book also features contributions from some of his students.