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External and Internal in Ge Hong’s Alchemy

External and Internal in Ge Hong’s Alchemy
by Evgueni A. Tortchinov
St. Petersburg State University, Russia)
 
The problem of shift from external alchemy (wai dan) to internal alchemy (nei dan) is one of the most important for understanding of the history of Daoism as well as for elucidation of some crucial questions of the history of science in [...]

Sanmitsu: Three Mysteries

” Three Mysteries “
Sanmitsu
Kôbô Daishi Rokuparamitsu temple – Kyôto
We becomes Buddha by requesting the Buddha
Request the Buddhas, take refuge in the Three Jewels are the first steps of the practice. The approach which makes it possible to become Buddha in this life, consists in becoming aware that at the bottom of our heart is the [...]

Yogic Guidelines & Anuloma viloma pranayama (alternate nostril breathing)

yoga practice guidelines

WARNINGS
1. You should never get out of breath, feel tired or feel as if you are straining yourself when practicing yoga āsanas or prānāyāma. Try to keep cool and never over-do it, especially if you are over 40 years of age.

2. Do not practice Bhucha Phra-Athit or āsanas between 12 noon and 1 [...]

Daoist Meditation

 Daoist Meditation
(Microcosmic Orbit)
Meditation – Gathering the Light
grafic from The Secret of the Golden Flower
Harvest/HBJ, New York and London, 1962 In addition to the purely mystical  Taoism of the Tao-te-Ching the one hand, and to village shamanism and magic on the other, there was a third spiritual tradition in China that has also been given the [...]

The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram

“There is a single main definition of the object of all magickal Ritual. It is the uniting of the Microcosm with the Macrocosm. The Supreme and Complete Ritual is therefore the Invocation of the Holy Guardian Angel; or, in the language of the Mysticism, Union with God.” -Aleister Crowley
The Lesser Banishing Ritual of the
Pentagram
Composed from [...]

Zazen Meditation Practice

http://www.mro.org/zmm/teachings/zazeninst.pdf

Tendai Practices

Tendai Practices
The Tendai school is known for a wide variety of practices, handed down from Chih’i , Saicho, Annen and others. By tradition, the practices currently observed by monks in training on Mt. Hiei in Japan have served as a template for practices in North America. And while practices have been adapted to meet the [...]

AQAL

AQAL
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Integral Theory

Integral themes:

AQAL
Integral ecology
Integral politics
Integral psychology

Influences on integral theory:

James Mark Baldwin
Jean Gebser
Jürgen Habermas
Erich Jantsch
Rupert Sheldrake

Integral artists:

Alex Grey
Stuart Davis

Integral organizations:

Integral Institute

In the Integral theory of Ken Wilber, AQAL stands for “All quadrants, all levels”, and equally connotes “all lines, all states, all types”. An account or theory is said [...]