Taoist Shaman: Practices from the Wheel of Life by Mantak Chia, Kris Deva North

Taoist Shaman: Practices from the Wheel of Life by Mantak Chia, Kris Deva NorthThe shamanic roots of Taoist practice Explains the principles of the Taoist Medicine Wheel, including the Five Elements, the animals of the Chinese zodiac, and the trigrams of the I Ching Includes exercises from the Wheel of Love to access the Tao of Ecstasy Contains illustrated teaching stories about the Eight ImmortalsThousands of years ago the immortals known as the Shining Ones shipwrecked on the Chinese coast. Passing their shamanic practices

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