Here in one slender volume are the essentials to a tradition that dates back to 3, 000 B.C. Among the topics covered here are:
1. The origins of Chinese alchemy
2. The quest for gold & immortality
3. The role of minerals & plants, medicines, astrology, yoga, & magic in Chinese alchemy
4. Alchemy in the East & in the West
Chinese alchemy, largely associated with Taoism, has a recorded history of more than 2000 years, but traditionally it goes back even further, to the Yellow Emperor & his Three Immortal Ladies, some 3000 years BC.
This paperback book has 156 pages & measures: 19.8 x 12.8 x 1cm