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Chinese Alchemy

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 and immortality
3. The role of minerals and



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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

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