So, as I mentioned, I bought this book a few weeks ago, and just finished it a few days ago. Pt. 1 can be found here.So, I've finished this book, and as I suspected, it was incredibly good at giving a thorough "glossing over" of the spiritual landscape that Taoism encompasses. Eva Wong never goes into too much detail (other wise it would have ( Read more... )

I just bought this book yesterday, and have finished the first 100 pages (of 250 or so). For ease of reference (and not because I believe in supporting amazon), it can be seen here.

For any who are interested in Taoism, I'd highly suggest this book--it seems to give a great overview, in a rather scholarly (but not overly scholastic) way. In my ( Read more... )

I just finished reading a most excellently written article, called The Four Pillars of Taoism. Whilst I wouldn't say there was much that was new to me, being such a comprehensive, yet concise article, I thought I would pass it along. Interestingly, I think that this article also further exemplifies what I recently wrote about in my recent entry, ( Read more... )

Hmmm...I'm wondering if there are any good communities here in LJ land that are oriented toward Taoism. I'm especially interested in communities that deal with the I Ching and Tai Chi Chuan. Also, preferably a bit beyond the "beginning" stages (e.g., "how is Taoism different from Chris+ianity?", etc ( Read more... )