The Valley Spirit
eBook - ePub

The Valley Spirit

A Female Story of Daoist Cultivation Second Edition

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Valley Spirit

A Female Story of Daoist Cultivation Second Edition

About this book

A young woman, Lindsey Wei, graduates from high school in America and sets out to find her roots in China, questing for who she is and where her life path belongs. She discovers in herself a skill for martial arts and seeks the hidden knowledge of meditation. After three years of study in various martial styles and unveiling false teachers, she is finally led to the ancient Wudang Mountains. Here she meets a Daoist recluse, Li Shi Fu, who has renounced the world of the 'red dust' and long since retired into an isolated temple to cast oracles and read the stars. The coming together of these two extraordinary characters, master and disciple, begins a spiritual relationship taking the young adept on an unforgettable journey through the light and dark sides of modern China and deep into herself. Battling between earthly desires and heavenly knowledge, she makes the transformation into a dynamic and complete woman.

A coming-of-age, personal account, the book describes the lived experiences of a profoundly sincere, bitter yet ultimately liberating female quest. It is written for anyone who ponders the true meaning of Chinese wisdom and the way of the Dao in the hope of discovering a deeper strength within themselves.

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Information

Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781848191310
eBook ISBN
9780857011060
Edition
2

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. A Note on Translations, Scriptures, and Phonetics
  7. A Note on Religious Influence
  8. Prologue
  9. 1.  Guan Yin Hears Me
  10. 2.  Finding a True Teacher
  11. 3.  Li Shi Fu
  12. 4.  Axis of the Universe
  13. 5.  Day by Day
  14. 6.  Emmalina’s Story
  15. 7.  The Seven Star Sword and Eight Step Pure Light
  16. 8.  Chun Yang Men
  17. 9.  Great Gong and Life Cultivation
  18. 10.  Dogma
  19. 11.  The Sea of Suffering (Selfish Love)
  20. 12.  Becoming a Whole Woman (Snake and Bird)
  21. 13.  Pigs and Fishes
  22. 14.  Flight of the Phoenix
  23. 15.  Take Refuge
  24. 16.  Elders
  25. 17.  Healing
  26. 18.  Train of Desire
  27. 19.  Inner Alchemy
  28. Epilogue: Grinding The Needle
  29. Sources
  30. Postscript
  31. Notes