The Dao of Dreaming
By Phoenix the Elder – Dreaming from the (non-plant) shaman’s perspective is not an easy reality to understand, there are so many levels of dreams, dreaming, and dreamtime that it requires great discipline not only in dreaming but also your real everyday life, like total sobriety, and understanding the languages of dreaming first before you […]
Taoist Body and the Cosmos: Body, Gods and Starry Travel. Part I
Journal of Daoist Studies by Shih-shan Susan Huang 黃士珊 – While the early construction of Daoist ritual space was devoid of iconic displays, images of the body, and cosmos, they were part of mystic inner visions, central in Daoist meditation from an early age, especially in the Shangqing tradition. Often referred to as Cunsi 存思, […]
Houtu 后土 | Chinese Queen Mother Earth Goddess
Compilation and additions by Phoenix the Elder – “Introduction: I have done a series of compilations on the oldest powerful Chinese Goddesses. In the article’s list, I used the same cover image, so when you scroll through you can identify it. You can also search on the articles page: Chinese Goddess for convenience. As I have […]