Health cleanses have in recent years been gaining in popularity with China’s middle class. To detoxify their bodies, they subject themselves to all sorts of purges, and it may seem at first glance ...

Dozens of people stood Saturday morning in Cedar Creek Park gathering the energy of the universe through the tops of their heads. With gentle symmetrical movements, the students of the ancient Taoist ...

In our ongoing tour of Dante’s Paradiso on this blog, one of you the other day, Liam, said you can see the seeds of nominalism within these late cantos of Paradiso, by which he meant (correct me if ...

Many Western practitioners were introduced to Taoism through its medical practices, and also by reading the TaoDe Ching, attributed to Lao Tze (571-471 BC), who is often described as the founding ...

Over the Lunar New Year weekend Vivian Choi made her annual visit to Wong Tai Sin, one of Hong Kong's largest Taoist temples, to ask for blessings in the new year. But instead of burning dozens of ...

An Introduction to Divine Magic explores Liu Ren Divine Magic, a Taoist tradition. The book provides a detailed overview of its principles and practices, presenting them in a manner accessible to a ...

Overseas students practice Taoist martial arts in front of Yuxu Palace in the Wudang Mountains, Hubei province, in June 2013. Hao Tongqian / Xinhua Taoism must face up to challenges posed by different ...