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Abdomen (house of water), Lower 83, 94, 98, 101-2, 115, 127-8, 135-6

Adding fuel, The method of, 13, 21

Alchemical agent, 5, 9, 16, 18, 27, 29, 36, 52, 53, 57-8, 62-9, 78-9, 81, 87, 90, 105, 109, 124, 127, 136, 144

Alchemical agent, The macrocosmic, 13, 57, 77, 83-4, 88, 123, 124, 127, 130, 134, 144, 146, 149-60, 164-5, 166

Alchemical agent, The microcosmic inner, 71-4, 83, 90

Alchemical agent, The microcosmic outer, 31, 36-9, 42, 60, 68-9, 71-5, 83, 90, 127, 146, 150

Alchemical pregnancy, 89

Alchemical process 41, 140

Alchemical process, The four phases, 58

Alchemical process of purification, The six phases, 59, 64, 69

Ambrosia, 130, 132

Anus, 122-4, 155, 159-60, 165

Appearing in space, 195

Ascent of positive fire, 16, 40-6, 58, 61, 64, 74, 75, 97

Ball, Crystal, 50-2

Bellows, 41-6, 58, 64-5, 68-9, 110

Body, Essential or spiritual, 70, 183

Body, Macrocosmic, 85

Body, Physical, 85, 148

Body, Prenatal, 74

Body, Spiritual, 85, 145, 189-90, 195

Body, Transformation, 151-2, 180

Brain, 25, 60, 64-5, 71, 76, 78, 80-1, 113, 119, 123, 130, 138, 166, 173-6, 183, 190-1

Breakthrough, 12-13, 57, 123, 142, 144, 146, 152-7, 158, 163-4, 165, 168-9

Breath, 12, 31, 136

Breath(ing), Immortal, 3, 4, 7-8, 104, 109, 113, 114, 118

Breath, Negative, 17, 116, 135, 151-2, 163, 171, 185

Breath, Positive, 17, 116, 151-2, 186

Breath(ing) Postnatal, 4, 18, 39, 63, 104, 112

Breath, Prenatal, 8

Breath, Source of True, 4

Breath, True or real, 5, 145

Breath, Vital, 24-30, 32-5, 36, 39, 51, 56, 57, 58, 65, 69, 73, 75, 82, 92-3, 97, 104-5, 110, 112-7, 119, 122, 124, 127, 133, 137, 138, 145, 151-2, 153, 175, 184-5

Breathing, Alchemical, 57-8

Breathing, Foetal, 18, 92, 105-6, 110, 168-71

Breathing, Fourfold, 4, 108, 112

Breathing, Process of, 68-9, 108

Breathlessness, 171

Breaths, Nine unsettled, 146

Breeze, Gentle, 42-3, 46, 53, 58, 69, 87

Bubbling Spring, 2, 29

Cardinal points, The Four, 11, 40, 44, 86, 87, 102

Cauldron, 10, 11, 21, 42, 68, 75, 81-3, 96, 130

Cavity within a cavity, 94, 105

Channel, Belt, 24, 26, 28

Channel, Heel, 105, 118

Channel, Negative arm, 24, 29

Channel, Negative leg, 24, 29-30

Channel of control, 11, 15, 18, 24, 28, 37, 41, 66, 72, 96, 100-1, 104, 112, 118-119, 122, 138, 143, 151, 159

Channel of function, 7, 11-12, 15, 18, 24, 25, 28, 41, 43, 47, 72, 84, 96, 100-1, 104, 112, 118, 122, 138, 143, 151, 163

Channel, Psychic, 50-1, 74, 97

Channel, Thrusting, 8, 24, 26, 29, 94, 159

Channel, Trunk, 105, 118

Channels, Positive arm, 24, 28-9

Channels, Positive leg, 24, 28-9

Channels, The eight psychic, 24, 25, 27, 29, 30, 81, 97

Circle, Dark, 136

Cleansing and purifying, 40, 43, 45, 46, 58, 86-7, 88

Cold storage, 93

Components, Four, 36, 48

Concentration, Field of, 153

Copulation, Inner, 72-3, 89, 99

Cowherd and Weaving Maiden, The story of the, 99

Creative power of heaven and earth, 71-2

Creativity, 139

Descent of negative fire, 16-17, 40, 41, 42, 43, 45, 58, 61, 64, 71, 73, 97

Dew, Sweet, 47, 50-1, 83

Dizziness, 137, 140, 142

Dragon and stork, 197

Dragon and tiger, 77, 82, 89, 127, 131

Dragon and tiger cavities, 119, 121-8

Dragon, Cavity of, 98

Dragon’s hum and tiger’s roar, 131-2, 135, 144, 148, 149, 156

Dragons, Coiling up the body into five, 108, 114-5

Dragons upholding the holy one, Five, 155, 159-62, 163-4

Drowsiness, 116

Earth, 4, 5, 19, 72

Egress, 174, 181-4, 186, 187, 191

Element of earth, 34, 35-6, 49, 82, 184

Element of fire, 27, 34, 35-6, 49, 51, 58, 59-60, 94, 98-9, 115, 139, 184

Element of metal, 34, 35-6, 49, 75, 82, 98, 99, 184

Element of water, 22, 27, 34, 35-6, 49-51, 60, 94, 98-9, 115, 139, 184

Element of wood, 34, 35-6, 49, 75, 82, 98, 99, 184

Elements, The five, 34, 35, 36, 48, 84-5

Elements, The four, 31, 197

Elements, The three precious, 33

Elixir, The field of, 7, 55, 77

Elixir, Golden, 5, 8, 14, 23, 29, 30, 46, 52, 55, 73-4, 77, 84

Elixir of immortality or life, 1, 5, 9, 29, 34, 37, 42, 85, 99, 106, 110, 124, 130, 137, 144

Emission, involuntary or nocturnal, 27, 45, 74-5, 108, 114-5, 119-22, 123, 125-7, 136, 138, 140

Emotions, The seven, 32

Emptiness, Great, 70, 80, 116, 131, 177, 183, 187

Empty space, 88, 180

Equilibrium, Fire and water in stable, 67, 98, 102

Excesses, The ten, 146

Eyes, 49-57, 74, 83-8, 103, 124, 125-7, 135-6, 138, 151-2, 158, 162-3, 179, 191, 192

Eyes, Centre between and behind the, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Eyes, Rolling the, 44, 61, 71-2, 84

Fire, Calming, 50, 53, 62, 63

Fire Chief, 62-3

Fire, Circulating the, 53, 64

Fire derived from breathing, 53

Fire derived from spirit, 53

Fire derived from vitality, 53

Fire, Driving the, 53, 60-1, 63

Fire, Forcing the fire with, 53, 58-9

Fire, Freezing the, 53, 59-60, 63

Fire, Gathering the, 53, 64-5

Fire, Heart’s, 53, 62-3

Fire immersed in water, 53, 64, 66

Fire in its own house, 53, 63

Fire in the house of water, 53, 64, 65-6, 67

Fire in the stove, 53, 64, 68

Fire, Kindling the, 53

Fire, Leading the, 53, 55-6

Fire, Lifting (raising) the, 53, 65, 142

Fire, Lowering the, 53, 61, 63, 75

Fire, Negative, 15, 27, 40, 53, 61, 64, 65, 66, 71, 74-5, 81, 87-8

Fire, Outer and inner, 50

Fire, Phases of, 52

Fire, Positive, 15, 17, 27, 40, 50, 60-2, 64, 71-5, 81, 87-8, 150

Fire, Postnatal, 47

Fire, Prenatal, 47

Fire, Purification by, 52-3

Fire, Quick, 13, 47-51, 62, 144

Fire, Shifting, 50, 53, 61-2, 63

Fire, Slow, 13, 39, 47-8, 144

Fire, Spirit’s, 22, 50, 65

Fire, Spiritual, 70, 132, 135, 137, 140, 194

Fire, Stopping the, 53, 57, 58, 69, 123, 149, 150-2, 156-158

Fire, Three Manifestations of positive, 150-2

Flowers blossoming in the snow, 27

Flute without holes, 54, 101

Flying snow and falling flowers, 174, 176-8, 182, 192

Foetus, 35, 94, 96, 123, 130, 147, 182-3, 184, 190, 192-4

Foretelling states, The six, 156, 158

Foundation, Laying the, 33-4, 97, 145

Four necessities of alchemy, 150-1, 157-8

Four poles, 81

Four stages of serenity (thoughtlessness, breathlessness, pulselessness and unmindfulness), 171

Four symbols, 83

Four techniques of sucking, pressing, pinching and shutting, 155, 159, 164-5

Gate to life, 59, 60

Gates, The four, 2

Gates of the control channel, The three, 64, 100, 158

Gateway to heaven and earth, 5

Gem, Precious, 102

Generative fluid, 9, 12, 18, 22, 24, 37, 39, 53, 56, 63, 66, 74-6, 95, 108, 115-6, 120, 125, 126-7, 129, 146, 158

Generative force, 8, 9, 11-17, 19-23, 24, 26-7, 32-51, 53-8, 60, 63-9, 72-5, 77, 78-81, 83, 86-91, 95-9, 103, 107, 115-6, 120-4, 126, 129-31, 133-9, 142, 144-5, 156-7, 174, 180, 183

Genital duct, 8, 12, 36, 55, 68, 126, 127

Genital or generative gate, 26, 36, 56, 66-70, 76, 109, 127, 156

Genital organ, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16-17, 39, 56, 62-4, 67, 76, 95, 97, 117-29, 134, 136, 140, 145, 148, 149, 156, 158

Ghost, 82

Golden glow, 150

Great barrier, 126

Heart, Human or mortal, 92-3, 96

Heart, Immortal, 92-3, 96

Heart, Locking up the monkey, 55

Heart or centre of heaven and earth, 6, 7, 78

Heart, the house or seat of fire, 3, 32, 35, 77, 82, 93-4, 98-9, 103, 113, 115, 127, 131, 136, 138, 141, 144-5, 159, 160, 172, 175

Heart, the seat of nature, 56, 127

Heaven, 3, 6, 19

Heaven and earth, 5, 77, 82, 102

Heavenly gate, 123, 179, 180, 182-4, 187, 191, 192

Heavenly palace, 191

Heavenly pool, Cavity of, 7, 26, 50, 94, 142

Heavenly valley, 2

Heel pathway, 113

Hour of tsu, 12, 62, 68

Immersion of fire in water, 22, 98

Immortal, 8, 76, 123, 130-1, 187

Immortal exhalation, 114

Immortal foetus, 35, 106, 109, 167, 171-77, 178, 182-3, 185, 189

Immortal inhalation, 113

Immortal path or path of immortality, 97, 98, 101, 117

Immortal seed or true or spiritual seed of immortality, 68, 75, 78, 92, 109, 120, 122-6, 128, 130-8, 142, 144, 147, 152, 154-9, 163, 164, 175, 177, 181-2, 189

Immortal seed, The six signs of formation of the, 148-9

Immortality, 6, 13, 33, 53, 60, 63, 69, 73, 97, 108, 128, 130, 147, 156

Indistinctness, State of, 89, 104, 132, 134, 135

Intellect, Tying up the running horse of, 55

Leaping into the great emptiness, 182-3, 187, 192

Life, 2, 44, 60, 84-5, 140, 141-2

Life, Essential nature and eternal, 1, 2, 17, 75, 79, 85, 89, 90, 95, 106, 110-11, 115, 121, 131, 138-9, 150-1, 178, 181, 195

Life, Eternal, 6, 8, 10, 17-19, 75, 78, 93-5, 98, 107, 109-10, 142, 147, 153

Life-vitality, 162, 166-8, 175

Light, Bright, 73, 139, 140, 192

Light, Circle of, 3, 5, 18, 61, 79, 80, 83-4, 85, 90

Light, Flashes of, 3, 6, 80

Light, Glorious or wondrous, 73

Light, Golden, 57, 69-70, 130-2, 135, 139-40, 142, 147-50, 157, 173, 183-6, 188-90, 192-3

Light of essential or true nature, 2, 5, 6, 22, 56, 80, 90, 93, 97, 139, 152, 188, 192

Light of eternal life, 131, 138

Light of reality, 82

Light of spirit, 90, 93

Light of the elixir, 136, 138

Light of the sun and moon, 77, 87

Light of true nature, 22, 131

Light of vitality, 1, 2, 13, 18, 22, 80-2, 86, 88-9, 131, 139-40, 142, 162, 167, 171, 172, 178, 180, 185, 190, 197

Light, Positive, 152-4

Light, Precious, 139-40, 144

Light, Red, 185, 191

Light, Spiritual, 3, 5, 111, 189-90

Light, White, 3, 6, 69, 90, 103, 130-1, 134, 136, 137, 139-40, 147

Macrocosm, 84, 86-7, 107

Macrocosmic functioning, 114

Macrocosmic purification or sublimation, 86-7

Magpie bridge, 159, 163

Mechanism of alchemy, The golden, 3, 5

Mechanism of creativity, 79, 82

Meditation, Taoist, 8

Medulla oblongata, 25, 76, 114, 162

Microcosm, 5

Microcosmic orbit, 9, 15, 17, 18, 26, 40-2, 46, 54, 55, 59, 66, 69, 74, 79, 86-7, 100-1, 117, 121-2, 123, 127, 134, 168

Microcosmic orbiting, The six phases of, 40, 42, 45, 46, 59

Microcosmic purification, 43, 86-7

Mindfulness, 5, 56

Mindlessness, 6, 56

Moon, 4, 47-8, 59, 71, 73, 77, 82-3, 87-9, 98-9, 102-3, 106

Moon, Bright, 56

Moonlight, 133, 135, 147, 148, 174, 183, 192

Mortal gate, gate or cavity of mortality, 9, 14, 18-19, 25, 27-30, 37, 42, 43, 53-4, 65-8, 95, 100-1, 106, 112-4, 118, 119, 122, 129, 138, 143, 155, 158-6, 164

Mysterious bridle, 7, 25, 142, 163

Mysterious gate, 4, 8, 71, 73, 79-81, 85-90

Mysterious pearl, 89, 139

Nature, 34, 59, 84-5, 96, 140-1

Nature and eternal life, Essential, 1, 5, 6, 38, 44, 59, 65, 70, 85

Nature, Essential or real, 2, 5-8, 10, 17-20, 21, 36, 44, 75, 85, 95-7, 125, 140, 144, 149, 150, 172-6, 181, 182, 184, 186, 195

Nature in the heart, 2

Nature-spirit, 162

Nature, True or real, 4, 19, 76, 81, 85, 90

Nature-vitality, 166-7, 168, 176

Navel, 24, 25, 28

Nectar, Golden, 83-4, 166-7, 191

Negative embracing the positive, The, 2

Negative, number, 17, 45

Negative, The, 35

Negative yin, 47, 49, 58, 66, 73, 83, 96, 162

Northern sea, 98

Nothingness, 35, 36, 38, 53, 69, 80, 98, 109, 189, 194, 195

Numbness in the limbs or legs, 24-5, 27, 29-30

Obliterating meditation, 188

One, Holding on to, 80-1

One, The, 5

One, The all-pervading, 80

One vitality, 139

Oneness of all things, 5, 81, 88, 94

Oneness of heaven and earth, 77

Original face, 80, 86, 90, 93

Passions, The seven, 146

Pearl, Bright, 106-9, 130

Penis, 9, 12-13, 14, 15-17, 22-25, 27, 39-40, 46, 52-5, 62, 65-9, 100, 101, 118-9, 121, 125, 127, 137, 144, 156, 161

Perfection, Virtuous, 5

Positive embracing the negative, The, 2

Positive number, 16, 45

Positive yang, 47, 49, 58, 66, 73, 83, 162, 184-5

Powers, Supernatural, 33

Primeval darkness, 88

Principal and function, 33-4

Principle, Male and female, 60, 73, 103

Principle, Negative, 20, 27, 77, 88, 92, 95, 106, 132, 140, 184, 185, 192-3, 194

Principle, Positive, 8, 14, 19, 21, 27, 36, 61, 77, 88, 92, 95, 97, 106, 107, 120, 121, 123, 127, 132, 136, 184, 185, 187, 192, 194

Principle, Vital, 116

Psychic channels, A circuit of eight, 2

Puberty, 9, 13

Reality, Centre of, 81

Realm beyond form, 34

Realm of desire, 34

Realm of form, 34

Re-entry into the foetus for further creativity, 94

Rejuvenation, 7, 21, 27

Respiratory mechanism, Closing (shutting) the, 40-2, 45, 53-4, 58, 64, 69

Respiratory mechanism, Opening the, 40-2, 45, 53-4, 58, 69

Resurrection, 109, 173

Returning a myriad things to one whole, 175

Risk full of perils, 89

Saliva, 11, 12, 50, 51, 52, 83, 130, 132, 135

Seed, Prenatal true, 163, 166, 175

Semen, 9, 55

Sense organs, The six, 32

Serenity, 33, 34, 92, 96, 97, 101, 102, 109-110, 133, 136, 169, 171, 175, 177, 182, 184, 188, 195

Sexual desires, 12, 22, 39, 63, 76, 120, 128-9

Sexual pleasure or intercourse, 12, 129

Six transcendental or supernatural powers, 172, 177, 180

Six unusual manifestations, 68

Solar plexus, 3, 8, 25, 26, 29, 55, 64, 80, 83, 101, 102, 119, 129, 142, 163, 166, 169, 171, 172, 174, 184

Soles, 60

Soul, Corporeal, 36, 48, 96, 133, 184

Soul, Incorporeal, 36, 48, 96, 133, 184

Spider’s web, 132, 135

Spirit, 6, 8, 12, 18, 21-2, 33, 34-5, 46, 49, 52-3, 56-60, 63-4, 65-9, 72, 77, 79-82, 85, 87-98, 100, 102, 109-111, 112-4, 116-7, 123-5, 129-34, 136-7, 140, 145, 147-8, 152, 155, 158-60, 163, 168, 172-4, 180, 183, 185

Spirit, Foetal, 168-9, 171

Spirit, Freezing, 59-60, 94, 104, 108

Spirit, Negative, 90, 123, 176, 177, 179-80

Spirit of no spirit, 64, 69, 89

Spirit of the Valley, 4

Spirit, Original or positive, 63, 69-70, 85, 90, 92, 98, 109, 123, 173, 177, 180, 186-7, 187-91, 194, 197

Spirit, Original cavity of, 1-8, 10, 20, 22, 64, 77, 80-2, 88-9, 92-3, 96, 101-2, 104, 113, 123, 133, 142, 143, 144, 152, 163, 166, 173, 184-5, 188-91, 191, 192, 193, 195, 197

Spirit, Prenatal, 4, 130, 145

Spirit, Resurrection of, 56

Spirit, Temple of, 93

Spirit-vitality, 4, 8

Stars, Bright, 80

Stove, 10, 11, 16-17, 22, 50, 58, 60, 64, 68, 74, 96

Stove, Golden, 10, 11

Sun, 4, 47-8, 73-4, 77, 82-4, 87-9, 98, 102, 106

Supreme ultimate, 2, 6, 18, 21, 77, 79, 85, 139

Tan t’ien, Lower, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18, 22, 26, 28, 40, 42, 45, 50, 51, 54, 55, 60, 66-7, 77, 84, 89, 92-3, 98-100, 102, 103, 104, 110-11, 115, 115-7, 121, 128-30, 132, 136-40, 142-3, 144, 148, 149, 155-8, 163, 169

Tan t’ien, Middle (see Solar plexus)

Tan t’ien, Upper, 68, 176

Tao, 60, 73, 75, 81, 84, 123, 138

Tears, 48, 50-1

Testicles, 51, 55, 60, 74-5, 126-7, 156, 158

Thieves, The five, 32

Three basic elements, The, 33

Three vehicles uphill, Driving, 155, 159-61, 165

Three factors, The, 34

Three families, The, 33, 35

Three treasures, The, 33, 36

Threefold continual ascension method, 169, 171, 174

Trunk pathway, 114

Ultimateless, The 5, 85, 90

Union of heart and lower abdomen, 94

Unity of all things, 81

Ventilation, 42, 66, 73

Vital energy of life, 73

Vital force, 8, 13, 18, 20, 37, 40-44, 52, 58-9, 66, 67-9, 72, 73-4, 76, 87, 98, 122, 123-4, 126, 129, 135

Vitalities, The five, 183, 191, 192, 193

Vitality, 5-9, 11-16, 18-23, 27-9, 32-4, 38-40, 42-6, 53, 57, 60-2, 65-70, 73-7, 79-82, 84-5, 85-9, 94-9, 101-2, 109, 112, 113, 116-7, 119-20, 123-138, 140, 142-3, 144-148, 151-2, 155-7, 159-60, 171-2, 173-5, 180, 185

Vitality, Cavity or centre of, 12, 18, 22, 25, 28-9, 46, 54, 59-61, 64, 65, 71, 84-5, 93-6, 101-2, 107, 110-11, 117, 129, 134, 135, 166-7, 171, 185

Vitality, Negative or female, 77, 133-40, 142, 175, 183

Vitality, Positive or male, 19-20, 43, 77, 85, 100-1, 117, 123, 129, 138-40, 142, 152, 157, 173, 175, 183

Vitality, The prenatal one true, 5, 80, 99, 102, 105, 175

Vitality, Prenatal or original, 4, 5, 27, 32, 36-9, 41, 53, 64, 67, 69, 72, 76, 79, 80, 84, 88, 94, 96, 99-101, 102, 104, 109, 112, 114, 117, 122-5, 130, 135-6, 138, 140, 172, 173

Vitality, Spiritual, 2, 3, 60

Vitality, True or real, 7, 8, 11, 22, 25, 36, 60, 66, 73, 75, 77, 80, 101, 103, 175

Voidness, Absolute, 3, 7, 180

Voidness, Hall of, 3

Voidness, Relative, 3, 6

Water in the lower abdomen, 42

Water-wheels, 45-6

Wheel of the law, 17, 26, 42, 54-7, 100-101, 104, 107, 117-8, 121, 123, 134-6

Wind, The store house of the, 162

Yellow bud, 139

Yellow hall centre, 3, 8