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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