Contents

1. Illustrations
2. Map of China
3. Dynastic Chart
4. Pronunciation Guide
5. Background to Daoism
   1. Shang Ancestors and Divination
   2. The Yijing
   3. Ancient Philosophical Schools
   4. Confucianism

6. PART I Foundations

   1. The Dao That Can't Be Told
      1. The Text of the Daode Jing
      2. The Dao
      3. Creation and Decline
      4. The Sage
      5. Interpreting the Daode Jing
      6. Lord Lao
      7. Ritual Application
   2. At Ease in Perfect Happiness
      1. The Zhuangzi
      2. The World of ZHuang ZHou
      3. The Ideal Life
      4. Poetic Adaptations
      5. The Zen Connection
   3. From Health to Immortality
      1. Body Energetics
      2. Qi Cultivation
      3. Healing Exercises
      4. Magical Practitioners and Immortals
   4. Cosmos, Gods, and Governance
      1. Yin and Yang
      2. The Five Phases
      3. The Chinese Calendar
      4. Deities, Demons, and Divine Rulers
      5. The Ideal of Great Peace
      6. Cosmic Cycles
   5. Major Schools of the Middle Ages
      1. Celestial Masters
      2. Highest Clarity
      3. Numinous Treasure
      4. The Theocracy
      5. The Three Caverns
      6. State Religion

7. PART II Development

   6. Ethics and the Community
      1. The Celestial Connection
      2. Millenarian Structures
      3. Self-Cultivation Groups
      4. Lay Organizations
      5. The Monastic Life
   7. Creation and the Pantheon
      1. Creation
      2. Spells, Charts, and Talismans
      3. Heavens and Hells
      4. Gods, Ancestors, and Immortals
   8. Religious Practices
      1. Longevity Techniques
      2. Breath and Sex
      3. Forms of Meditation
      4. Body Transformation
      5. Ritual Activation

8. PART III Modernity

   9. Modern Daoism
      1. New Texts and Gods
      2. Ritual Masters
      3. Complete Perfection
      4. Imperial Adaptations
      5. An Expanded Pantheon
   10. Reaching for the Dao
       1. Trance Practices
       2. Internal Alchemy
       3. Healing and Martial Arts
       4. Philosophical Speculation
       5. Vernacular Novels
   11. Daoism in China Today
       1. Recent Developments
       2. Structure and Administration
       3. Daoist Lives
       4. Ritual Activities
       5. The Qigong Connection
   12. Western Adaptations
       1. Transmission in East Asia
       2. Western Apperception
       3. Temples and Communities
       4. Heath Practices

9. PART IV Reflections

   13. The Nature and Study of Daoism
       1. Key Characteristics
       2. Evolution of Study
       3. Current Trends
       4. Activities and Resources
10. Appendix I: Chronology of Daoist History
11. Appendix II: The Daoist Canon
    1. The Three Caverns
    2. The Twelve Classes
    3. Canonical Supplements
    4. Further Collections
    5. Indexes and Discussions
12. Glossary

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